New York Officials Tout $2.5 Billion In Marijuana Sales, Expansion Of Licensed Businesses And More Since Adult-Use Legalization
New York officials have released a set of reports providing an end-of-year status update on the evolution of the state’s medical and adult-use marijuana markets—touting record sales, revenue hauls for state coffers, licensing approvals, equity initiatives and more. All told, retail cannabis sales in New York have exceeded $2.5 billion since the passage of recreational […]
A Big Push to Ban Weed Sales in Arizona Is Just Getting Started
Arizona voters approved adult-use cannabis in 2020 by a wide margin, opening the door to a regulated market that now includes more than 100 licensed dispensaries across the state. Five years later, a new ballot initiative is attempting something unusual: keeping marijuana legal while dismantling the legal cannabis industry itself. The proposal, known as the […]
California Officials Award $30 Million In Marijuana Revenue To Support Research On THC Drinks, Terpenes And Tribal Cannabis Sales
California officials have awarded nearly $30 million in grants for marijuana-focused academic research projects. The government-funded studies will focus on issues such as cannabis use by older people, the effects of THC beverages, the therapeutic potential of novel cannabinoids, how compounds like terpenes affect product flavoring, tribal participation in the legal market and the environmental […]
Ohio Activists Plan Referendum To Block New Law Rolling Back Marijuana Rights And Restricting Hemp Sales
Ohio activists are launching a campaign to hit the brakes on a bill the governor recently signed to scale back the state’s voter-approved marijuana law and ban the sale of consumable hemp products outside of licensed cannabis dispensaries. Ohioans for Cannabis Choice said on Friday that they’d be collecting signatures for the statewide referendum, which […]