Drivers Behind Year-Over-Year Changes in March Cannabis Sales for 11 States
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OpEd: SAFE Banking Will Support Level Playing Field for NY’s Cannabis Future
Getty Images Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York By Charlene S. Ali (Chef Ali) and Adam Ali Having a job to afford a house and a car is the American Dream. But the American ideal of entrepreneurship...
Long Beach could get 8 new cannabis dispensaries as City Council weighs expansion, tax cuts
New business licenses for storefronts would be reserved for “equity applicants,” which are people with lower net worths, who live in underserved areas of the city or have a past criminal offense tied to the war on drugs. The creation of eight additional licenses would...
City council approves final marijuana store ordinance
The Grand Junction City Council cleared its final hurdle Wednesday in allowing recreational marijuana sales in the city, unanimously approving an ordinance clarifying the zoning regulations for marijuana stores. “This is the last piece in the ordinance puzzle for our...
Cannabis Finds a New Luxury Home
© Provided by The Daily Beast Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty “This is basically a boutique version of a conference,” Affirm CBD CEO Chris Finelli said, gazing around at the abundance of petite, pastel-hued THC products on display at the 5th...
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.
Detroit Grants 37 Cannabis Licenses, 13 Going To Black-Owned Businesses
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton November 20, 2023 Five of the licenses have gone to Majority Women-Owned Businesses Some businesses in Detroit are going up in smoke— in a good way—as the City of Detroit has announced that it has granted cannabis licenses to...
Gillibrand Calls On Drug Enforcement Agency To Reschedule Marijuana To A Schedule Iii Substance
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is calling on the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance. Unlike other Schedule I substances, like heroin, marijuana is not associated with the same acute...
Chuck Schumer Says ‘Time Has Come’ To End Prohibition of Cannabis
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told Yahoo News! in a recent interview that believes the end to the federal cannabis prohibition is on the horizon, with legislation to provide cannabis industry access to banking services in the works. He’s talking about the...
In NYC, Cannabis Business Expenses Now Deductible
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Friday, November 20, 2023, that allows New York City cannabis businesses to deduct business expenses paid or incurred in carrying on such business for purposes of determining their City income tax liabilities. The...
LI business approved to sell marijuana when recreational use becomes legal
May 06, 2022, 2:28amUpdated 28m ago By: News 12 Staff A Long Island business is one of the latest approved to sell marijuana once recreational use becomes legal in New York State. There have been a total of 88 businesses approved within the last month. Those...
A New Report Explains How California Screwed Up Marijuana Legalization
Six years after California legalized recreational marijuana, the black market still accounts for roughly two-thirds of the state’s cannabis sales. Since legalization was supposed to eliminate the black market, that embarrassing situation represents a stark...
Majority of California cannabis business licenses remain ‘provisional’ from bureaucratic backlog
It’s been a few years since California rolled out its cannabis licensing and tax program. But the state is still ironing out the kinks. As of now the state has issued 12,691 licenses, three-quarters of which are provisional, used by cannabis businesses to operate...
Why Work in Weed? Amid the Great Resignation, Legal Cannabis May Offer Perks Other Industries Cannot
Opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views of Rolling Stone editors or publishers. They’re calling it the Great Resignation: a mass exodus of employees from their current jobs in search of new, brighter career opportunities. It may...
Why Are So Many Cannabis Businesses Losing Money Hand Over Fist?
This article originally appeared on Cannabis.net and has been reposted with permission. According to New Frontier Data, the United States cannabis industry is poised to be worth a staggering $30 billion each year by 2025. Cannabis legalization continues to spread...
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