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Alien Labs Invades New Markets With Quality Cannabis

August 6, 2024
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Cultivation, Multiple State Brands, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Founded in 2014 on skills honed long before legalization, Redding, California-based Alien Labs has over the years built a rock-solid reputation for top-shelf flower (and other products) that it is now exporting to other states as part of a growth…

Building Story Cannabis: A Conversation with Founder Jason Vedadi

August 29, 2023
Tom Hymes
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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…

Fig Farms Expands Its Award-Winning Genetic Footprint

July 20, 2023
Tom Hymes
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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…

The Flower Shop Looks Beyond Arizona and Utah

November 17, 2022
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Arizona-based TFS Brands, aka The Flower Shop, began life as SKY Dispensaries in 2017 only to rebrand to its current name in 2019 following the promotion of Greta Brandt from General Counsel to her current role as President of the…

Top 5 Steps to Take Before Obtaining a Cannabis License in a Newly Legal State

By Henry Baskerville In November 2020, voters in five states passed legislation allowing some form of marijuana sales, joining the rising tide of cannabis legalization sweeping the nation. However, because cannabis is still classified as a Schedule 1 drug under…

Recreational marijuana sales kick off in Arizona

Recreational marijuana sales have started in Arizona, with many of the state's medical-marijuana dispensaries getting the OK on Friday to open sales to anyone 21 or older. A Harvest Health and Recreation dispensary in Scottsdale got approval at about noon. The staff…

Arizona Cannabis: New Opportunities Under Proposition 207

November 18, 2020
Press Release
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By Ethan Minkin, Attorney at Harris Bricken As the old adage goes, if at first you don’t succeed, Try, try again. After suffering a close defeat in 2016, Arizona’s new recreational cannabis law passed with 60% of the vote on…

1 in 3 Americans now lives in a state where recreational marijuana is legal

November 4, 2020
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Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota
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New Jersey, Arizona and Montana passed measures to legalize adult-use marijuana. South Dakota became the first state to authorize both medical and recreational sales at the same time. Some 16 million Americans were added to the list of places that…

Is Arizona’s New Medical Marijuana Testing Program About to Cause Shortages?

September 17, 2020
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In a nondescript office park in Scottsdale, George Griffeth is getting ready. Seven-hundred-pound marble tables for high-precision scales, stainless-steel lab equipment, and a multi-thousand-dollar dishwasher are scattered about, set to be part of one of Arizona's first state-approved medical marijuana testing…

Foes of marijuana legalization file lawsuit to stop ballot measure in Arizona

Opponents of an initiative that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Arizona have filed a lawsuit to keep the issue off the ballot in November. The lawsuit, by Arizonans for Health and Public Safety, argues that the initiative’s…

Backers of Arizona’s recreational marijuana measure file 420K signatures for November ballot

A measure to legalize adult use of recreational marijuana in Arizona filed 420,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot in November, officials reported Wednesday. Technically, the measure needs 237,645 valid signatures to go in front of voters. While it's common…

10 things to look for in a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona

Backers of a measure to legalize recreational marijuana use in Arizona are taking their time to determine what should be in the law and how to thread the needle on the most controversial issues for voters. The proposal from the "Smart…

Munchies of Choice Vary Between States’ Edibles Consumers

We smoke, vape and slather our weed. We affix patches infused with THC to our arms. And more and more of us, too, eat our reefer. So far during 2018, edibles sales in major states garnered 15 percent of market…

Balms, Lubes, Patches: The State(s) of Topicals

As the cannabis market matures across the second decade of the 21st century, some aspects of the industry, such as flower’s lead (albeit steadily diminishing) in market share, are likely to hold steady. But the cannabis market is ever-evolving. By…

Cresco Labs Announces Massive Expansion to California, Arizona and Nevada Product Line will be Available by End of Year

PRESS RELEASE (Chicago, IL) Midwest-based Cresco Labs announced acquisition and expansion plans today adding three new markets, one medical and two adult-access states, to their already impressive operational presence in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Cresco Labs will be launching vertically-integrated…