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Ohio adult-use marijuana ballot bid falls shy of needed signatures

Ohio voters might see adult-use marijuana legalization on the November ballot, but campaign organizers have a little more…

News July 25
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Oklahoma voters reject adult-use marijuana legalization

Here's how Oklahomans voted for adult-use marijuana sales in a cannabis-specific special election on Tuesday.

News March 7
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Oklahoma adult-use cannabis vote could spur market expansion – or MMJ crackdown

Are the go-go days of Oklahoma's medical marijuana industry over, or are Texans about to receive a grand…

News March 3
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Florida adult-use marijuana legalization campaign clears early hurdle

The campaign to legalize adult-use marijuana in Florida has collected enough signatures to trigger a state Supreme Court…

News February 3
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Trulieve tosses $5 million more toward Florida’s cannabis legalization effort

Florida-based multistate operator Trulieve Cannabis contributed another $5 million late last year toward a 2024 ballot initiative that…

News January 19
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Marijuana firms main funders of recent legalization efforts, overtaking advocacy groups

Cannabis companies provided nearly all the money behind the five legalization initiatives in last November's midterm elections, representing…

News January 12
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2023 offers business opportunities in several new state cannabis markets       

Opportunities in the U.S. cannabis industry continue to expand, despite some notable setbacks in the November 2022 elections…

News January 9
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Florida adult-use marijuana legalization petition garners nearly 150K signatures

Florida adult-use marijuana legalization advocates have collected almost 150,000 valid signatures in an effort to include the issue…

News January 4
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Florida adult-use cannabis legalization petition gathers 50,000+ signatures

An attempt to put adult-use cannabis legalization directly to Florida voters in 2024 has gathered more than 50,000…

News December 19
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Marijuana industry hopeful for federal reform during lame-duck Congress

Marijuana industry entrepreneurs and investors, exhausted and eager to catch a break after a difficult year of declining…

News November 17
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