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How marijuana companies can keep staffs intact during market launch delays

In new cannabis markets where compliance, scarce supply or testing logjams can delay cultivation and retail operations, it’s…

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Higher prices and barer shelves: California cannabis retailers face frustrated customers

Licensed marijuana retailers in California are struggling to cope with customers angry about price hikes and less product…

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Cost of new mandatory marijuana pesticide testing tough to absorb for Colorado’s growers

New mandatory marijuana pesticide testing in Colorado is putting a financial squeeze on local cultivators to the tune of…

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PA medical cannabis growers/processors on pace for $5M in sales in first year

Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana sales began in February 2018, and according to the latest tax revenue data, the state’s…

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Cannabis retailers share secrets on how to keep customers coming back

Whether it’s shopping for groceries or cannabis, everybody loves getting a good deal. That’s why loyalty programs -…

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Arkansas picks Boston firm to rank medical marijuana applicants

Arkansas picked a Boston-based consultant to grade the 200-plus applications submitted for the state’s first medical marijuana dispensary…

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Louisiana expected to begin growing medical cannabis Aug. 17

Louisiana’s first legal crop of medical marijuana can be planted this week. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain, whose agency…

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Dispensary on Hawaii’s Big Island approved to cultivate medical marijuana

The Hawaii Department of Health signaled a green light for a medical cannabis dispensary to start growing on…

News August 15
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Turning a marijuana pipe dream into a multimillion-dollar head shop: Q&A with Smoke Cartel CEO Darby Cox

In a Savannah, Georgia, warehouse, Smoke Cartel employees file through rows of vaporizers, dab rings and torches, hustling…

News August 15
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Regulatory delay holds up Louisiana’s medical marijuana program

Louisiana’s first medical marijuana crop will take longer than expected to reach patients, and that has some dispensing…

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