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Medical Dispensaries Ask Oregon Legislature to Let Them Sell to Recreational Users

SALEM - Medical marijuana dispensary owners pleaded Thursday with legislators to allow them to sell to recreational pot users once the drug becomes legal on July 1. "We don't know a single dispensary doing well in this over-saturated market," said…

Demands on Dispensary Workers Grow With Advances in Medical Research

Working at a medical marijuana dispensary in 2015, you never know what type of questions you’ll get. Bryan Willkomm, general manager at Humboldt Patient Resource Center in Arcata, said a lot of folks, especially the seasoned old-timers, will just take…

Delaware’s First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Scheduled to Open June 26

Delaware's first medical marijuana dispensary will open on June 26, more than four years after lawmakers and Gov. Jack Markell first legalized pot for medicinal use. The First State Compassion Center, located at 37 Germay Drive outside of Wilmington, will…

Connecticut Will Allow 3 More Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

HARTFORD — Connecticut plans to allow up to three more medical marijuana dispensaries, targeting New Haven and Fairfield counties, where there are the most registered patients and the fewest licensed sellers. The decision to add to the state's six dispensaries…

Colorado Dispensaries May Discount Cannabis on Sept. 16 Tax Holiday

You’ve already read the news that Colorado will repeal sales taxes on marijuana for one day only — on Sept. 16 — because of a quirk in the state’s constitution. But what does that mean for the customer? Will they save…

Downtown Brooklyn May Get New York City’s First Marijuana Dispensary

A medical-marijuana company hoping to distribute pot in New York has signed a lease in downtown Brooklyn for a dispensary that could open as soon as January. The firm, PalliaTech, is vying to become one of five companies selected by…

First May Not Be Best in New York’s Race For Medical Marijuana Licenses

Competition is heating up among companies jockeying for one of the state's five medical-marijuana licenses. But for some, being an early adopter in New York, with its restrictive medical-marijuana law, isn't worth the financial risk. GrowOp, a unit of publicly…

New York Extends Application Deadline for Medical Marijuana Distributors

State officials have extended a deadline for companies interested in selling and distributing medical marijuana in New York. Due to a higher than anticipated number of questions from potential applicants, the state extended the deadline to June 5 for submission of…

Seattle Mayor: Half of the City’s Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Will Be Shut Down

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said Tuesday that about half of all medical marijuana facilities within city limits will shut down before July 2016. That’s because his office, endorsed by City Attorney Pete Holmes and City Councilmember Nick Licata, moved forward…

One of Colorado’s Largest Marijuana Chain’s Lays Off 45% of Its Employees

One of Colorado’s largest chains of marijuana stores on Wednesday laid off 65 employees — or about 45 percent of the company’s total workforce, according to owner Shawn Phillips. The pot layoffs are believed to be the largest in Colorado’s…

Want to Run a Hawaii Medical Marijuana Dispensary? It May Takes Millions

Hawaii lawmakers on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that clears the way for medical marijuana dispensaries to open for business in the Islands as early as July 2016, but an expert says interested applicants will need a couple…

Hawaii Legislature OKs Bill for Statewide Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

May 8, 2015
John Hollon
Cultivation, Hawaii, Policy & Legal, Retail
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The state Legislature has passed a bill that would allow for as many as 16 medical marijuana dispensary sites across the state. The Senate’s unanimous vote and the House’s 36-13 vote on Thursday comes 15 years after state leaders authorized…

Hawaii Could Have Medical Marijuana Dispensary System by July 2016

A Hawaii medical marijuana dispensary system could begin distribution in July 2016, under a bill given final approval by state legislators meeting in conference committee. House Bill 321, which will head back to the Senate and House floors for a…

Hundreds Scrambling to Get NY State’s 5 Medical Marijuana Licenses

The race is on to secure the five licenses to be granted under New York state’s medical marijuana program, which takes effect in January. And the cash-crop lottery could bring in millions for the winners. Statewide revenues will likely total…

Hawaii Lawmakers Revive Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill

After lengthy, sometimes heated, deliberation Friday, Hawaii lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on the implementation of a medical marijuana dispensary system, but the bill will return to conference committee on Monday under different leadership on the Senate side. Sen.…