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New Jersey shoppers spend $1.9 million on first day of adult-use marijuana sales

Customers who stood in long lines for the start of adult-use marijuana sales in New Jersey on April 21 bought about $1.9 million worth of cannabis and related products.

News April 28
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Kentucky governor OKs cannabis research center, weighs MMJ legalization

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear broadened the scope of a cannabis research center approved by lawmakers while still considering using executive authority to legalize medical marijuana

News April 28
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Denver marijuana company’s dispute with union highlights PR pitfalls

A new Colorado law that allows agricultural workers, including cannabis grow employees, to unionize has led to a public relations crisis for one Denver marijuana company, with staffers and union…

News April 28
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Canadian cannabis retailer Choom granted creditor protection

Struggling Canadian cannabis retailer Choom Holdings and its subsidiaries received an order for creditor protection from the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

News April 27
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Louisiana medical marijuana expansion seen as unlikely this year

Louisiana has only two medical marijuana growers and nine dispensaries, and it doesn’t look as if that’s going to change dramatically anytime soon.

News April 27
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Georgia company files lawsuit over medical cannabis licensing process

Medical marijuana business Cumberland Curative filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) over the agency's handling of the application process for MMJ licenses.

News April 27
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Lawmakers urge House, Senate leaders to pass marijuana banking reform

Two Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday urged House and Senate leaders to include marijuana banking reform in an American competitiveness bill now being hammered out…

News April 27
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Canadian pre-rolls still No. 2 cannabis category, outpacing total market sales growth

Canadian sales of legal cannabis pre-rolls nearly doubled between 2020 and 2021, outstripping total marijuana market growth as convenience-seeking consumers increased spending on the ready-to-smoke form factor, according to data…

News April 27
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NY recreational marijuana sales likely will begin by fall, state regulator says

Recreational marijuana should be for sale in New York by this fall, according to the head of the state's Cannabis Control Board (CCB).

News April 27
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