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California cannabis regulators and industry defenders argue that despite the proliferation of pesticides found in legal weed, licensed products are still safer and purer than those sold on the underground market. That isn’t always true, according to an analysis of tests conducted by The Times. Of 16

Illinois Healthy Alternatives Association (ILHAA) commends Governor Pritzker and State Legislators for wanting to protect children and consumers, but they caution that the current proposed legislation falls short and jeopardizes small businesses. Illinois Healthy Alternatives Association calls for

As Delaware moves forward with issuing recreational marijuana business licenses, many municipalities are establishing their restrictions on where these businesses can open, leaving uncertainty around where licensees will be able to operate. In 2023, the state legalized recreational cannabis and

The debate over whether or not marijuana should be legal in Texas has gotten pretty heated over the past few years. Though a misstep by Texas officials back in 2019 rendered many forms of THC legal to sell in Texas, now the Texas Senate’s leader is looking to close that loophole and rid Texas of THC

New York regulators approved 68 adult-use cannabis licenses, but more than 3,000 applications filed a year ago are still pending. That’s partially because regulators want to avoid flooding the market as state-regulated recreational cannabis sales approach the $1 billion mark, Felicia Reid, the

US cannabis industry revenues are set to grow just 3.2% in 2025, as price compression, difficult economic dynamics and an increasingly complex political landscape put the brakes on the sector. According to a new report from ATB Capital Markets, the market is set to have contracted by 0.2% in 2024

The Office of Cannabis Management provided a year in review by sharing an update on the cannabis industry in New York State during a Cannabis Control Board meeting. New York State currently has 261 adult-use retail stores. OCM said it is a big increase, considering there were barely two dozen stores

The New York Office of Cannabis Management held a Control Board Meeting today that was broadcast online. Two months ago, we provided an update regarding the state’s strong growth in adult-use sales, and this extremely bullish story has become even more bullish. Sales growth is very strong, and the

Arizona’s recreational marijuana market showed signs of stabilization in October, with dispensaries selling $75.3 million in adult-use cannabis products, up from September’s $67.3 million, according to the latest data from the Arizona Department of Revenue. The medical marijuana sector continued its

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The legal cannabis market is projected to reach $102.2 billion globally by 2030, growing at a sizzling 25.7% annual rate, according to a report by Grand View Research. This dramatic growth is expected even without U.S. federal support, but that equation could shift dramatically under President-elect

In 2022, LEX 18 reported on pushes for the decriminalization of marijuana in the commonwealth and the next year there was a lot of discussion about medical marijuana. Now, in 2025, Kentucky will begin a medical cannabis program. But advocates like Robert Matheny, the owner of KY CBD Farmacy, say it

A leading beer industry trade group has put out a statement of guiding principles to address what it calls “the proliferation of largely unregulated intoxicating hemp and cannabis products,” warning of risks to consumers and communities resulting from THC consumption. Among other recommendations

A lot of the rejected applicants are “zone flooders or predatory applicants or who do not meet the letter of the law around ownership requirements and expectations.” State cannabis regulators have started giving bad news to about tw0-thirds of the 1,817 social equity license applicants that they

The price compression is largely attributed to product oversupply, but the illicit markets also plays a role. Michigan marijuana prices dropped another 6% in October, setting yet another record low and putting more pressure in the already strained cannabis operators in the state. But has the state

Cultivating medicinal cannabis on the Isle of Man provides an opportunity to "tap into a global sector”, the a firm set to build a new production facility has said. GrowLab Organics (Glo) was recently given permission by planners to construct a purpose-built complex to grow and export the drug

The New York state Office of Cannabis Management approved a six-month extension for provisional licenses for retailers with former marijuana convictions who want to open a recreational store, the office announced Tuesday. Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary Licenses, known as the CAURD program

Cannabis stocks got a shot in the arm today after former New Jersey governor Chris Christie said in an interview that President-elect Donald Trump’s pro-business agenda would most likely include descheduling marijuana, which would be a broadly positive development across the industry from a labor

The average Connecticut price per gram of cannabis continued to decrease in October. While the data from last month marks the fourth straight month where prices have fallen, the number of adult-use products sold last month increased, continuing a mixed trend. The average price per gram of cannabis

US cannabis companies have endured a significant selloff in the days following the results of the election, seeing $2.6bn wiped off their collective market capitalization. The selloff comes as a swathe of leading companies publish their quarterly results, with a number of companies reporting