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NORML’s 50-Year Fight to Deschedule Cannabis

September 7, 2023
Tom Hymes
Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, News & Insights, Spotlight
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As much as NORML has been in the cannabis spotlight as the preeminent organization fighting to normalize a plant that has helped so many of us so profoundly, a whispered consensus could likely be found that its day has come…

Slightly higher times: Biden administration moves to loosen weed restrictions

August 30, 2023
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Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Spotlight
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The recommendation is the result of a yearlong review initiated by the president. The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is recommending that the Drug Enforcement Agency significantly loosen federal restrictions on marijuana but stopped short of advising…

Building Story Cannabis: A Conversation with Founder Jason Vedadi

August 29, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Arizona-based Story Cannabis was founded in June of 2022 by entrepreneur Jason Vedadi in what could be seen as the third act of his cannabis career, which has included significant stops at Harvest Health and Recreation and Oasis, the latter…

Cannabis Retailer Denied Citizenship Plans SCOTUS Appeal

August 24, 2023
Tom Hymes
Interstate Commerce, News & Insights, Spotlight
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In response to a ruling in June by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirming a lower court summary judgment denying Maria Elena Reimers the right to become a naturalized citizen, a lawyer for the Washington…

Judge Bryant Grants Injunction But Exempts Certain CAURD Licensees – UPDATED

August 21, 2023
Tom Hymes
Compliance and Regulations, New York, News & Insights, Spotlight
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UPDATED The defendants in Fiore v. NYSCCB on Thursday appealed the case to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the Third Judicial Department. "Defendants appeal from the 8/18/23 Decision & Order of the Hon. Kevin Bryant, granting in…

CAURD Lawsuit: NY Judge Beseeches Parties to Compromise

August 15, 2023
Tom Hymes
Compliance and Regulations, New York, News & Insights, Spotlight
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With both sides seeking declaratory judgment in their favor during Friday’s packed hearing in Carmine Fiore et al v. New York State Cannabis Control Board et al, State Supreme Court Judge Kevin R. Bryant instead extended any decision on the…

New York CAURD Lawsuit: The Stage is Set for Friday

August 10, 2023
Tom Hymes
Compliance and Regulations, New York, News & Insights, Spotlight
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On August 2, a lawsuit by four service impaired veterans was filed in New York State Supreme Court in Albany County against the state’s cannabis regulators that has brought the ongoing CAURD program to a screeching halt following an August…

Massachusetts Crisis Part 2: Does the CCC Have its Priorities Right?

August 3, 2023
Tom Hymes
Lab Testing, Massachusetts, News & Insights, Spotlight
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According to its chairperson, Massachusetts’ cannabis regulatory body is currently in crisis, but for some stakeholders in the state, it’s a long-simmering crisis endemic to a dysfunctional agency unable to deal with serious issues facing the Massachusetts cannabis market. One…

Cresco Labs and Columbia Care Mutually Agree to Terminate Merger

PRESS RELEASE July 31, 2023 08:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cresco Labs (CSE:CL) (OTCQX:CRLBF) (FSE: 6CQ) (“Cresco” or “the Company”) and Columbia Care (NEO:CCHW) (CSE:CCHW) (OTCQX:CCHWF) (“Columbia Care”) today announced a mutual agreement, dated July 30, 2023, to amicably terminate the definitive…

Fig Farms Expands Its Award-Winning Genetic Footprint

July 20, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Cultivation, News & Insights, Spotlight
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California-based Fig Farms is a legacy cultivator and breeder that has successfully expanded its genetics and flower throughout the state and into other states. Defined by a fierce and unwavering dedication to genetic and product excellence established and maintained by…

BeLeaf Medical Settles Into Adult-Use

July 18, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Missouri, News & Insights, Spotlight
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It has been six months since Missouri made the same transition many other states have undertaken to integrate adult-use cannabis sales into an existing medical cannabis marketplace, and from all accounts, the state is still in a honeymoon phase recording…

Lucid Green’s QR Code Offers a Doorway To Efficiency

July 11, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Co-founded in 2018 by data veterans Larry Levy and Paul Botto, who also serve as its CEO and President, respectively, Lucid Green introduced a touchless inventory management solution for the cannabis industry via its LucidID QR code – The Intelligent…

Catalyst CEO Elliot Lewis on Growth Through Confrontation and Suffering

July 4, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Elliot Lewis is the co-founder and CEO of Long-Beach, California-based retailer Catalyst Cannabis Company, and a prolific poster of social media videos in which he colorfully relates the many outrages allegedly perpetuated upon Catalyst by local and state politicians and…

Cranking out joints, edibles and more, firms race to meet demand for legal weed in Maryland

Recreational marijuana use will be legal for adult use in Maryland beginning July 1 JESSUP — Tucked at the back of an industrial park shared with a spice company, the thick summer air outside Verano’s humming two-story production warehouse smells…

Maryland Retailer Sues iAnthus, Subsidiaries for Theft of Millions, Fraud, RICO

June 22, 2023
Tom Hymes
Lawsuits, Maryland, News & Insights, Spotlight
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A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Maryland federal court by LMS Wellness, Benefit LLC, owner of the Health for Life White Marsh dispensary in Baltimore County, accuses iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc. (CSE: IAN) (OTCPK: ITHUF) of stealing over four million dollars…