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Illinois adult-use cannabis sales increase 80 percent in September, on-track to surpass $1 billion this year

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial October 12, 2021

Adult-use cannabis sales in Illinois soared to $121.7 million in September. In comparison with sales revenue recorded in August, this is a 0.2 percent decrease.  On the plus side, September’s sales...

Amazon is supporting efforts to reform the nation’s restrictive cannabis policy

Amazon is supporting efforts to reform the nation’s restrictive cannabis policy

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial October 12, 2021

In June 2021, Amazon announced that it will ban cannabis from its comprehensive pre-employment drug screening program for all unregulated positions.  Such positions include those that are not regulated...

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Chicago permits the expansion of recreational cannabis retail stores

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial October 12, 2021

Chicago is reducing zoning restrictions that will effectively enable recreational cannabis stores to expand. The expansion plan has already been in place for a little over one month.  Back on September...

Los Angeles DA proceeds to dismiss almost 60,000 cannabis convictions

Los Angeles DA proceeds to dismiss almost 60,000 cannabis convictions

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial September 30, 2021

Los Angeles County will discharge approximately 58,000 cannabis-related convictions spanning more than three decades, according to a county district attorney. .  Expungements have been triggered by...

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California cannabis regulators issue new industry rules as tax revenue inches closer to the $3 billion mark

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial September 14, 2021

On Wednesday, September 8, the newly-unified California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) published a 197-page draft of cannabis industry rules that will permit the increased sales of branded goods,...

State report shows that Arizona cannabis tax revenue surpassed $20 million in August

State report shows that Arizona cannabis tax revenue surpassed $20 million in August

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial September 14, 2021

Newly published sales state data for Arizona's cannabis market confirms that medical and adult-use revenue exceeded $20 million for the month of August.  Taxes accrued through Arizona's medical cannabis...

Nevada cannabis companies prepare consumption lounges to serve hordes of tourists

Nevada cannabis companies prepare consumption lounges to serve hordes of tourists

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial September 14, 2021

Nevada cannabis companies are getting ready to welcome an influx of 420-loving tourists in 2022. Why? Because, following the enactment of a new state law, the home state of Las Vegas is planning to open...

Biden’s vaccine mandate expected will apply to cannabis industry workers

Biden’s vaccine mandate expected will apply to cannabis industry workers

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial September 14, 2021

Just because the cannabis industry is not federally legal, it doesn't mean that the booming sector will be able to avoid Biden's vaccine mandate.  On Thursday, September 9, President Joe Biden declared...

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Illinois adds new lottery for previously rejected adult-use cannabis retail applicants

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial September 12, 2021

Illinois is preparing to carry out a brand new cannabis lottery for adult-use retail store applicants. Competing applicants complained that the state unjustly rejected their appeals to partake in the 11th...

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Adult-use cannabis sales in Massachusetts top $2 billion

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial September 12, 2021

Legal cannabis sales in Massachusetts have surpassed the $2 billion mark since the state's recreational cannabis market kicked off in late 2018. This is according to the Cannabis Control Commission, which...

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West Coast cannabis cultivators are battling the ongoing threat of wildfire and smoke

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial September 11, 2021

Cannabis cultivators residing on the West Coast have come to terms with the fact that their summer-fall crops are likely to face unavoidable smoke damage due to wildfires.  Since July, blazing infernos...

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Illinois cannabis licensing process delayed, lottery applicants engage in court fight

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial August 19, 2021

The licensing process for recreational cannabis retailers in Illinois remains in limbo. Cannabis has been legal for adult-use purposes across the state since January 1, 2020, but a string of adult-use...

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