Five years after voters approved ballot question legalizing recreational marijuana the business is growing like a weed
The first two recreational marijuana retail shops opened in Massachusetts on Nov. 20, 2018. Cultivate in Leicester and New England Treatment Access in Northampton opened their doors at 8 a.m. causing chaotic traffic jams of people eager to get their hands on legal...
Two years in, retail cannabis growth explodes
(Watch for this story Monday morning on WZZM 13) On Dec. 1, 2019, Michigan’s first adult-use cannabis retailer opened up shop in Ann Arbor. As the two-year anniversary of adult-use cannabis licensing in Michigan approaches, a closer look shows a growing and shifting...
Boycott disrupts cannabis industry
There are growing pains associated with any new industry, and cannabis is no exception. An internet-based boycott has taken aim at a handful of cannabis brands in Michigan, mainly due to their association or agreement with policies aligned with the Michigan Cannabis...
New Jersey Set to Accept Cannabis Business License Applications
Cannabis regulators in New Jersey announced this week that the state would begin accepting applications for marijuana business licenses next month, more than a year after voters in the state legalized recreational pot in the 2020 general election. At a meeting of the...
How to Protect Lone Workers In the Cannabis Industry
Cannabis industry jobs are not without risk. Growing, processing, distributing and retailing cannabis products bring potentially serious workplace hazards, which can be biological, chemical or physical. Because federal law still views cannabis as an illegal...
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.
Eagle resident peddling marijuana company caught in huge scam
For years, Rolf Hirschmann and his partner solicited money from investors to develop cannabis cultivation and dispensary sites in Las Vegas and Adelanto, Calif.. The pair raised more than $60 million since 2019 for their startup called WeedGenics, which they...
LCB shuts down unlicensed cannabis dispensary in Nisqually Basin
The Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) has shut down an illegal cannabis dispensary at “Medicine Creek Territory” in Nisqually Basin. Along with cash, three firearms were seized. During the investigation in Olympia, undercover LCB officers bought illegal cannabis from...
What you need to know about the coming changes to the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission
A swath of regulatory changes are coming to Massachusetts’ cannabis industry, including measures to clear the way for people with past criminal records to work in marijuana shops and to allow all cities and towns to eventually host cannabis cafes. In late July,...
Marijuana Licenses Halted Until Aug. 25
New cannabis dispensary licenses in New York will be on hold for at least two more weeks. The decision Friday by state Supreme Court Justice Keivn Bryant of Albany County keeps in place a temporary restraining order Bryant had issued on Monday stopping state officials...
How to improve your cannabis business
In recent years the marijuana industry has started to boom and as a result, everyone wants a piece of the cake. Many people focus on the potential and brush over the risks. The marijuana industry is not as easy to infiltrate as it might seem because you will be...
Homegrown Cannabis: An Exclusive Look
© Provided by NBC Connecticut Cannabis is now legal in our state and the new law allows, for the first time, people to grow their own at home. People who have a medical cannabis card can do this as of October 1. Recreational users must wait until July 2023. Figures...
How Supply Chain Problems Have Impacted The Cannabis Industry
You’re reading Entrepreneur Green Entrepreneur, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. This story originally appeared on The Fresh Toast Just as the cannabis industry was beginning to catch its stride, the world was swept into a panic caused by...
Toms River’s marijuana business ban could become permanent
TOMS RIVER – Marijuana businesses are likely to be banned indefinitely here after Township Council members introduced a measure that would eliminate the Dec. 31 expiration date for the weed business ban. Four council members — Kevin M. Geoghegan, Maria Maruca,...
Business is booming for Erie medical cannabis company, but it still can’t ask banks for a loan
A reminder came last week in the form of a news release that despite the growing acceptance of medical marijuana — and the introduction of a bill earlier this year to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults — companies that grow or sell cannabis still face...
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