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Florida

UPDATE: Florida to Issue Additional Medical Cannabis Licenses, Increase Application Fees

The state’s Health Department issued an emergency rule that would allow regulators to accept new license applications in a batching process.

February 6, 2023

Michigan

Detroit Announces the Winners of the City’s First 33 Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensary Licenses

The retail licenses were awarded Dec. 22 under Detroit’s revised adult-use cannabis ordinance.

December 23, 2022

Legislation and Regulation

Missouri’s Medical Cannabis Operators Apply for New License to Serve Adult-Use Market

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has received applications for comprehensive licenses from 318 of the state’s 322 medical cannabis licensees.

December 19, 2022

Georgia

Georgia Court of Appeals Will Take Up Challenge to Medical Cannabis Licensing Process

Regulators granted licenses to two companies in September, but a legal challenge quickly followed, again stalling Georgia’s medical cannabis program.

December 15, 2022

Cannabis Licensing

Guam Regulators Approve Cannabis Officials as They Await Applications for Cannabis Business Licenses

The Cannabis Control Board has given the green light to 11 “responsible officials,” government-approved business leaders that must be in place before a company receives an adult-use license.

December 12, 2022

Legislation and Regulation

Whitney Economics Report Finds More Than 48 Million Pounds of Cannabis Produced in US in 2022

Due to supply-demand mismatches in state-legal markets, company owner and Chief Economist Beau Whitney said he is proposing that state regulators annually adjust supply capacities.

December 8, 2022

Maine

Maine Regulators to Cease Enforcement of Residency Requirements for Cannabis Dispensaries, Caregivers

The move follows an August court ruling that the state’s residency requirement for cannabis business owners is unconstitutional.

December 1, 2022

Nevada

UPDATED: Lotteries on Deck for Nevada’s Cannabis Consumption Lounges

The Nov. 30 event will determine the recipients of 20 independent cannabis consumption lounge licenses—half going to social equity applicants.

November 30, 2022

Arkansas

Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission Revokes Cultivation License

A Nov. 3 court ruling upheld a claim that regulators incorrectly issued the license to Fort Smith-based River Valley Relief in 2020.

November 30, 2022

Connecticut

Connecticut Adult-Use Sales Could Be Delayed Until 2023

The fourth remaining medical cannabis producer—Theraplant—applied Nov. 10 to convert its facility to grow adult-use and medical cannabis. The application is still under review by the DCP.

November 23, 2022

Legislation and Regulation

Illinois Issues First Two Full Adult-Use Social Equity Dispensary Licenses

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation issued the licenses to Ivy Hall in and Green Rose, both located in Chicago.

November 18, 2022

Nevada

100 Apply For Nevada Cannabis Consumption Lounge; Up to 40 Licenses Available

State regulators anticipate the first lounges to be licensed and able to open by early 2023.

November 1, 2022