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

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.

Massachusetts has sold $2.3 billion worth of cannabis in the three years since the first adult-use stores opened in 2018.

Illinois’ total adult-use cannabis sales reached $1 billion during the month of September, which saw $120 million in sales.

Senate Democrats have removed a provision from a proposed appropriations bill that has prevented Washington, D.C. from allowing cannabis sales to adults.

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.

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.

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.

Cannabis sales in Maine set yet another record in August, topping $10 million in one month for the first time.

Virginia lawmakers weighed the possibility of launching retail cannabis sales earlier than planned by authorizing existing medical dispensaries to sell recreational cannabis on a temporary basis before retail sales officially begin in 2024.

Eaze is set to acquire Green Dragon and create the country’s largest cannabis delivery service.

Cannabis sales in Maine set yet another record last month and more than doubled the growth pace, reaching $9.43 million through 124,000 purchases.

Adult-use cannabis sales in Illinois set another new monthly record last month, driven in part by the Lollapalooza music festival.

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

Raheem Uqdah is the Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at Curaleaf, the largest multi-state cannabis operator in the U.S.

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.

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

Mark Kuhn is the CEO of Oat Foundry, a Philadelphia-based engineering design firm.

An investigation into whether California cannabis dispensaries sell to underage customers found 100% of the shops investigated to be fully compliant with age-verification ID checks.

Oakland’s Purple Heart, the city’s longest-running cannabis dispensary, is still working towards reopening after the business was besieged by criminals amidst last year’s sweeping social justice protests.