Dispensaries

Arkansas medical cannabis sales reached a new record high of $23,700,000 in August amidst legal troubles that look to quash the industry by classifying cannabis businesses as subjects of the RICO Act.

Two people were convicted in a cannabis-and-cattle Ponzi scheme last week on charges including conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and five counts of wire fraud; they are facing multiple decades in prison for the $650 million scam.

Arshad Lasi is CEO and co-founder of The Nirvana Group, a vertically integrated Oklahoma cannabis company.

Washington D.C. residents aged 21+ who apply for medical cannabis access will now receive a temporary authorization card while their application is being reviewed that will give immediate access to the District’s licensed dispensaries.

Members of the Crow Tribe are looking to open the first cannabis dispensary on tribal land in Montana but approval has been delayed by the tribe and Big Horn County. 

Saint Peter’s University in New Jersey has filed a lawsuit to prohibit the opening of a dispensary and lounge near the college’s dormitories.

Arkansas medical cannabis sales reached $23.3 million last month, exceeding June’s total of $22 million.

Rapper and actor Ice-T and Playboy Playmate Charis Burrett received approval on Monday from the New Jersey Cannabis Control Board to open a dispensary in Jersey City. 

Almost two years after South Dakotan voters approved medical cannabis reforms, the first licensed dispensary opened on Wednesday in Hartford.

Burb Cannabis Corp. is set to open a retail shop on the University of British Columbia campus this fall.

Cree Robinson is the Co-Founder of touCanna, a software platform linking cannabis dispensary operations, data, and team management.

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority recalled 99 medical cannabis products approved by Scale Laboratories after an inspection of the testing site found numerous alleged rule violations and record manipulations.

Miami, Florida has issued its first medical cannabis dispensary license to MRC-44, six years after Florida legalized medical cannabis and only after the recipient challenged the city with a lawsuit.

Cara Wietstock meets with Kim Myles, host and designer for the new reality series High Design on Discovery+, where she travels around the country bringing her interior design wisdom to independently-owned cannabis dispensaries.

When the pandemic lockdowns struck, digital marketing quickly became the best form of outreach for cannabis retailers. But now that restrictions have largely been lifted, how has the industry’s landscape changed?

New Jersey is set to begin adult-use cannabis sales on Thursday, April 21 after approving applications from current medical providers to expand into the new market.

Some New Mexico cannabis patients are growing frustrated as increased product demand from adult-use sales is straining the state’s medical cannabis supply.

The Ohio Board of Pharmacy is looking to add 73 new dispensary licenses after the state’s demand for medical cannabis far exceeded projections.

The multistate cannabis operator Curaleaf was added to TIME Magazine’s list of the “100 Most Influential Companies in the World.”

Arkansas saw medical cannabis sales reach $21.1 million in February, bringing a total of $2.333 million in tax revenues.

The Alabama Senate introduced a bill that would require women of ‘childbearing’ age to submit a state-certified negative pregnancy test before purchasing medical cannabis.

The cost of cannabis products has dropped over the past year due to impacts from the coronavirus pandemic and supply chain issues, according to cannabis analytics firm Headset.