CARSC, a New York-based Coalition for Access to Regulated & Safe Cannabis (CARSC), filed a suit against OCM on March 16th. CARSC, an unincorporated trade association, includes Acreage Holdings and PharmaCann as well as Green Thumb Industries and Curaleaf. They all sought to obtain a New York dispensary license. This lawsuit seeks a court to…
A thank you may be appropriate for Illinois’s neighbors to the north. The latest analysis shows Illinois raked in millions of dollars from Wisconsinans who bought legal cannabis across the border. Both Great Lakes States border one another, with Wisconsin bordering Illinois north. However, they have different cannabis laws. In 2019, Illinois legalized recreational cannabis….
Fresno’s slow rate of opening retail cannabis dispensaries has resulted in a budget deficit of over $3 million. City leaders were forced to make changes to speed up the process of getting the shops open. Californian voters approved Proposition 64 in 2016, legalizing cannabis for adult use. This ballot measure was passed by more than…
Washington will soon issue more than 40 cannabis retail licenses to social equity applicants this month. However, the deadline is rapidly approaching. The application period will open on March 1 and end March 30, so qualified license applicants have until March 30 for their applications. Social equity applications are handled by the Washington State Liquor…
Licensed cannabis sales topped $18 million in Connecticut during February, the first full month of regulated recreational marijuana sales in the state. Sales of adult-use cannabis began on January 10, only seven months after lawmakers passed legislation to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed legislation to end the prohibition of recreational…
A pair of influential New York lawmakers are seeking to overhaul the state’s tax structure for adult-use cannabis sales, which they say is currently too complicated. Crystal Peoples-Stokes, the majority leader of the state assembly, and state Sen. Jeremy Cooney, both Democrats, announced a proposal on Monday that would make major changes to how the…
A pair of influential New York lawmakers are seeking to overhaul the state’s tax structure for adult-use cannabis sales, which they say is currently too complicated. Crystal Peoples-Stokes, the majority leader of the state assembly, and state Sen. Jeremy Cooney, both Democrats, announced a proposal on Monday that would make major changes to how the…
Finalized data from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration shows that California cannabis sales declined in 2022. The decrease in sales is the first dip since adult-use sales began in 2018. In 2021, the state collected $5.77 billion in adult-use cannabis sales, but 2022 numbers reflect only $5.3 billion for the past year—an…
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration has released final data that shows California’s cannabis sales have declined since 2022. This is the first decline in cannabis sales since 2018, when adult-use sales started. The state had $5.77 billion of adult-use marijuana sales in 2021. However, 2022 figures reflect only $5.3 Billion for the…
