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Decision day: Missouri begins licensing medical marijuana dispensaries

Missouri officials on Thursday began notifying hundreds of business hopefuls whether they would receive a license to sell medical marijuana.

The Department of Health and Senior Services plans to license 192 dispensaries statewide — 24 in each of the state’s congressional districts — to sell marijuana legally to Missourians with a valid medical marijuana patient card.

Texas legalized hemp, and Austin just responded by effectively decriminalizing weed

The decision to back away from pursuing criminal charges against people with small amounts of pot comes after state lawmakers legalized hemp last year in a way that threw marijuana prosecution into chaos.

The Austin City Council approved a resolution Thursday that will largely end arrests and fines for low-level marijuana possession.

Recreational cannabis is legal in Illinois, but medical marijuana requests are up. Here’s why.

Since recreational weed went on sale in Illinois three weeks ago, long lines have formed outside dispensaries, stores have established buying limits, and some have run out of product.

All that was expected, based on what’s happened as other states legalized cannabis. But there’s also been a less-anticipated result: More people want medical marijuana cards.

Cannabis Consolidation: Could These Pot Producers Be in for a Merger?

It’s been over 15 months since Canada legalized cannabis for recreational use, and while we still may be waiting on the rollout of the cannabis 2.0 market to get a full picture of where the market may go from here, it’s fair to say that the first 15 months have been more than disappointing. This time last year, pot stocks were riding high on the crest of the “green rush,” before it all went downhill before we could even blink.

Innovation and investment opportunities in Denmark’s medical cannabis sector

Christian Carlsen, Business Director of NNE, showcases the diverse Danish ecosystem and explains how NNE is striving to accomplish its mission of adding value to the medical cannabis industry.

Denmark proudly supports its healthcare services, showcasing a long history of life science, further coupled with valuable experience in agriculture and horticulture. Now, with a rapidly evolving medical cannabis industry, Denmark has the opportunity to cohesively align its progressing ecosystem to work together with diverse companies emerging in the medical cannabis marketplace.

Cuomo calls for legalizing, taxing marijuana in budget plan for New York

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), in a budget outline released Tuesday, proposed legalizing and taxing marijuana.

The move shows he plans to make good on a promise he made just two weeks earlier at the annual State of the State address, where he pledged to legalize marijuana in 2020.