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Slow burn — Ohio recreational marijuana dispensaries on way to sales

More than 100 dispensaries in Ohio are on their way to selling recreational marijuana. The Division of Cannabis Control has given provisional licenses to 110 dispensaries so they can sell both medically and recreationally once they receive final approval. Of…

Cannabis Rescheduling: A Potential Watershed Moment That Comes with Many As-Yet Unanswered Questions for the Marijuana Industry

By Jean Smith-Gonnell and Michael Lafleur The impending reclassification of cannabis to a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act could have implications for the entire cannabis industry. There a multitude of questions that have arisen since the Department…

What to know as recreational marijuana becomes legal in Minnesota on Aug. 1

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Oklahoma votes against legalizing recreational marijuana

Voters in Oklahoma on Tuesday rejected a measure to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, a defeat that marks a significant setback for the marijuana legalization movement. The Associated Press projected the defeat, which came five years after state voters…

Virginia lawmakers again unlikely to set up marijuana sales

February 15, 2023
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In 2021, Virginia became the first Southern state to legalize marijuana, adopting a policy change that allowed adults to possess and cultivate the drug. But lawmakers didn’t fully enact a framework for recreational retail sales. Partisan gridlock thwarted…

Fears Supply Issues Will Leave Germany’s Adult-Use Cannabis Market In Starting Blocks

October 19, 2022
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Germany
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FURTHER details on Germany’s proposed adult-use cannabis market are to be published soon, and they will be avidly consumed with much uncertainty currently surrounding the proposed reforms. The German government’s main priority is public health and safety, and protecting minors; thereby eliminating…

What Must Be Done To Enact Germany’s New Cannabis Law And What Will Its Adult-Use Market Look Like?

November 26, 2021
Peter McCusker
Germany
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With Germany’s Government-in-waiting set to deliver adult-use cannabis, BusinessCann explores the delivery challenges and how the legislation may be shaped. BACK in 2015 the German Green Party published its Cannabis Control Act (CCA). Although it made no progress in the…

Like it or Not Cannabis is on the Ballot in Virginia in November

On July 1, 2021, Virginians and cannabis enthusiasts nationwide celebrated like it was April 20th, as cannabis possession was legalized in the commonwealth. Presently, Virginia allows possession up to one ounce and for home grow up to four plants per…

All Eyes on New York as Legalization Looms

New York’s recreational marijuana market is poised to begin with a big splash -- and it’s one that may well ripple around the world, according to speakers at a packed “Business of Cannabis: New York” conference last week. The state’s…

For Black entrepreneurs, the dream of opening a pot shop remains just out of reach

September 16, 2021
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While state officials have named the winners of 185 upcoming pot shop permits, a court order that’s blocked their issuance has continued to place those who were supposed to benefit from legalization in an indefinite limbo state. Amid a seemingly…

Nearly 900 New Mexicans are applying to grow recreational cannabis

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Indy White is with Purlife, an Albuquerque-based medical marijuana dispensary now gearing up to serve the recreational market. “What we're trying to do is be able to grow on a larger scale to be able to serve…

High priority: Kathy Hochul vows to launch NY’s legal marijuana industry Cuomo stalled on

Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed that getting New York’s budding marijuana sales program off the ground will be a high priority. Scandal-scarred ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature approved the law back in March that legalized the sale of weed…

Virginia lawmakers already discussing speeding up retail marijuana sales

‘We have not legalized the actual purchase of marijuana’ Virginia lawmakers are already discussing speeding up the three-year delay between marijuana legalization last month and the beginning of retail sales. “We have legalized the use of marijuana, but we have…

What Will Legal Cannabis Look Like in New York?

Pot enthusiasts, rejoice: New York has officially legalized the use of recreational marijuana. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation Wednesday that made New York the latest state to legalize recreational weed, positioning it to quickly become one of the largest…

Mexico Set to Legalize Marijuana, Becoming World’s Largest Market

March 11, 2021
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Lawmakers in Mexico have approved a bill to legalize recreational cannabis, but in a country still marred by a deadly drug war, the proposal has proved divisive. MEXICO CITY — Lawmakers in Mexico approved a bill Wednesday night to legalize…

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