Author: Tony Lange
[ad_1] In a tale of two program rollouts, New York’s licensed cannabis dispensaries have reported more than $100 million in adult-use sales so far in 2023, while Missouri stores have surpassed $1.1 billion in total cannabis sales this year. Similar aged markets, New York launched its commercial adult-use retail program via one social equity licensee on Dec. 29, 2022, while Missouri launched adult-use sales via existing medical cannabis operators on Feb 3, 2023. New YorkNow with 27 licensed adult-use retailers—including 22 stores and five delivery-only operators—New York eclipsed $104 million in adult-use sales through the first 10 months of the year,…
[ad_1] The California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) put an embargo on three product batches in the state’s regulated market that it suspects were potentially adulterated. The department sent a letter Nov. 9 warning cannabis program licensees that the continued sale of these products would violate the Medicinal and Adult-Use Regulation and Safety Act (MAURSA), state law governing the industry, as first reported by SFGATE and confirmed by Cannabis Business Times with DCC Media Relations Manager David Hafner. The products batches include: Any and all “SHARK BITE – PACIFIC CHEMISTRY” Pre-Rolls from METRC Batch No. 1A406030000465D000001314;Any and all “WEST COAST…
[ad_1] Two potential cannabis ballot measures are officially approved for circulation to collect signatures for South Dakota’s November 2024 election—one to legalize adult use and one to repeal the state’s medical cannabis program. A third potential ballot question, which also seeks to legalize adult-use cannabis with certain limitations, was filed but has yet to be approved for circulation, according to South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s office. The “South Dakota Repeal Medical Marijuana Initiative” is a referendum sponsored by Travis Ismay of Newell, S.D., that aims to undo the state’s voter-approved medical cannabis measure from 2020 that garnered a…
[ad_1] The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, known as Green Wednesday in the cannabis industry, is one of the biggest sales days of the year for medical and adult-use dispensaries throughout the U.S. In 2022, Green Wednesday featured a 48% sales increase compared to the three previous Wednesdays and was the third largest sales day of the year at the time, according to cannabis data and research company Headset’s analytics from seven of the nation’s most mature adult-use markets. RELATED: Green Wednesday Third Largest Sales Day of 2022 (So Far) Notably, last year’s holiday sales uptick was largely attributed to consumer purchases of…
[ad_1] A Nevada cannabis cultivation and production licensee is facing trouble after state regulators say they discovered a litany of deficiencies at its facility in Esmeralda County in the southwestern portion of the state. The Hempire Co. LLC had its adult-use and medical cannabis cultivation and production licenses summarily suspended Nov. 1 by the Nevada Cannabis Control Board (CCB), which cited a threat to public health and safety. While investigating “suspicious” track-and-trace activity via the state’s compliance tracking system Metrc, CCB agents said they found cannabis extract outputs which exceeded the amount of cannabis utilized at the facility. “CCB agents…
[ad_1] Hop latent viroid has made its way to Vermont, where the state’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) confirmed its presence at a tier 1 cannabis cultivation site—the smallest of six license types with a max canopy size of 1,000 square feet. Also referred to as “dudding” or “dudders” disease, hop latent viroid (HpLVd) is a highly contagious plant pathogen responsible for stunted growth, underdeveloped trichomes and diminished cannabinoid content, notably THC potency. Physical symptoms of the viroid can be difficult to detect during the earlier stages of growth—unless a grower is specifically measuring root development—and often go unnoticed until final…