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It’s been one month since Missouri legalized recreational weed. Here’s how it’s going

It’s been one month since Missouri began approving licenses for dispensaries to sell recreational marijuana Feb. 3. In less than 30 days, Missouri’s nearly 200 dispensaries made about $103 million in weed sales – nearly $72 million of that came from recreational sales. According…

Unlicensed Pot Shops Still Selling Weed Following NYPD Shutdown Actions

Mayor Eric Adams had firm words on Feb. 7 for the operators of smoke shops selling cannabis illegally just as New York’s first legal pot shops were getting business underway. “We wanted to let them know that we’re not going…

Arizonans spent more than $1.4 billion on marijuana in 2022, driven by recreational sales

February 23, 2023
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Total Arizona marijuana sales in 2022 mirrored the total from 2021, the first year of the legal adult use market, but the paths that each year reached $1.4 billion in sales were strikingly different. In 2021, medical marijuana sales were the…

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As Missouri marijuana businesses cash in, small Black-owned shops are stuck in limbo

February 20, 2023
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When Missouri allowed the first dispensaries to begin selling marijuana earlier this month, Andrew McDowell was frustrated. Although he was happy for his community to finally have access to recreational weed, his Black-owned smoke shop in Raytown still can’t sell…

Virginia Gov. Youngkin won’t commit to legalizing retail cannabis while in office

February 17, 2023
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin said on Thursday it’s up to lawmakers to resolve an impasse over recreational cannabis sales and declined to say whether he’d ever sign legislation related to the issue during his tenure. His comments come after the administration spoke out…

CT cannabis customers were surprised by prices. We analyzed the cost vs other states

Prices at Connecticut’s newly-opened cannabis recreational dispensaries are higher than prices at dispensaries in surrounding states, according to a CT Insider analysis of data. On the first day of legal cannabis sales here, many customers took to social media to decry what…

Will CT recreational cannabis sales impact Massachusetts dispensaries?

Recreational cannabis users in Connecticut have been shopping at dispensaries out of state — until today. The opening of seven recreational cannabis locations marks the first time Connecticut residents will be able to buy non-medical products in their home state.…

CT retail cannabis sales set to begin Tuesday: ‘There’s going to be lines’

Connecticut’s first recreational cannabis retail shops will open Tuesday morning – a long awaited milestone in the state’s effort to decriminalize the drug and create an equitable legal market. State officials gave permission to nine existing medical cannabis dispensaries to…

Detroit dispensaries begin selling recreational marijuana

Recreational marijuana officially went on sale in Detroit on Wednesday when the medical dispensary House of Dank on Fort Street, near the border of Lincoln Park, opened its doors to recreational buyers. A few hours later on the opposite side of…

Black market battles, plummeting prices: a look at Michigan marijuana in 2022

It’s been a great year for Michigan marijuana customers, who are paying less than ever for increasingly potent cannabis. As of November, the average retail cost for an ounce of marijuana had dropped to a record low of $95 with…

Recreational marijuana dispensaries on the rise in Vermont

January 3, 2023
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In the first three months that Vermont has allowed the retail sale of marijuana for adult recreational use, the number of dispensaries around the state has grown from just three to about 25, with several more are expected to open…

Recreational cannabis prices in Mass. plummet as dispensary owners weigh future

Recreational cannabis has never been cheaper in Massachusetts than it was this year. Prices have been steadily decreasing for more than a year, and those running businesses in the burgeoning industry expect them to keep dropping. While customers may be…

A buyer’s guide to navigating the Vermont cannabis shopping experience

October 12, 2022
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What is it like to purchase weed in Vermont's new legal adult retail cannabis market? It's a very different shopping experience than for other products you're probably used to buying. A variety of regulations dictate everything from how product is displayed…

‘Things are changing and things are good’: Adult-use cannabis sales start in Vermont

October 3, 2022
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Bryan Menard didn’t wait for the sun to tell him when to get up Saturday. By 6:30 a.m. the Burlington resident was at the head of a line outside the Ceres Collaborative store on College Street, preparing to be the shop’s first…

Marijuana regulation bill fails in Delaware House

A bill establishing a structure for regulating the production and sale of marijuana failed in the State House Thursday. State Rep. Edward Osienski’s (D-Newark) bill would have imposed a 15% tax on marijuana sales and created a limited number of…