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Idaho

Will These 9 Prohibition States Legalize Medical Cannabis in 2024?

From politics to ballot initiative processes, CBT takes a hard look at the possibilities for reform among our nation’s last holdouts.

February 13, 2024

South Carolina

UPDATE: South Carolina Senate Fast-Tracks Medical Cannabis Bill in Special Order

The Palmetto State may finally move on a Compassion Care Act that died two years ago amid a cross-chamber technicality.

February 7, 2024

Alabama

Alabama Awards 20 Medical Cannabis Licenses in Yet Another Do-Over

The state’s regulators are hoping the third time is the charm to ignite a commercial marketplace for patients with qualifying conditions.

December 4, 2023

Georgia

Trulieve One Step Closer to Pharmacy Sales of Low-THC Oil in Georgia

The multistate operator’s partnering pharmacy in Gainesville is up for state inspection Oct. 24, paving way for dispensing products to patients.

October 24, 2023

California

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.

October 16, 2023

Georgia

Georgia Miscounts Cannabis Patient Numbers; Trulieve’s Sixth Dispensary Likely on Hold

The state’s Public Health Department reported 30,000-plus active patients but now says there are only roughly 13,000 for the low-THC oil program.

September 29, 2023

Compliance

New Jersey Cannabis Regulators Fine TerrAscend $100K; Columbia Care $50K

State commissioners threw the book at the multistate operators for violations related to patients’ access and a labor peace agreement.

September 11, 2023

North Carolina

North Carolinians Could Soon Have Access to Adult-Use Cannabis Following Tribal Vote

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians could regulate a $385-million industry on their land next year.

September 8, 2023

Medical Cannabis Access and Pricing

Trulieve Opens Georgia’s First Medical Cannabis Dispensaries

The company’s dispensary openings in Macon and Marietta come eight years after the state’s medical cannabis legalization bill was signed into law.

April 27, 2023

Industry Headlines

Legislation Reintroduced in Congress Would Allow VA to Prescribe Medical Cannabis to Veterans

Under current law, VA doctors can discuss medical cannabis with veterans in states with legal programs, but it is unclear whether veterans are protected from federal prosecution if they choose to use cannabis.

April 20, 2023

Cannabis License Application

Alabama Regulators Advance 90 Medical Cannabis Business License Applications to Review Process

The application window closed Dec. 30, 2022, and the applications selected by the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission will now be evaluated and scored.

April 17, 2023

Medical Cannabis Access and Pricing

MSOs Verano, Acreage Fined by New Jersey Regulators, Again

The cannabis companies’ Zen Leaf and The Botanist dispensaries each received $5,000 in penalties related to patient access.

April 10, 2023