Rhode Island became the 19th state to legalize adult-use marijuana last month when Gov. Dan McKee put pen to paper and signed the Rhode Island Cannabis Act into law. The...
Adult-use cannabis sales began in New Jersey on April 21, making it the 18th state to authorize adult sales. More than 12,000 customers lined up in the Garden State,...
On March 31, 2021, New York became the 15th state to legalize recreational cannabis with passage of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA). As we wrote in 2020,...
Although just two years old, Pennsylvania’s medical cannabis market is booming. The program serves around 160,000 patients, and according to numerous statewide media accounts, there are persistent product shortages,...
Effective March 1, Utah will officially launch its medical cannabis program when the state’s Department of Health begins accepting applications for medical cannabis patient cards. The following day, March...
On February 11, Greenrose Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: GNRSU) priced a $150 million initial public offering, becoming the latest in a series of cannabis-focused “blank check” companies to go public....
When Texas lawmakers legalized the use of medical cannabis in 2015, it was among the most restrictive laws in the country. The program didn’t get off the ground until...
Although Ohio legalized medical use of cannabis four years ago, the state has been slow to grow its program. Myriad regulations, along with delays in awarding licenses, kept the...
Minnesota legalized medical cannabis nearly six years ago. Over the years, there have been several unsuccessful efforts to do the same for adult-use cannabis, and it appears that this...
It’s been less than two years since Oklahoma legalized medical cannabis, but already the number of card-carrying medical cannabis patients has exceeded those in many states that have had...
Connecticut Democratic lawmakers will make the legalization of adult-use cannabis a top priority this year after failing to pass legislation last year. Although medical marijuana was legalized eight years...
New York’s medical cannabis program has developed substantially over the past several years and is now dominated by publicly traded companies. While it appeared that 2019 would be the...
