While non-white ownership of dispenary licenses in Illinois vastly improved with the latest round of awards this summer, newly released hard numbers aren’t as rosy as expected, according to a newly released state report.
Last week a pair of attorneys who are also dispensary license holders, filed suit against the state, charging that the state’s ban on equity sales is unconstitutional and violates existing state law.
Chicago’s getting a new business incubator focused on the cannabis business, launched by startup incubator 1871 and cannabis education and news company Grown In.
Illinois infuser license holders got a big shot in the arm this week as state regulators announced a revised guidance Tuesday that now allows infusers to produce vape cartridges.
We expect a great deal from trade shows – if they disappoint us, we don’t want to go again. And if they are a good experience, we’ll happily pull ourselves and sales materials together to make the trip.
Retail adult use cannabis prices in Michigan are half of what they were a year ago and newly reported data from state regulators suggest they have even further to drop this year.
Cacioppo suggested that New York, ballyhooed for its potential, is “socialistic” and not good for business. Meanwhile, he thinks many other states, like Maryland and Missouri, still need some time before they’re good investment opportunities.
Two unions are racing each other to organize cannabis workers, and they’re not working together, creating an unspoken line of strife within the labor movement.
For years, the prospect of selling adult use cannabis in Detroit has been just over the horizon, dangling out of grasp, tantalizing in its inobtainedness.
State cannabis operators, many of whom played a direct role in writing the language of the referendum’s proposed constitutional amendment, are confident of passage.
