A marijuana company with strong global ambitions, Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB) has secured one of the first approvals for a medical cannabis product in the Republic of Ireland.
Michigan pot shops generated $221,000 in sales Sunday during the state's first day of legal recreational marijuana purchases — generated by three licensed facilities in Ann Arbor.
As Tennessee hemp farmers prepare for the 2020 planting season, they’ll have new federal regulations to comply with, including strict THC testing protocols some industry advocates have criticized as heavily influenced by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Despite a frigid, rainy morning, three Michigan cannabis stores were open for the state’s first legal adult-use sales beginning at 10:00 a.m. this morning.
All three were in Ann Arbor, a hot spot for dispensaries in the state, and also the city where the annual Hash Bash is held.
At Exclusive Brands an estimated 2,000 people waited in a line that circled around the block and into nearby parking lots, even two hours after opening.
The state will start accepting marijuana business licenses this month, but in some Maine communities that are welcoming the new industry, the race to be first in market has already begun. In a few it’s almost over, and in others the market is already closed, at least for now.
The Maine Office of Marijuana Policy will publish applications for state provisional licenses to grow adult-use cannabis, sell it and manufacture products made from it to its website Thursday, kicking off a monthslong state review of those vying to become pioneers in Maine’s recreational market.
LANSING, MI -- With the roll-out of the first licensed recreational marijuana businesses this week, expectations are high for big profits and plush, new financial padding for public coffers.
When the most popular medical marijuana dispensary in Chicago begins selling recreational pot on New Year’s Day, it will operate like a busy restaurant. Dispensary 33 plans to take names from those in line and page customers by phone when they can get in.
Cannabis stocks rose Wednesday to recover some of their prior-day losses, boosted by expectations for a steep rise in spending on cannabis over the Thanksgiving holiday period, one of the busier shopping periods of the year.
LANSING, MI -- The first commercial recreational marijuana sales in Michigan are expected to occur after 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 1.
The Michigan Regulatory Agency on Wednesday, Nov. 27, announced it plans to officially transfer product currently licensed under the medical marijuana to the recreational side for sale at that time.
A recent survey of cannabis companies suggests future entry-level employees will see better pay in Denver thanks to a new law that will increase the city’s minimum wage to $15.87 by 2022.
At least one operator is ahead of the curve. Boulder-based Terrapin Care Station this month announced it was establishing a company-wide $15 minimum wage, a figure that will outpace Denver’s incremental increases for the next two years.
