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Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Collects $6.5 Million In Application Fees

November 14, 2018
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In less than a handful of months, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority already has raked in nearly $6.57 million in application fees. Of that, $5.45 million came from licensing medical marijuana dispensaries, growers or processors, said Melissa Miller, a spokeswoman…

The first Massachusetts marijuana retail shops are finally opening; Here’s what you should know

Retail stores that sell recreational marijuana are anticipated to open in Massachusetts. More than two years after Bay State voters approved a ballot question broadly legalizing recreational marijuana, state regulators have provided final sign-offs to the stores, and all that's…

The World’s Largest Weed Dispensary Is About to Open Near the Las Vegas Strip

October 30, 2018
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Planet 13, a massive weed dispensary opening just off the Las Vegas Strip, will be a sight to behold. Music and lights will pulse through its enormous 40,000 square feet of space. A treasure trove of cannabis products for medical…

Marijuana dispensaries without licenses to be ordered shut down in Michigan

October 30, 2018
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Even though the Michigan Medical Marijuana Licensing Board approved licenses for 14 more cannabis businesses on Monday, another 215 are facing closure as a Wednesday deadline looms. The 215 marijuana businesses have been operating under temporary emergency rules that expire on…

Canada to Open More Than 100 Pot Shops as It Becomes the Second Country to Legalize Marijuana

October 11, 2018
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Canada
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Mat Beren and his friends used to drive by the vast greenhouses of southern British Columbia and joke about how much weed they could grow there. Years later, it’s no joke. The tomato and pepper plants that once filled some…

New Jersey receives 146 applications for 6 shops as state expands medicinal weed

September 5, 2018
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In another sign of the robust interest in New Jersey's growing medical marijuana program, the state has received 146 applications to run six new retail shops that would sell the drug to the more than 30,000 people authorized to take…

Marijuana is not really legal in California if residents don’t have a reasonable way to buy it

California law allows adults to buy marijuana. It allows licensed businesses to deliver marijuana to customers, and it says specifically that cities and counties cannot prevent delivery services from traveling on public roads. Yet even though cities can’t stop deliveries…

Oklahoma’s Medical Marijuana Industry Will Be Cash-Only

Oklahoma’s adoption of medical marijuana will be green in more ways than one: Retail dispensaries, processors, growing operations and tax agencies will have to work within a cash-only industry. With marijuana still illegal at the federal level, businesses involved in…

MMJ Dispensary In Massachusetts Receives First License To Sell Recreational Cannabis

Massachusetts hit another milestone in its era of legalized marijuana: State regulators granted Cultivate a license to sell recreational marijuana at the company's existing medical marijuana dispensary in Leicester. The five-member Cannabis Control Commission unanimously voted to grant the retail…

Medical Marijuana Drive-Thru Coming To Florida

Medical marijuana patients will have a new option to get their pot. Curaleaf, which has pot retail outlets in Miami-Dade and Lake Worth, will be adding a new store with a drive-thru option in Palm Harbor just northwest of Tampa. The…

Recreational Marijuana Shops In Massachusetts Might Not Be Able To Open By July 1

Prospects for retail pot shops opening for business in Massachusetts by a July 1 target date appear to be dimming. The state’s Cannabis Control Commission met Thursday without issuing the first commercial business licenses under the state’s voter-approved recreational marijuana…

Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper Vetoes First Marijuana “Tasting Rooms” Bill

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday vetoed a bill that would have allowed licensed marijuana “tasting rooms” in Colorado — legislation that was the first of its kind in the nation — citing health and safety concerns. House Bill 1258 would have let adults at…

How Much Will Legal Cannabis Cost Once It Hits The Shops In Massachusetts?

For states that have legalized recreational marijuana, the new authorized markets have carried the promise of increasingly cheap weed. In Colorado, wholesale cannabis prices have dropped roughly 35 percent since their 2015 peak. In Oregon, some pot shops reportedly sell grams of weed for…

Boston Approves Zoning Regulations For Marijuana Businesses

Recreational marijuana businesses are welcome to set up shop on the main streets of Boston, but cannot cluster near one another, under new rules approved by city zoning officials Wednesday. Approved by the Boston Zoning Commission on an 8-1 vote,…

Budtenders to be in high demand as Michigan preps to license medical marijuana dispensaries

With medical marijuana on the cusp of becoming a bona fide industry in Michigan, the people who educate customers and sell the product in dispensaries — budtenders in marijuana lingo — will be in high demand. Across the state, as…