The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) last week announced the creation of a grant program to help small businesses with the costs associated with launching an enterprise in the state’s regulated cannabis industry. Known as the Cannabis Equity Grant Program, the new initiative will distribute up to $10 million in grants, with the majority earmarked for social … [Read more...] about New Jersey Announces New Cannabis Social Equity Grant Program
No easy answers as Boston officials ask: How many marijuana stores is too many?
When a proposal for a new marijuana store in Faneuil Hall came before the Boston Cannabis Board last month, city regulators hesitated, noting it would be the seventh pot retailer within a half-mile to win a local license. They wondered, how many pot shops is too many? For answers, officials in Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration say they will launch a study of other US cities … [Read more...] about No easy answers as Boston officials ask: How many marijuana stores is too many?
Downtown Springfield’s The Coffee Ethic brews a cup of Joe with a side of Mary Jane
One is used to perk up, the other to mellow out. Married together, the cannabis-and-coffee pods Springfield's The Coffee Ethic is producing in partnership with a marijuana edibles company are flying off the shelf. "We can't keep (the pods) in stock," said David Brodsky, director of retail at The Farmer's Wife, a medical marijuana dispensary with locations in Springfield, … [Read more...] about Downtown Springfield’s The Coffee Ethic brews a cup of Joe with a side of Mary Jane
D.C. wants to bring marijuana gifting shops into the medical market
Terrence White, chair of the i-71 Committee, at his gifting business Monko in D.C. on Dec. 20. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) It started with brownies to send her son to college. It was 2017, just a few years after D.C. voters overwhelmingly voted to legalize small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, when Diana Alvarez set out a small basket of pot brownies at Lit … [Read more...] about D.C. wants to bring marijuana gifting shops into the medical market
‘Herbal Angels’ owners no longer face cannabis-related charges
A North County duo who called themselves “Herbal Angels” no longer face criminal charges of illegally growing pot and possessing it for sale. But one of them still has to stand trial for allegedly lying about what they did — and when they did it. Superior Court Thomas R. Adams discharged defendants Eli Christopher Sheiman and Mariette Wingard from misdemeanor charges of … [Read more...] about ‘Herbal Angels’ owners no longer face cannabis-related charges
Bipartisan Congressional Group Calls On Biden To Deschedule Cannabis
Numerous members of Congress sent an emphatic letter to President Biden last week, urging him again to remove cannabis from its Schedule I designation, which places it in the category of most-dangerous drugs that lack any medical benefit. The letter was signed by high profile senators and representatives including leading cannabis reform voices like Barbara Lee, Ron Wyden, and … [Read more...] about Bipartisan Congressional Group Calls On Biden To Deschedule Cannabis
Trulieve spending big on Florida recreational ballot measure
Marijuana company Trulieve is bankrolling a proposal to legalize the recreational use of its products for nonmedical purposes. The Florida-based company with growing facilities in Gadsden County has contributed all but $124 of the $15 million raised to promote a proposed constitutional amendment for the 2024 ballot to decriminalize the plant for personal use. Trulieve is … [Read more...] about Trulieve spending big on Florida recreational ballot measure
Sisters of the Valley: The ‘weed nuns’ trying to heal the world through cannabis
In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File) Out near California's Yosemite National Park, a group of nuns is growing, harvesting and producing their own line of cannabis products. Known as the Sisters of the Valley, the women are not associated with any traditional religion. Rather, they see … [Read more...] about Sisters of the Valley: The ‘weed nuns’ trying to heal the world through cannabis
Arizona to Allow 6 New Marijuana Dispensaries to Open
Per Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 36-2804, the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) may not issue more than one nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary registration certificate for every 10 pharmacies registered in the state of Arizona. However, the ADHS may issue nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary registration certificates in excess of this limit if necessary … [Read more...] about Arizona to Allow 6 New Marijuana Dispensaries to Open
Trulieve to study ground-cannabis hazards in OSHA deal after worker death
Be at the forefront of the latest cannabis scientific research. Submit a research abstract to present by Dec. 16, or register to attend the The Emerald Conference by MJBizScience, March 1-3 in San Diego. Under a settlement with a federal agency stemming from an employee’s death, Florida-based Trulieve Cannabis will study the potential hazards of ground marijuana dust. The … [Read more...] about Trulieve to study ground-cannabis hazards in OSHA deal after worker death
