Recreational Marijuana

Four major cannabis companies are negotiating contracts to unionize their workforce in New Jersey to bring the total to a half dozen multi-state operators, according to the head of UFCW - Local 360.  Since recreational marijuana sales launched statewide this past April, two of eight major...

Ayr Wellness Inc. (CSE: AYR.A) (OTCQX: AYRWF) is opening a new store in Watertown, its second retail location selling recreational marijuana in the Greater Boston area. The company will launch sales on Tuesday, July 12. Located at 48 North Beacon Street, Watertown, Massachusetts, the store...

Starting July 1, purchases of cannabis via New Jersey's Medicinal Cannabis Program are tax-free, as a result of a three-phase process enacted in 2019 when provisions to eliminate the tax were signed by Gov. Phil Murphy. Now after years of paying higher than average prices for medical...

Cannabis flower prices seem to be inversely proportional to their sales, at least according to data provided by Seattle-based Headset which tracks six recreational cannabis markets, including California, Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state. Marijuana flower sales increased from...

Oklahoma Advocates Turn Over Signatures, Statewide Vote On Legal Marijuana This Fall Oklahomans might finally get to decide on marijuana legalization this fall as advocates have turned in over 164,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office to place the initiative on the November...

A bill advancing through the Arizona legislature will ensure that cannabis customers are getting what they paid for, reported Phoenix New Times. House Bill 2050 would require the Department of Health Services to collaborate with an outside laboratory to check whether medical and recreational...

Morocco’s Agency To Regulate Medicinal Cannabis Holds First Meeting The upper house of Morocco's parliament approved a bill to legalize the cultivation and commercialization of cannabis for medicinal and industrial uses last year. Now, the country’s regulatory body which will...

New Marijuana Crime To End Up In Virginia’s Spending Plan It seems that lawmakers in Virginia are seeking a way to criminalize cannabis consumers. According to the proposition which came with a recently revealed two-year state budget, possession of over 4 ounces of cannabis in public would be...

New Jerseyans spent $24 million on weed during the first month of recreational sales, roughly $5 million a week after a record-breaking first day when $2 million worth of cannabis was purchased. Cantor Fitzgerald’s analyst Pablo Zuanic said in his recent note that New Jersey saw a...

New Jersey kicked off long-awaited recreational cannabis sales on April 21. Now that a month has passed, state regulators revealed that consumers have bought $24 million worth of cannabis, or roughly $5 million a week after a record-breaking first day when $2 million was spent. At a...

This story was originally published in September 2018. As perhaps the world’s most identifiable hippie, David Crosby says his face belongs on a package of pot. The 77-year-old singer-songwriter is pursuing a cannabis licensing opportunity under the working name “Mighty Croz....

After a rough start with cannabis sales plunging 15% to $117.3 million in January, the Illinois marijuana market has rebounded in February and March and is now on track to hit yet another record. In April, recreational cannabis sales totaled $131.8 million, representing a 0.6%...

New Hampshire lawmakers have struck down two House-passed bills that would have legalized marijuana on Thursday, reported Marijuana Moment. Senate members rejected the noncommercial legislation from Rep. Carol McGuire (R) in a 9-15 vote following a heated discussion on an amendment that would...

Earlier this month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the New York Cannabis Control Board had approved 52 adult-use Cannabis Conditional Cultivator Licenses across the state. These are the first adult-use cannabis licenses granted. The move allowed New York's hemp growers to...

Adult-use cannabis sales went into effect in New Jersey last Thursday, 17 months, riddled with a series of setbacks, after New Jerseyans voted to legalize it. Like other weed enthusiasts, police officers are also welcome to buy and consume recreational marijuana in one of...