Montana Sells $1.5M of Cannabis During Program’s Opening Weekend
Wed / Jan 5th
The combined sales from Montana’s new adult-use cannabis marketplace surpassed $1.5 million over its launch last weekend.
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Wed / Jan 5th
The combined sales from Montana’s new adult-use cannabis marketplace surpassed $1.5 million over its launch last weekend.
Mon / Jan 3rd
The deadline for New York’s municipalities to ban cannabis industry operations has passed with some 42% opting out of dispensaries and 48% opting out of on-site consumption businesses.
Thu / Dec 16th
San Diego officials are gathering feedback on a proposal to eliminate certain zoning rules that could increase the number of cannabis dispensaries in the city by up to 40%.
Mon / Dec 13th
Visa issued a warning recently against dispensaries using “Cashless ATMs” to mimic the process of purchasing cannabis products with a credit or debit card.
Mon / Dec 13th
A recent study found cannabis legalization had no negative effect on Colorado’s labor market and that allowing state-licensed cannabis dispensaries leads to an increased local employment rate.
Wed / Dec 8th PODCAST
Chris Ray is the general manager for The Tree House, a cannabis dispensary in Anchorage, Alaska.
Thu / Dec 2nd
Typically stocked with large quantities of both cash and cannabis, dispensaries have become a prime target amid a growing trend of smash-and-grab retail robberies.
Fri / Nov 26th SPOTLIGHT
Indigenous and Native American tribes have stewarded the land in North America for countless generations. Today, Indigenous-owned cannabis and hemp brands are thriving in the industry despite regulatory obstacles including licensing issues, local restrictions, and more.
Tue / Nov 23rd
Ayr Wellness announced a $55 million deal to acquire Illinois-based Gentle Ventures, LLC, which owns and operates Dispensary 33 — the last independent cannabis retailer in Chicago.
Fri / Nov 12th
Trulieve Cannabis Corp. is opening West Virginia’s first medical cannabis dispensary today, more than four years after lawmakers approved the program.
Thu / Nov 11th
An Ohio bill is seeking to expand the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions list, allow curbside and drive-thru dispensing, increase the number of dispensaries, and expand the square footage of cultivation sites.
Tue / Nov 2nd
Oklahoma medical cannabis operators no longer need a processor’s license to prepare cannabis pre-rolls under a new state law that took effect November 1.
Mon / Nov 1st
Rhode Island officials on Friday awarded five new medical cannabis licenses — one application was delayed by a lawsuit, while another was disqualified over a bribe paid to the former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts.
Mon / Oct 25th
A little less than half of Ohio’s medical cannabis patients are “extremely dissatisfied” or “somewhat dissatisfied” with the state’s medical cannabis system, according to a new report.
Mon / Oct 18th
Canadian cannabis retailer Superette partnered with designer Emily Robinson on a dispensary that resembles a retro grocery store.
Fri / Oct 15th
Flowhub, a retail point-of-sale platform for cannabis dispensaries, announced on Tuesday the closing of $19 million in strategic funding. The sum includes a personal investment by Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter.
Wed / Oct 13th INTERVIEW
Mimi Lam is the co-founder and CEO of Superette, a boutique Canadian retailer that is working to transform the cannabis shopping experience.
Tue / Oct 12th
A Missouri judge last week ordered a permanent injunction against the state’s medical cannabis law requiring cannabis businesses in the state to be at least 51% owned by Missouri residents.
Fri / Oct 1st
Trulieve Cannabis Corp. has completed its takeover of Harvest Health and Recreation in a $2.1 billion deal, the largest ever in the U.S. cannabis industry.
Thu / Sep 23rd
Cara Wietstock, host of Fresh Cut by Ganjapreneur, meets with Bianca Blanche, a former budtender turned host of That Budtender Podcast. They discuss how the retail sector can improve, what attributes make a good budtender, and how to grow a career within the cannabis industry in a conversation between two former career budtenders that gets pretty real and pretty fun.
Fri / Sep 10th
The Chicago, Illinois City Council Zoning Committee approved a plan by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to eliminate the city’s cannabis zones and allow more retail cannabis dispensaries in downtown Chicago.
Thu / Sep 9th
From mid-July through August, Arkansans spent $33 million to purchase 5,038 pounds of medical cannabis at dispensaries in the state, an increase of $6.5 million in sales compared to earlier figures.
Wed / Sep 8th
Cresco Labs last week completed its $90 million takeover of Massachusetts’ Cultivate, acquiring three operational dispensaries and 42,000 square feet of cannabis flower canopy.
Fri / Sep 3rd
The chairman of the dispensary subcommittee of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is suggesting for dispensaries to resemble pharmacies in the state.
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