LGBTQ people helped create the legal marijuana industry. Then they were left behind.
When Melissa Vitale first entered the cannabis industry five years ago, she didn’t feel comfortable being open about her identity as a queer woman. “It was a total bro fest,” she said. Now, Vitale, a cannabis industry publicist based in New York, said her...
Maine’s marijuana industry booming no thanks to banks
NY Daily News Church, state and school: A riddle for the Supreme Court In 2004, seeing substantial risk of state sponsorship of religion, the Supreme Court rightly ruled, 6-3, that Washington State could deny scholarship funds intended to assist academically gifted...
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Black farmers vie for Florida medical marijuana license
TALLAHASSEE — A 99-year-old matriarch who began her agricultural career in cotton fields in Northwest Florida. A rancher who served in Vietnam and grew up in an Alachua County community terrorized in the past by lynchings. A family that got its start picking apples on...
Business, cannabis tax headed for ballot in Burlingame
Burlingame voters in November will have a chance to increase the city’s 29-year-old business tax rate, along with enacting a new tax on the city’s fledgling cannabis delivery sector, the City Council decided this week. The two measures are set to be combined in a...
CBD Stocks Creating Opportunities – Established (BCCI), (STG), (WEED), (ACRGF), (RLTR), (CBMJ), and Newcomer (VAPR) Lead the Charge
You would have to be living in isolation to have not picked up on the hottest marijuana derivative consumable and therapeutic center isolate CBD. CBD “Cannabidiol” is the non-psychoactive full spectrum derivative of the hemp and marijuana plant largely credited for the majority of the medical beneficial attributes associated with marijuana.
Pueblo City Council considers slashing excise taxes on retail marijuana for 3 years
Marijuana excise tax revenue collected by the city of Pueblo peaked in 2021 and has fallen sharply ever since. Nearly $800,000 was collected in 2021 but that number fell below $200,000 in 2022 and likely in 2023 as well. The city of Pueblo collects an 8% excise tax on...
Damien Cornwell to head Cannabis Association of NY
At a meeting earlier this month, the Cannabis Association of New York announced Damien Cornwell will serve as the organization’s new president. Cornwell, who has served on CANY’s board, owns and operates CAURD dispensary Just Breathe in Binghamton, and previously...
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Dec. 25—The elevation isn’t the only thing high about Santa Fe. The top business story for 2023 is the at least 44 cannabis shops now operating in the City Different. Santa Fe had just 13 medicinal marijuana shops as recreational cannabis became legal in New...
Cannabis shop growth among top local business stories in 2023
The elevation isn’t the only thing high about Santa Fe. The top business story for 2023 is the at least 44 cannabis shops now operating in the City Different. Santa Fe had just 13 medicinal marijuana shops as recreational cannabis became legal in New Mexico in April...
The Latest Research on Cannabis Social Equity Programs
Cannabis social equity programs are designed to increase licensure and employment opportunities for lower income and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) communities impacted by cannabis prohibition. As more states legalize cannabis and implement social...
Mississippi Marijuana Business Conference in Biloxi
June 23, 2022 A medical marijuana business conference took place in Biloxi. The conference aims to educate business owners on how to be successful in the industry. The event features speakers, sessions, exhibitor booths, and networking opportunities. Steve Marritt is...
The CLIMB Act Seeks To Boost Cannabis Industry Financing And Capital Access
Today, Rep. Troy A. Carter, Sr., a Democrat from Louisiana, and Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, a Republican from Pennsylvania, introduced a new bill called The Capital Lending and Investment for Marijuana Businesses (CLIMB) Act. If passed and signed into law, The CLIMB Act...
Veritas Fine Cannabis Closes Cultivation Facility, Lays Off Employees
Veritas Fine Cannabis has closed one of its three growing facilities and laid off almost a quarter of its employees. After rumors of Veritas layoffs began circulating on social media earlier this week, Veritas president John Spadafora confirmed the move....
Mother-son duo plans to build community and culture with cannabis business
Photo courtesy of Saréya Shorter and Shooter Jones Mother and son duo Tee Tee Brown and Bryce Savoy founded Euphorium Oakland, a Black-owned, family-operated cannabis delivery service in Oakland, California, that started in 2016. Brown and Savoy spoke to rolling...
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