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Banks are in the business of making money, and the medical marijuana industry is expected to generate a lot of it.

Smoke more, drink less. That appeared to be the trend among Canadians in the first full year of legal cannabis, when beer volumes fell by 3% through November, according to data from Beer Canada.

Thanks to the new laws in Michigan and Illinois, the Midwest is no longer a recreational marijuana desert. But what does that mean for the region?

Medical marijuana delivered to your door. Recycling of marijuana product packaging. A “hospitality” license. These are some of the changes going into effect in Colorado’s marijuana industry on Jan. 1, the state’s Department of Revenue announced on Tuesday.

Arkansans have bought more than 4,200 pounds of medical marijuana in 2019 -- the first calendar year of legal sales in the state.

Regular cannabis use has risen more quickly among people with depression, and they’re less likely to perceive it as risky, compared with people who aren’t depressed, a U.S. study suggests.

Some of these would be citizen-led voter initiatives where activists collect signatures to qualify a measure for the ballot, while others would be referendums that lawmakers place before voters.

Recreational marijuana use will be legal in Illinois in less than a week, and some companies with zero tolerance policies are deciding how to handle employees who want to light up. 

“I think Ohio is missing the boat,” the Cincinnati man said. “They could literally make a lot of money from (recreational) marijuana.”

South Dakota residents will vote on legalizing medical marijuana in 2020 after a petition calling for a ballot measure secured more than 25,000 valid signatures.

Governor J.B. Pritzker has opened applications for the first $21 million Low Cost Loan Program authorized in the cannabis law signed in June.

While the lines are shorter and the sales slightly less, Michigan’s recreational marijuana business remained brisk through its second week of existence.

More than 35,000 people from 75 countries are expected to attend the three-day conference that occupied 250,000 square feet of the sprawling Las Vegas Convention Center. Last year, the footprint was half that size.

“All of the biggest agricultural companies in the world want our genetics. Those people aren’t coming into our industry now, they’ve been doing it for a decade, and they’ve been doing it pretty much under the radar."

Since Maine first started accepting Massachusetts medical marijuana cards in late August, stores near the border have seen an influx in customers.

Chronic pain, macular degeneration now on list of approved conditions.

Interest in medical marijuana use has far outpaced expectations only five months into Missouri’s new program.

The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) is calling the legislature into special session this month to consider adult-use marijuana legalization.