Missouri marijuana director says no new licenses coming, nor are sales numbers
Missouri’s medical marijuana program director Lyndall Fraker sat for a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Grown In this week.
These are the marketing and publicity firms Grown In readers are talking about
A special breed of public relations and marketing firms has emerged to serve cannabis companies of every kind, from publicly-traded multi-state operators, to smaller dispensary groups, to ancillary service companies that help the cannabis businesses grow.
Detroit approves recreational cannabis licenses. Here are the details
Introduced in October, the ordinance has been furiously opposed by existing medical dispensary license holders since it inevitably forces five current license holders to either miss out on a Detroit recreational license or sell half their equity to Detroit residents.
Michigan cannabis license streamlining stalled for now, each advocate has their own remedy
MRA will not press for the Michigan Legislature to take up a bill to streamline state cannabis licenses in December’s lame duck session.
Dispensary licenses grinding through Illinois court, likely held up until at least Spring 2021
One of the state’s main cannabis cases looks like it won’t find a resolution until next spring, at the earliest.
Michigan regulators drafting legislation to merge medical and adult-use licenses
Draft legislation that would make significant changes to Michigan cannabis law is under review by that state’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency.
Chicago loves cannabis tax revenue but passively discourages new dispensaries
Dispensary owners say Chicago locations are out of the running because there’s not enough return for the bureaucratic headache.
Illinois judge tosses out request to freeze out applicants; state’s muddled dispensary license process forges on
Three Illinois cannabis dispensary license applicants were stymied in their attempt to halt rescoring other license applications and head right to the license lottery round.
State cannabis regulators create association
Nineteen states announced the formation of the Cannabis Regulators Association last week.
Big MSOs still struggling to be – and stay – profitable
More publicly traded cannabis companies are breaking even – but far from all, as of second quarter results reported earlier this year.
