Dispensaries

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.

Canadian cannabis retailer Superette partnered with designer Emily Robinson on a dispensary that resembles a retro grocery store.

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.

Mimi Lam is the co-founder and CEO of Superette, a boutique Canadian retailer that is working to transform the cannabis shopping experience.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The chairman of the dispensary subcommittee of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is suggesting for dispensaries to resemble pharmacies in the state.

A Massachusetts cannabis dispensary won the right to operate for-profit after the state Supreme Court ruled that the town of Mansfield’s bylaws were preempted by the state’s legalization law.

California dispensary March and Ash is pushing back against the unregulated cannabis market in unincorporated San Diego County with an anti-racketeering lawsuit.

Leafly has filed a legal challenge against restrictions imposed by Florida’s Department of Health which banned Florida dispensaries from utilizing the website’s online ordering tools.

Danielle Marzarella is the Vice President of Business Strategy & Design Development for SevenPoint Interiors, a Toronto-based and cannabis-focused interior design firm.

Home prices in states with adult-use cannabis laws grew an average of $17,113 more over four years than in states where cannabis remained prohibited.

Adults aged 18-23-years-old that reside near cannabis retailers are no more likely to be interested in cannabis or tobacco than those who do not, suggests a new study.

Many standalone dispensaries in D.C. are direct competitors with their suppliers, which is causing product shortages for retailers who aren’t vertically integrated.

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe has filed civil actions in Tribal Court against businesses they claim opened illegally to sell adult-use cannabis without permission from the tribe.

For D.C.’s fledgling medical cannabis industry, the pandemic brought significant challenges as businesses looked for ways to accommodate patients without putting them at risk of contracting a potentially deadly disease.

The licensing of new Rhode Island medical cannabis operators has been delayed until at least August after an applicant appealed their exclusion from the licensing lottery.

Employees at three March and Ash dispensaries in the greater San Diego area voted last week to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 135.

Kathryn Blackwell & Chelsea Mulligan are co-founders of The Open Dør, an Arizona-based cannabis dispensary franchising firm.

The city of Denver is set to license new cannabis businesses for the first time since 2016 but new applicants must meet the city’s social equity requirements, and some neighborhoods will be excluded as they are already oversaturated with cannabis businesses.

Two medical cannabis companies are suing Miami, Florida for the city’s refusal to allow dispensaries.