Dispensaries

A Washington bill that passed the state Senate unanimously last week would increase penalties for robbing licensed cannabis retailers.

The combined sales from Montana’s new adult-use cannabis marketplace surpassed $1.5 million over its launch last weekend.

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.

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%.

Visa issued a warning recently against dispensaries using “Cashless ATMs” to mimic the process of purchasing cannabis products with a credit or debit card.

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.

Chris Ray is the general manager for The Tree House, a cannabis dispensary in Anchorage, Alaska.

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.

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.

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.

Trulieve Cannabis Corp. is opening West Virginia’s first medical cannabis dispensary today, more than four years after lawmakers approved the program.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.