The path to legal weed in Connecticut runs through a bumbling Social Equity Council
A few weeks ago I predicted that the Social Equity Council was probably going to be sued over the state’s licensing process. I am not Nostradamus.
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Where to look for dispensary closings
We need to look at three numbers that have the rapt attention of investors and operators alike: the ratio of dispensaries in a state to population and price per pound.
A tale of two public consumption events in the Midwest
I never thought I’d see the day when $100,000 in ticket sales were generated for a festival that included an old school hip hop act, a Pink Floyd cover band, and dozens of legal weed vendors.
RIV Capital’s CEO says they’re in New York cannabis for the long haul
Sims says RIV and Scotts are in cannabis for the long haul, and they are working on plans to build out Etain’s position in New York in a big way.
The economic downturn is closing wallets to cannabis companies, say investors
“I sense this shift in the last month where things are drying up, I’m hearing more and more negative sentiment not just from plant touching, but ancillary businesses as well.”
For New York cannabis farmers, flowers are not without thorns
As more cultivation licenses are granted with the roll out of adult-use, farmers are curious to see how they impact greenhouse growers and outdoor operations differently.
How New England’s puritan attitudes aligned against weed
“Next to obscene pictures, probably no vice is so absolutely destructive of manhood as the ‘dope vice,'” said the New England Watch and Ward Society’s 1912 report.
Where are Massachusetts’ adult use retailers?
No medical treatment center, cultivator, product manufacturer, retailer, transporter, or independent testing laboratory can have more than three licenses in each category.
Independent operators vie for new dispensary licenses in Pennsylvania legislature
Grown In obtained emails from a private source that indicate that at least one of the Independent Operators is considering selling their new dispensary permits to multi-state operators if the legislation passes.
The origin of turning Boston’s ‘polite society’ against cannabis
Over 100 years ago, cannabis was still processed and used in a variety of ways. Back then, edible cannabis was often portrayed as dangerous and exotic in origin. Smokable cannabis was typically associated with minorities in the South.
