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New York cannabis dispensary openings halted by court order

The order is the latest blow to New York’s ambitious effort to ensure that people harmed by marijuana enforcement are able the reap the financial bene...

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Marijuana legalization marks new era for state, but will Minnesotans embrace it?

On a blocked-off street in downtown Minneapolis, a carefree crowd of Minnesotans lit up their first legal joints here and puffed smoke into the air in...

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Trenton Makes The World Takes: A Q&A with Tahir Johnson, CEO of Simply Pure Trenton

Tahir Johnson is the founder and CEO of Simply Pure Trenton, the first black-owned social equity dispensary to receive a license in New Jersey. He’s a...


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How Can Employers Respond to Laws Legalizing Marijuana?

Employers are trying to bolster workplace safety as the use of marijuana rises and more states legalize the recreational use of cannabis. (The latest ...

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How Cannabis Brands in Emerging Markets Can Navigate Retail Licensing Roller Coasters

By Nicolas Guarino, Following a modest and measured rollout of licensed adult-use stores beginning in 2022, the New York State Cannabis Control Board ...

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Registering Your Trademarks: A How-To Guide

By Fred Rocafort, Attorney at Harris Bricken Registering your trademarks is a critical step for protecting your brand – but it’s definitely not easy t...

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Cannabis businesses boom in Maine, but access to banking’s a bust

Every few weeks, Steve Rusnack fills up his gas tank and sets off for the roughly 500-mile round trip between his cannabis shop in Fort Kent and his b...

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After long delays, new cannabis businesses are opening in Illinois with a vow to help others along the way

Five years after starting the process, Dan Pettigrew finally has opened his first cannabis store in Illinois. Pettigrew is the co-founder of Viola CHI...

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Demystifying the dormant commerce clause’s considerations for cannabis

August 2, 2023 – While we all sit around and twiddle our thumbs waiting for the Congress to de-schedule cannabis, some western states are quietly inve...

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New Yorkers consume the most cannabis in the world, this study says

New Yorkers are living the high life—literally. It’s no surprise that cannabis in NYC has been steadily on the rise following 2021’s marijuana legaliz...

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Massachusetts Crisis Part 2: Trouble with Testing

According to its chairperson, Massachusetts’ cannabis regulatory body is currently in crisis, but for some stakeholders in the state, it’s a long-simm...

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NY’s legal weed sales aren’t raking in cash as predicted. How much has sold so far?

As New York cracked down on unlicensed cannabis shops, sales of legal marijuana grew to reach a total of $33 million during the industry’s first six m...

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Chicago weed giant Cresco Labs claims in suit that competitor GTI poached a top-level employee

A lawsuit filed this week in Cook County court claims a Cresco chemist resigned in May and quickly joined GTI, in violation of a one-year non-compete ...

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Innovation in Cannabis: Leveraging University R&D

By K. Lance Anderson, Dickinson Wright PLLC The Cannabis industry has continued to evolve, and often, the difference between success and failure depen...

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Cannabis Real Estate: Leasing v. Buying

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney @ Harris/Bricken One of the most important business decisions cannabis businesses need to make is whether to lease or buy ...

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Is the Cannabis Industry Sitting On An Untouched Gold Mine Of Innovation?

Universities across the country are working in all areas of research and development to advance cannabis cultivation, medicine, drug delivery and tech...


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New York state shuts down first unlicensed marijuana dispensaries

An unlicensed marijuana dispensary chain with several locations operating across upstate New York became the first to have its stores shut and padlock...

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Over $87 million spent on cannabis in Maryland’s first month of adult sales

Robust sales far outstripped first-month performances in states like New Jersey and New Mexico Marijuana users dropped $87.43 million on cannabis in M...

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Marijuana addiction is real. Those struggling often face skepticism.

Courtney took her first marijuana puffs at 17. Two decades later, she was raising a toddler son and hiding her dependence from most family members. Sh...

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Alternatives to Bankruptcy for Cannabis Companies: Part 1

The problems facing the cannabis industry arising from its ongoing status as a federally illegal enterprise are numerous and well documented: 280E tax...


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