Licensing

New Jersey regulators this week declined to renew Curaleaf’s adult-use cannabis license, citing the recent closure of one of its cultivation facilities (and subsequent layoffs), as well as the company’s clash with unionization and an alleged lack of transparency.

Maryland lawmakers have advanced a measure to see state officials begin issuing adult-use cannabis licenses this summer.

Cannabis “gifting” businesses in Washington D.C. may now apply to become medical cannabis dispensaries under a law that took effect last week.

A New York Appeals Court judge this week narrowed the injunction blocking the licensing of cannabis dispensaries. The move will let the licensing process move forward except in the state’s Finger Lakes region.

A recent proposal in Washington state would create about 100 new retail adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses reserved for social equity applicants.

New York is being sued by several of its medical cannabis operators over the state’s plan to give the first adult-use retail cannabis licenses to social equity applicants.

New York’s slower-than-expected adult-use cannabis roll-out could cost the state $2.6 billion in related tax revenues over the next eight years, according to a new report.

Mexico’s Health Regulatory Agency this week awarded the nation’s first commercial cannabis cultivation license.

The Georgia House passed a measure this week to increase the number of medical cannabis production licenses in the state.

Lawmakers in the Connecticut Legislature’s General Law Committee have advanced a measure to let hemp growers apply for cannabis cultivator or micro-cultivator licenses.

Canadian cannabis company Adastra Holdings Ltd. said it received Health Canada approval to add psilocybin, psilocin, and cocaine to its substance dealer’s license.

New York officials announced they are doubling the number of cannabis dispensary licenses in the state from 150 to 300.

Cannabis regulators in Michigan have suspended the medical and adult-use cannabis business licenses of TAS Asset Holdings after discovering the company was adding unregulated cannabis to its products.

Dr. Greenthumb’s Worldwide — the cannabis company founded by B Real of the hip-hop group Cypress Hill — and its Los Angeles-based dispensary partner LAHC Inc. have mutually decided to part ways.

California cannabis regulators have launched a $20 million grant program aimed at expanding consumer access to licensed cannabis products.

The Oklahoma Attorney General’s office is taking over the prosecution of an attorney accused of helping nearly 400 illegal cannabis cultivation businesses via a so-called “ghost owner” scheme.

Illinois regulators announced a new study investigating disparity in the state’s adult-use cannabis licenses.

New York’s second cannabis dispensary and first shop owned by an entrepreneur who was previously criminalized for a cannabis-related offense is set to open next Tuesday in Manhattan.

Washington cannabis regulators announced that the 30-day application window for the state’s social equity retail licenses will begin on March 1.

Texas officials have opened the application process for licensing new dispensaries under the state’s limited medical cannabis program.

Missouri regulators have released the sample application for adults who want to grow their own cannabis under the state’s voter-approved legalization measure.

The deadline for Alabama’s medical cannabis business applications is this Friday but state officials said as of Monday, fewer than 10 applications had been submitted.

Officials in Detroit, Michigan have issued the city’s first 33 adult-use cannabis retailer licenses; the licensees include 20 equity and 13 non-equity applicants.

The Washington D.C. City Council unanimously approved a medical cannabis reforms package this week which contains tax relief for licensed companies, the removal of cannabis industry license caps, and more.