Marijuana Business Magazine - January 2017

North Dakota The health department accepted requests for propos- als for a traceability system to help monitor the state’s impending medical marijuana program. Companies had until Dec. 27 to submit their RFPs. North Dakota voters approved an MMJ program in November 2016, and state lawmakers earlier this year crafted regulations that the governor approved in April. Medical cannabis sales aren’t expected to begin for another year. judge to throw out the lawsuit because there was no evidence odors would cross property lines and the planned marijuana operation wasn’t yet definite. The case could be a precursor to similar legal moves. Ohio Regulators were sorting through 370 applications for business licenses to open medical cannabis dispensa- ries. Now that the deadline for applications has passed, the state’s Board of Pharmacy must find the best candidates. Ohio planned to award up to 60 dispensary licenses statewide, but no applications were received for two geographic districts that accounted for three of the permits. Dispensaries can sell oil, patches, edibles, flower and other approved medical cannabis products. Oregon A lawsuit to halt a planned marijuana cultivation site because of potentially detrimental cannabis smells will continue. Yamhill County Judge John Collins denied a motion to dismiss Momtazi Family vineyard’s complaint that marijuana odors would damage wine grapes with “foul-smelling particles.” Prospective cannabis cultiva- tors Steven, Mary and Richard Wagner had asked the Washington state The majority of licensed cannabis businesses have turned to BioTrackTHC’s Universal Cannabis System as a stopgap measure while the industry operates without a state-sanctioned seed-to-sale framework. Florida-based BioTrackTHC’s seed-to-sale contract expired Oct. 31, and the state’s new provider – Denver-based MJ Freeway’s Leaf Data Systems – isn’t expected to go online until January at the earliest. In the meantime, BioTrackTHC developed a workaround that’s essentially a clone of the seed-to-sale system it previously provided to Washington. – Roger Fillion Note: Entries sourced from Marijuana Business Daily and other international, national and local news outlets. These developments occurred before this magazine’s December publication deadline, so some situations may have changed. Rhode Island At least one of the state’s three medical cannabis dis- pensary chiefs is afraid the launch of the Massachusetts recreational market will be the death of his business. Seth Bock – the CEO of Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center in Portsmouth – told a Rhode Island legislative committee that unless officials make changes to the MMJ program, he believes many of the roughly 19,000 regis- tered patients will opt to shop across state lines instead of renewing their medical cards. Bock told the panel that many Rhode Island MMJ patients may take the attitude of “saying you know what, I don’t want my name on a list.” 28 • Marijuana Business Magazine • January 2018