Congress could include cannabis banking in FAA, crypto bills
Supporters of long-awaited cannabis banking reform are pinning hopes on Congress packaging a marijuana bill with must-pass legislation. Congress has yet to get the SAFER Banking Act across the finish line despite almost a decade of trying – and repeated success...
Minnesota lawmakers urged to approve adult-use marijuana cultivation
Minnesota marijuana stakeholders are concerned that the forthcoming adult-use market will be undersupplied and/or delayed if cultivators can’t begin growing before lawmakers finish deliberating over the program’s rules. Legislators voted against a proposed amendment...
Manitoba expected to overturn ban on homegrown cannabis
The government of Manitoba plans to reverse the Canadian province’s ban on home cultivation of recreational cannabis, according to local media reports. Manitoba and Quebec were the only two provinces to enact rules against growing adult-use marijuana at home...
Kentucky will hold October lottery to award first marijuana business licenses
Kentucky will implement a lottery system to award the first medical marijuana business licenses, Gov. Andy Beshear announced. Applicants will have to clear a screening process before applying for one of the state’s limited licenses, according to the Associated Press....
Cresco Labs cannabis cultivation employees in Massachusetts ditch union
(This story has been updated to clarify that no formal union vote was taken.) In a reversal for organized labor after years of positive momentum in the regulated marijuana industry, employees at a Cresco Labs cannabis cultivation facility in Fall River, Massachusetts,...
4/20 protest fails to break labor deadlock at Arizona Curaleaf marijuana store
Unionized workers at a Curaleaf Holdings marijuana store in Arizona remain without a contract despite a brief 4/20 protest on Saturday. The demonstration at the company’s Camelback and Midtown locations in Phoenix by United Food and Commercial...
New York cannabis associations divided on issuing more adult-use licenses
Two prominent New York cannabis industry associations disagree about whether regulators should accelerate the issuance of retail licenses in the state. The Cannabis Farmers Alliance sent a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office pleading for “immediate and...
Utah medical marijuana patient count passes 83,000
Utah’s legal medical marijuana market now serves more than 83,000 patients, according to the latest monthly report from the state Department of Health & Human Services’ Center for Medical Cannabis. The report for March 2024 counted 83,421 registered...
North Carolina tribe begins state’s first medical cannabis sales on 4/20
Hundreds of customers flocked to the Great Smoky Cannabis Co. on 4/20 to celebrate the launch of medical cannabis sales on tribal lands near Asheville, North Carolina. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) began MMJ sales Saturday at a 10,000-square-foot...
Massachusetts’ marijuana social equity grant program awards $2.35M in launch
A long-delayed social equity fund intended to prop up small marijuana businesses in Massachusetts has launched. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy last week awarded the first grants – totaling $2.35 million – from the state Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund....
Cannabis MSO Curaleaf completes $16M acquisition of Northern Green Canada
Cannabis multistate operator Curaleaf Holdings completed its acquisition of Northern Green Canada, a licensed producer in Ontario whose focus has been on international markets. The terms of the acquisition include an initial payment at closing of Curaleaf’s...Featured
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