Pain management needs mean cannabis users should be screened before surgery

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Canopy Growth exits from Canadian cannabis retail market

Canopy Growth Corporation has completed a deal to divest its retail operations across Canada. First announced in September, the transaction sees OEG Retail Cannabis (OEGRC) take over 23 Tweed and Tokyo Smoke retail storefronts across Canada. OEGRC, a division of the privately held Katz Group, is an existing Canopy Growth licensee partner that currently owns […]

Ohio Governor Signs Bill Letting Cities Grant Mass Marijuana Expungements, Among Other Reforms

The governor of Ohio has signed a major criminal justice reform bill that will let cities facilitate mass expungements for people with certain drug-related convictions, including marijuana possession of up to 200 grams, while also protecting people from getting criminal records for possessing cannabis paraphernalia. Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed the legislation from Sen. Nathan […]

Vermont up to 25 recreational marijuana stores in first three months of legal sales

Vermont began recreational marijuana sales only three months ago, and in that time, the number of stores has jumped from a handful to about two dozen – and more are expected to open in the near future. At the beginning of October, only four retail cannabis stores were licensed in the state, with three open […]

Aurora Cannabis sells closed Polaris facility for proceeds of CA$15 million

Canadian marijuana producer Aurora Cannabis sold off its former Aurora Polaris facility to an unspecified buyer for gross proceeds of 15 million Canadian dollars ($11.1 million). Aurora announced the closure of the Polaris facility in August 2022, alongside a roughly 8% reduction in the company’s workforce. ADVERTISEMENT The exact cost Aurora paid to develop the […]

Detroit hands out 33 licenses to recreational cannabis retailers

Four years after recreational cannabis sales began in Michigan, Detroit regulators have issued 33 retail licenses. According to Crain’s Detroit Business, 20 social equity applicants and 13 non-social equity applicants won licenses to operate adult-use stores. ADVERTISEMENT Michigan voters approved an adult-use market in 2018, and sales launched around the state on Dec. 1, 2019. […]

New York’s Cannabis Retail Dispensary Regulations, Part 3: Hiring and Training Your Employees

As we previously broadly summarized on October 31, 2022, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) released its “Guidance for Adult-Use Dispensaries” (the Regulations) on Friday, October 28, 2022. The Regulations provide guidance for Conditional Adult-Use Retails Dispensary (CAURD) licensees and applicants. Last week, at a hearing with the Cannabis Control Board, it was announced that […]

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