Cannabis regulator faces heat after rejecting over a thousand initial applicants

Minnesota cannabis regulators say theyā€™ll hold a lottery in the coming weeks to determine who will operate the stateā€™s first legal marijuana businesses, but the Office of Cannabis Management isā€¦

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Cannabis Control Commission doubles down on hazardous dust after worker death

The state agency released a bulletin Wednesday advising cultivators to expand protections inside growing facilities. Nearly three years after a worker died from marijuana dust at a cannabis production facilityā€¦

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Joe Rogan Says Harris Campaign Barred Discussion of Marijuana Legalization as Condition for Interview

When Kamala Harrisā€™s campaign team was haggling with Joe Rogan over the conditions that would be placed on a prospectiveĀ interview, they relayed that the nominee wanted to avoid answering questionsā€¦

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Trump plans to revoke many Biden policies. Where does that leave marijuana?

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to come to the White House with a laundry list of policies he wants to change or reverse. The Biden administration has moved to easeā€¦

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Group for small pot farmers sues N.Y. and warns industry ā€˜at risk of collapseā€™

The Cannabis Farmers Alliance says the rollout of the retail market ā€œhas been disastrousā€ for participants at all levels of the industry. A lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of theā€¦

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New Rule, December 5: Oregon Cannabis Retailers, Processors and Labor Peace Agreements

Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner, Harris Sliwoski Oregonā€™sĀ Measure 119Ā passed last week, as expected. This means that as of December 5th, every OLCC licensed retailer, processor, researcher andĀ testing labĀ must secure a laborā€¦

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Missouriā€™s $1.4 billion cannabis market outpaces states with older programs

In less than two years of selling legal recreational weed, Missouriā€™s cannabis market has grown to $1.4 billion ā€” outperforming states with a longer history of marijuana legalization like Arizona,ā€¦

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Green Dragon founders fired up to ā€œget back to where we wereā€ with new joint

The trio say theyā€™re now focused on Fired, which has seven stores in the works between Denver and Aurora. The first dispensary chain founded by Alex Levine, Andy Levine andā€¦

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Industry Reacts to Trump Win

As expected, we started receiving industry reaction to the presidential outcome very early on.Ā  Cannabis Business Executive will add commentary as it is received throughout the day and thereafter, reservingā€¦

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Florida Rejects Adult-Use; Measure 3 Fails to Reach 60%; Other States Report

In addition to the presidential race and all the down ballot state races that were decided Tuesday, voters in Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas also made theirā€¦

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