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New York’s Adult-Use Cannabis Retail Footprint Growing Again

New operators are opening the state’s first dispensaries in Astoria, Harlem, Lower East Side and Saranac Lake.

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Alabama Plans to Award Medical Cannabis Business Licenses by End of 2023 as Verano Lawsuit Dismissed

The Alabama State House where the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission meets.

Are California Cities Intentionally Misinterpreting Landmark Cannabis Legislation?

Local jurisdictions must have ordinances by 2024 allowing medical cannabis delivery, but some bureaucracies are sticking to “outside-in” models.

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New York’s Union Square Travel Agency: A Cannabis Store Partners With House of Cannabis on Delivery, Education

Guests at the House of Cannabis can use onsite kiosks to order cannabis products for delivery from Union Square Travel Agency in a unique collaboration designed to enhance the experience of visiting the attraction.

Guests at the House of Cannabis can use onsite kiosks to order cannabis products for delivery from Union Square Travel Agency.

‘Minority-Owned Companies That Mean Something’: Higher Collective Opens First Two Dispensaries in Connecticut

The company, made up of industry veterans dedicated to creating an inclusive and equitable cannabis industry, plans to open eight total retail locations across the state through partnerships with social equity operators.

Higher Collective's Killingly dispensary had lines out the door the entire day when it opened on Oct. 7.

Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bill That Could Eliminate 43 Million Plastic Plant Tags Per Year

SB 622 no longer requires plastic unique identifier tags at the base of each plant.

File photo of plastic METRC tag

UPDATE: Cboe Canada Could Be Verano’s Launching Pad to List on US Exchanges

Verano Chief Investment Officer Aaron Miles details the Chicago-based cannabis company’s move from CSE to Canada’s NEO Exchange.

Aaron Miles, Chief Investment Officer, Verano

California Governor Vetoes Cannabis Advertising, Marketing Bill

The legislation, Assembly Bill 1207, would have crippled much of the state’s licensed cannabis industry through restrictive branding, packaging and labeling.

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Illinois Repeats $165 Million Cannabis Sales Month for September

The state’s average flower price of $277 per ounce remains relatively steep despite demand for adult-use products being at an all-time high.

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Organic Remedies Lights the Sky Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

The Pennsylvania-based, vertically integrated medical cannabis operator has a multipronged approach to raising awareness and supporting local organizations during the month of October.

To recognize the work that still needs to be done to eliminate breast cancer, Organic Remedies removes the covers from the LED lights at its greenhouse for one hour each Sunday evening in October to light the sky pink.

Maryland’s Cannabis Retailers Post $90.5 Million in September Sales

The nation’s newest legalized market came just shy of August figures as medical sales decline faster than adult-use sales grow.

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Missouri Unveils 48 License Winners From Cannabis Microbusiness Lottery

The state held random drawings to award two dispensary and four wholesale facility licenses from each of eight congressional districts.

Missouri Lottery

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