Kathryn Blackwell & Chelsea Mulligan: The Advantages of Dispensary Franchising
Tue / May 18th PODCAST
Kathryn Blackwell & Chelsea Mulligan are co-founders of The Open Dør, an Arizona-based cannabis dispensary franchising firm.
TG joined Ganjapreneur in 2014 as a news writer and began hosting the Ganjapreneur podcast in 2016. He is based in upstate New York, where he also teaches media studies at a local university.
Tue / May 18th PODCAST
Kathryn Blackwell & Chelsea Mulligan are co-founders of The Open Dør, an Arizona-based cannabis dispensary franchising firm.
Tue / May 18th
Slipknot co-founder Shawn “Clown” Crahan is launching a cannabis product line featuring six half-gram pre-rolls made from 75% indica flower and 25% Paradise Citrus bubble hash.
Tue / May 18th
A recent study found that cannabis legalization leads to lower prices in a state’s unlicensed cannabis market and an increase in the prices of illicit drugs and illegally obtained pharmaceuticals.
Tue / May 18th
The State Medical Board of Ohio approved three new conditions for the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions list: arthritis, chronic migraines, and complex regional pain syndrome.
Mon / May 17th
Colorado cannabis regulators have banned hemp-derived and synthetic forms of THC, including Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC, from being sold in licensed dispensaries.
Mon / May 17th
Mississippi’s Supreme Court threw out the state’s medical cannabis initiative that was approved by 71% of voters last year due to the state’s outdated ballot initiative process.
Mon / May 17th
Jasiel Correia, the former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, was convicted on Friday of extorting cannabis businesses and other crimes.
Fri / May 14th
Republican co-chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus unveiled a bill on Wednesday to federally legalize cannabis but which contains zero considerations for amending the wrongs of prohibition.
Fri / May 14th
The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a life sentence that was issued under the state’s habitual offender law to Allen Russell in 2019 after he was found guilty of possessing over 30 grams of cannabis.
Fri / May 14th
Lawmakers in the Minnesota House advanced the chamber’s cannabis legalization bill but Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R) said that the legislation is already “up in smoke” in the Senate.
Thu / May 13th
African nations including Malawi and Zimbabwe are looking to diversify their agricultural programs with cannabis as worldwide demand for tobacco diminishes.
Thu / May 13th
A Buffalo, New York firefighter who was fired after failing a drug test due to his prescribed medical cannabis use has filed suit against the city and his former department.
Thu / May 13th
Arkansas medical cannabis sales have exceeded $300 million in the two years since the program’s launch.
Wed / May 12th
Two medical cannabis companies are suing Miami, Florida for the city’s refusal to allow dispensaries.
Wed / May 12th
Lawmakers in Louisiana’s House approved a measure to decriminalize the possession of up to 14 grams of cannabis, limiting potential punishments to a $100 fine and no jail time.
Wed / May 12th
Canadian cannabis company Flora Growth Corp., which cultivates medical cannabis in Colombia, started trading yesterday on the Nasdaq market.
Tue / May 11th
The Better Business Bureau issued warnings about a CBD free trial scam that has cost customers hundreds of dollars.
Tue / May 11th
A South Dakota legislative rules review committee ruled that the state can prohibit the use of medical cannabis by police officers and 911 dispatchers.
Tue / May 11th
Minnesota’s hemp production plan was given final approval by the USDA this week; it will be the state’s first year not operating under its 2014 pilot program.
Mon / May 10th
Trulieve Cannabis Corp. is set to purchase Harvest Health & Recreation for approximately $2.1 billion.
Mon / May 10th
A political consultant working for the agriculture commissioner of Texas has been arrested for his role in an alleged pay-to-play hemp licensing scheme.
Mon / May 10th
Lawmakers in the Minnesota House are expected to vote on a cannabis legalization proposal this week.
Fri / May 7th
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill allowing K-12 schools to store and administer non-smokable medical cannabis products to student patients.
Fri / May 7th
Credit Suisse Group AG is said to be no longer trading or holding shares of cannabis firms with U.S. operations.
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