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Kentucky governor signs law establishing delta-8 guidelines

Kentucky's governor signed a bill into law that establishes a framework to test, label and regulate delta-8 and…

News March 24
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Canada adult-use marijuana sales down 7.1% monthly to CA$395.5M in January

Monthly retail sales of legal adult-use marijuana in Canada declined by 7.1% from December 2022 to January 2023,…

News March 24
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New York’s Long Island opts out of marijuana retail, limiting options for store operators

When New York regulators announced plans to double recreational marijuana retail licenses to 300 for social equity applicants,…

News March 24
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Oklahoma medical marijuana grower loses license over residency issue

Oklahoma regulators stripped medical marijuana cultivator Sun Light Farm of its state license after an administrative law judge…

News March 23
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Metrc expands Maryland track-and-trace contract to adult-use marijuana market

Cannabis seed-to-sale software company Metrc expanded its contract with the Maryland government to track the state's upcoming adult-use…

News March 23
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First Arizona cannabis store owned by Black woman to open 4/20

Marijuana entrepreneur Marvina Thomas is the first Black woman to own a legal cannabis store in Arizona.

News March 23
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Marijuana companies wade into Twitter advertising with mixed success

Cannabis companies have begun advertising on Twitter for the first time, but so far the results have been…

News March 23
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Northern California workers at cannabis delivery service Grassdoor unionize

Nearly 100 drivers and warehouse workers from Grassdoor's Northern California operation in Brisbane joined Teamsters Local 2785.

News March 22
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Detroit’s first Black-owned, ‘legacy’ marijuana retailer opens

The first Black-owned marijuana retailer with a social equity retail license opened Saturday in Detroit, four years after…

News March 20
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Cannabis MSO MariMed CEO’s sudden death shows need for succession plan

Mere months before Robert Fireman died suddenly in December, the co-founder and former CEO of Massachusetts-based MariMed shook…

News March 20
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