Department of Health Archives - Cannabis Business Executive

Philly marijuana dispensaries that got looted say state rules are making it harder to reopen

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Philadelphia are rushing to repair damage caused by looters so they can reopen quickly and serve patients. But some owners say the state’s Department of Health, which regulates the industry, is throwing up roadblocks as they…

Hawaii’s 17 Years of Missteps in Legalization Blamed on Ambivalence, Lack of Leadership

August 2, 2017
Kevin Whitton
Compliance and Regulations, Hawaii, Policy & Legal
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In the year 2000, Hawaii became the first state to legalize medical cannabis through the state legislature. Act 228 created a medical cannabis registry program that allowed medical cannabis cardholders to grow their own cannabis or have a caretaker grow…

Pennsylvania Releases Names of Potential Marijuana Sellers

(Harrisburg) -- The Department of Health has revealed a few new details on the lengthy rollout of its medical marijuana program. The names of dozens of potential dispensaries have been released, though officials won't say where exactly they'll be located.…

New York Medical Marijuana Program Having Problems With Repeat Customers

February 15, 2017
AggregatedNews
New York
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More than three-quarters of the state's 13,000 or so medical marijuana-eligible patients have purchased the drug, but only half of the 13,000 are repeat buyers under the tightly regulated state program, according to Department of Health data provided to the…

New York Makes Productive Changes to Medical Marijuana Program

December 9, 2016
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New York
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State officials on Thursday announced a series of additional changes to New York’s medical marijuana program designed to expand products for patients, ease production and distribution for manufacturers of the drug and expand where and by whom it can be…

From the Beginning: Pennsylvania’s Medical Cannabis Program

If you asked me five years ago if Pennsylvania’s state legislature would pass medical cannabis legislation with overwhelming support from both Republicans and Democrats, and that the legislation would be signed by a Pennsylvania Governor, I would have said, “No…