Amid questions about background, Minnesota’s new ‘marijuana czar’ resigns day after appointment
The newly named director of Minnesota’s marijuana regulatory agency left the job a day after being appointed by Gov. Tim Walz after an MPR News-APM Reports investigation found she ran a business that sold products that exceeded state limits on THC potency, owed money...
Bill proposed to allow marijuana dispensaries to have basic banking services
Grant Griffith owned a landscaping business, and his workers were used to him coming out to greet them each morning, but on Monday, May 29th, after going hours without hearing from him, the workers decided to enter his house. Griffith’s room was completely engulfed in...
New Hampshire will run cannabis franchise stores if bill passes: How it would work
If New Hampshire lawmakers pass the cannabis legalization bill preferred by Gov. Chris Sununu in 2024, the business model might look a little like McDonald’s. One large entity – the New Hampshire Liquor Commission – would oversee all the products, the marketing, and...
Minnesota cannabis boss quits after questions raised about her background
ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s newly named director of Minnesota’s marijuana regulatory agency left the job a day after being appointed by Gov. Tim Walz after an MPR News-APM Reports investigation found she ran a business that sold products that exceeded state limits on THC...
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...
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Marijuana cultivation and use cannot be defeated, but as a legal industry, Guyana can enjoy its economic and medicinal benefits
Guyana equally could develop its own medical marijuana industry, potentially becoming a hub or the epicenter for research and development in the Caribbean and South America. This will, if done, …
NY cannabis regulator hasn’t increased staff months after Hochul ‘overhaul’
Empire State Development released a request for proposals indicating it was contracting out administration of a $5 million grant program meant to reimburse some cannabis dispensaries for expenses …
Michigan switching to surprise state inspections for cannabis businesses
The state’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency is doing away with its semi … “It will be a flexible process, open to corrective action plans,” Cooley said, adding that business owners will “have some …
DeSantis in middle of Florida feud pitting marijuana against hemp
Five years later, Florida is still not among the nation’s top hemp producers. But hemp is big business: One recent study by the cannabis and hemp consulting firm Whitney Economics reported that hemp …
Cannabis entrepreneur to lead Minnesota’s new marijuana agency
A cannabis industry entrepreneur who hasn’t worked in government before will be the inaugural director of Minnesota’s new cannabis agency, Gov. Tim Walz announced Thursday. Erin DuPree, a longtime consultant for startup businesses who founded Loonacy...
Senators Introduce Revised Marijuana Banking Bill
A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday introduced a newly revised bill to give state-legal cannabis companies access to business banking services. Dubbed the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act, the legislation is sponsored by Democratic...
Walz names hemp business owner to direct Minnesota’s new Office of Cannabis Management
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional details and quotes from a Thursday press briefing with DuPree. Erin DuPree, the founder of a hemp-derived cannabis business in Apple Valley, will be Minnesota’s first director of the Office of Cannabis...
Nearly 50 weed stores are now open. The time to invest in N.J.’s cannabis industry is now | Opinion
Over the past few weeks we saw a bevy of cannabis activity, from expansion of products to the approval of more licenses to the opening of new dispensaries. These combination of events and action, coupled with the work of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission...
Bank barriers hurt Black people in cannabis business
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 be in the NBA, either. I started in the...
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