Georgia Marijuana News

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Once more, the Upper West Side is ablaze with excitement as another dispensary received the official green light, becoming part of a growing collective of Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) license holders in the city’s ongoing expansion. The neighborhood’s second legal cannabis store, Just A Little Higher, was approved for […]

The Biden Administration wants to reclassify Marijuana as a less dangerous drug.  Tony Katz: If marijuana is legal, man I’m doing the dispensary… It’s always been much more of a “I’m not going to just sit by and let the powers that be decide that dispensaries just go to certain groups”… You’re not going to

Cannabis company stocks surged on Tuesday following reports that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) would move to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Forbes reports. Canopy Growth Corporation shares surged more than 65% to close at $14.88. Tilray Brands shares jumped 35% to close at $2.47. Aurora

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) last week directed the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to take action to protect youth from “mislabeled and potentially harmful hemp-infused products,” according to an April 26 press release. “Mislabeled and misleading products do not belong in the marketplace — especially

Walter King got the entrepreneurial chance of a lifetime when his mother Joan received a license from the state of New York to open a cannabis dispensary.  But as the founder and CFO of the new business, his first inclination was to dispense with the family name for the retail location on Route 6.   His

Table of Contents Yesterday, some big news dropped that the cannabis industry has anticipated since last summer. I take issue with some of the headlines, so here’s mine: “DEA Reportedly Agrees to Initiate Proposed Rulemaking to Reschedule Marijuana…”. Clearly, I’m a lawyer and not a reporter, but the “Reportedly” and “Initiate Proposed Rulemaking” are key

SALES REPORT: Medical marijuana patients spent $68 million at dispensaries in the year’s first three months. Medical marijuana patients in Arkansas purchased $68 million worth of products at the state’s 38 dispensaries in the first three months of the year, according to the latest sales report from the state Department of Finance and Administration.  Advertisement

CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois legalized recreational marijuana in 2020, and since then, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office has expunged thousands of pot-related cases. Now, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is pushing for a historic shift—to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous drug. It would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and move it from Schedule I—alongside heroin and

In Missouri, recreational marijuana use is allowed while in Arkansas, only medical use is. BENTONVILLE, Ark. — New billboards are coming up along I-49 in Northwest Arkansas encouraging drivers to not bring marijuana back to Arkansas from Missouri dispensaries. In Missouri, recreational marijuana use is allowed while in Arkansas, only medical use is. If someone

NORWOOD, Ohio — As states like Ohio have relaxed rules on or outright legalized marijuana sales, the US Government and Drug Enforcement Agency had remained steadfast in labeling cannabis a Schedule I drug alongside heroin indicating it had no medical use. That created an odd balancing act of legality and confusion for businesses like The