In Pennsylvania, MSOs scooped up licenses after helpful legal interpretations by state regulators
Despite the state’s five license limit, Trulieve and GTI each own 16 licenses through subsidiaries.
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Metrc COO on cannabis tracking and data gathering
Rather than act as a central storage repository for the data, Koski said that Metrc provides state governments with the tools to monitor their own databases that the state operators report to.
Craft grow applicants petition Illinois supreme court to release licenses
Applicants filed a motion asking the court to allow winners of 47 uncontested licenses to move forward with their delayed business plans.
Connecticut approves final social equity rule, starting the clock on the adult-use market
The clock is officially ticking toward Feb. 3 when the first applications for Connecticut’s adult-use cannabis market become available.
Team of Black scientists prepare to launch a testing business in Illinois, flipping the script on the War on Drugs
A group of young Black Chicago scientists are charting a course to open the first Black-owned analysis laboratory in Illinois.
Of dot-coms and doobage: A generational perspective on ascending industries
Among the most common refrains I hear from legal cannabis business pioneers is that “we are still in the early innings”.
In New York, the adult-use cannabis industry is blooming on tribal lands
At least twenty adult-use dispensaries are operating on Native American reservations in New York, well ahead of state regulators, who say the earliest recreational sales will begin is in a year and a half.
Massachusetts looking to continue its role as cannabis regulation leader in 2022
Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Chair Steven Hoffman plans for his agency to set a regional, if not national, regulatory standard.
20 things I learned from smarter people
Here are the twenty most interesting cannabis things I learned this year.
