Walz takes responsibility for failed vetting of cannabis director
ST. PAUL — The search is on — again — for a person to be the lead marijuana regulator in Minnesota after Gov. Tim Walz’s first pick for the job resigned late Friday over problems uncovered with businesses she ran. On Saturday, Walz took responsibility for a...
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em: First Jersey City recreational cannabis sale set for Sept. 29
After one year, five months and eight days since statewide adult-use cannabis sales began in New Jersey, the state’s second largest city will finally get a recreational store to call its own. RIPT Dispensary, which became Jersey City’s first cannabis business when it...
It looks like a Christmas tree farm, but it’s 10-foot tall marijuana
The plants are tall. Massive. Behemoth. Row after row of the leafy greens will reach 8 to 14 feet by the October harvest. They’re almost as wide as they are high – towering over farmworkers, straining against trellising and stretching as far as the eye can...
Marijuana task force to focus on organized crime, Oklahoma AG says
Officials aren’t divulging a lot of details about an organized crime task force announced last week by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, but the few they have are faintly reminiscent of the Prohibition-era Untouchables. “Illegal marijuana grows are...
Minnesota’s first cannabis regulator resigns after allegations of illegal sales
Former White House Drug Policy Advisor Kevin Sabet weighs in on dangers of NCAA’s support of colleges allowing athletes to smoke marijuana. Minnesota’s first cannabis regulator has resigned after allegations she sold illegal products through her company....
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Oklahoma medical marijuana industry calls out OMMA for licensing backlog
Kyle King said he’s invested $100,000 into Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry, hoping to become a licensed grower. After over a year of waiting on the state’s regulatory agency to approve his …
Legal hemp operators claim they’re victims in New York marijuana crackdown
New York merchants who claim to be selling state-legal hemp say they’ve been swept up in a statewide crackdown on illicit marijuana sales.
Some MS cannabis growers may not be able to turn a profit with new weed-testing regulations
Small cannabis cultivators in Mississippi are concerned new testing regulations will cost them their businesses.
Some in state marijuana industry decry licensing backlog
King, along with others within the medical marijuana industry, blame a massive license renewal … “If I have to wait a year, I’m going to invest this money, I’m going to have to pay a year of lease …
Cannabis company is first forced to bargain with union under new NLRB test
Company’s illegal conduct cancels out union’s election loss, judge says First case to apply major board ruling criticized by biz groups Critics say standard is vulnerable to legal challenges Sept 22 (Reuters) – A Massachusetts cannabis dispensary...
Senate Banking Committee To Consider Cannabis Banking Bill Next Week
The Senate Banking Committee will be marking up a bill next week that could, if passed, make doing business much easier and safer for America’s growing legal cannabis industry. The Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulate Banking Act was introduced Wednesday by Majority...
Cannabis company founder picked to oversee Minnesota marijuana market
Minnesota’s marijuana regulatory agency will be led by Erin DuPree, who founded a low-dose THC company she will leave behind to oversee the state’s move to a legal market for full-fledged cannabis products. Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday named DuPree the first executive...
New Minnesota cannabis czar appointed, discusses retail sales timeline
MN cannabis director named [RAW] Minnesota’s first Office of Cannabis Management director has been appointed. Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan announced Erin DuPree has been appointed the state’s first director of the Office of Cannabis Management...
Al Harrington: Banking barriers hurt Black people in cannabis business
Al Harrington RICHARD SHOTWELL, ASSOCIATED PRESS As a Black man who grew up in New Jersey in the 1980s and witnessed the effects of the war on drugs in my family and community, I never thought I’d be in the cannabis business. But then again, I never thought I’d...
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