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The 2024 legislative session saw the Minnesota Legislature make a number of sweeping changes and clarifications to the State’s one-year-old cannabis statute. And in recent days, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) added...more
Under the Maryland Cannabis Reform Act, resident social equity licensees may receive financial assistance with startup capital and operational costs for growers, processors, and retailers. Maryland began accepting social...more
New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced that prospective applicants have an additional 14 days to submit their applications, extending the deadline for retail applicants with control of an eligible property...more
DSNY Commissioner Tisch and Mayor Adams have launched a plan to containerize waste in buildings with nine or fewer residential units. Beginning in fall 2024, these buildings will be required to place their trash in secure...more
New York State Regulators Approve Final Adult-Use Regulations as Judge Bars New York State From Issuing New Cannabis Licenses - On September 12, state regulators approved final adult-use regulations and set October 4 as...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we remind everyone that retail sales of cannabis will begin on Saturday in Maryland. Florida’s attorney...more
Maryland House Bill 556 (cross-filed with Maryland Senate Bill 516), introduced on February 3, 2023, contains essential provisions for any person or entity interested in participating in the cannabis industry in Maryland....more
The long-awaited expansion of Florida’s medical cannabis industry appears to finally be in the works, with a potential major expansion of licenses on the horizon. Florida health regulators announced that the state is...more
September 1 will see the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (“AMCC”) begin accepting requests for applications pursuant to the “Darren Wesley ‘Ato’ Hall Compassion Act,” or the “Alabama Compassion Act” (hereinafter referred...more
The ninety-day window for the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) cannabis license applications for applicants looking to participate in the state lottery for recreational adult use retail facilities and for...more
The approval timeframe in Oregon’s cannabis licensing process was historically very long and the amount of documentation and disclosures required burdensome. Thankfully, over the past year, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis...more
On July 1, 2021 Connecticut became the nineteenth state to legalize the possession and use of cannabis for recreational purposes. Upon conversion of the existing licenses held by medical marijuana growers within the next few...more
The Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Hemp Program recently announced that it is now accepting applications for hemp licenses for cultivators and processors....more
As private sector unionization rates have continued to fall over recent decades, organized labor has increasingly turned to the state and local politicians it supports for assistance in the form of state legislation and local...more