Cannabis Law Report

JULY 7, 2022

Budding Antitrust Activity in the Cannabis Industry: Lessons from Richmond Compassionate Care Collective v. A California state court jury’s recent verdict awarding treble damages of $15 million to a medical marijuana collective could be an early harbinger of future activity in the cannabis space. Posted November 2, 2021.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 3, 2021

Arizona marijuana dispensaries reported selling nearly $120 million worth of products in March, though officials at the Arizona Department of Revenue say the initial tax data are not yet reliable. AZ Central reports. Because of these inconsistencies, it is unclear how much cannabis the state is selling on a month-to-month basis.

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MJ Business Attorneys

JULY 24, 2019

It is a scenario that frustrates legal cannabis businesses and law enforcement alike. Some illegal stores lean on the fact that Toronto law enforcement may not have the resources to launch an investigation and obtain a warrant to enter the premises, although mayor Mark Sarga has recently pledged to crack down on the illegal operations.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Cannabis reform activists in Ohio can now circulate petitions for a cannabis legalization measure after receiving permission to begin collecting signatures to place the proposal before lawmakers. If the group collects at least 132,887 valid signatures, the proposal will head to the Ohio General Assembly for consideration by the legislature.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2021

trillion infrastructure bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday are provisions that would let researchers study cannabis from state-licensed dispensaries instead of the low-grade cannabis grown at government facilities. Included in the $1.2 Included in the $1.2 More at [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she supports allowing legal cannabis dispensaries to access the US banking system — where they’re now largely barred — to make it easier for the government to collect tax revenue. Read more at [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 7, 2022

The case, Richmond Compassionate Care Collective v. MSC16-01426 (California Superior Court for the County of Contra Costa), involved a dispute between medical marijuana collectives in Richmond, California. Koziol, et al. The remaining defendant, Alexis Parle, was found not liable.

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Wolf signed the bill legalizing medical marijuana into law on April 17, 2016, and now the first full year has been proclaimed a great success with more than 116,000 patients being registered. Inspired by the successful first full year, officials plan to expand the program by licensing more physicians, producers and retail dispensaries.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 17, 2020

Larkspur will not be collecting taxes from cannabis dispensaries any time soon. Says the Marin Independent Jnl The City Council voted 4-1 Wednesday to set … Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 20, 2019

Additionally, on June 18, 2019, the Governor signed into law an emergency bill increasing the amount of marijuana and marijuana products that a caregiver may wholesale to other caregivers and dispensaries from 30% of annual yield to 75% of annual yield. ” Also read the Press Herald Report.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 19, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cousins Eric Grayson, Keena Middelton, and Charles Toney II have launched Flight , Park Merced’s only state licensed dispensary, in partnership with Shryne Group. The importance of family is embedded into every aspect of the dispensary. Marisa Ochoa.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The new Section 280E tax law amendment was included in the State’s budge, HB3817 , which passed June 7. When the new law becomes effective for tax years beginning on or after Jan. Taxes are collected from the cultivator tax, dispensary tax (% THC), state sales tax, local sales tax, municipal cannabis tax, and county cannabis tax.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 25, 2025

To go along with the meme, we thought wed ask the question, Has your Illinois dispensary cannabis been remediated? Other brands such as Korner Boys , Redemption Botanicals , Flora Arbor , NEZ , IC Collective , One Day , and 4Front have also stated that they do not remediate their flower.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2021

For consumers, the proposed law: Legalizes and regulates the cultivation, manufacture, testing and sale of marijuana and marijuana products to adults aged 21 and up. Our proposal fixes a broken system while ensuring local control, keeping marijuana out of the hands of children, and benefiting everyone,” said spokesman Tom Haren.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 7, 2020

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. And this isn’t for lack of want — in fact in 2017 some forward thinking dispensaries had collection boxes for these products, although without scale they wound up just hoarding them as well. If you wish to re-publish this story please do so with following accreditation. AUTHOR: Heather Allman.

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MassRoots

JANUARY 17, 2019

Recreational marijuana sales have been legal in California for a full year now, but some people in communities where commercial dispensaries have been banned do not have easy, reliable access to legal products. Those in Favor. Consumers are left without local shops from which to make purchases.

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MMJ Recs

OCTOBER 2, 2023

With an extensive network of medical marijuana dispensaries, along with well-defined regulations and procedures, the Golden State continues to lead the way in providing relief to those in need. Once approved, patients can legally purchase medical cannabis from authorized dispensaries. In 1996, the state became the first in the U.S.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Illinois dispensaries in December 2024 also recorded the most cannabis products sold in a month at 4,515,972 and the highest in-state-resident sales at $120,76,516.83. Sales taxes collected at Illinois cannabis dispensaries totaled more than $490 million in 2024, per the Illinois Department of Revenue.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The second initiative would reduce medical cannabis tax to 0% over the course of one year and allow medical cannabis dispensaries to serve retail customers 60 days after enactment. It wasn’t long ago that Oklahoma was strongly against cannabis and arguably had some of the toughest cannabis laws in the nation.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Alabama legalized medical a medical cannabis program on May 17, 2021 when Governor Ivey signed SB 46 into law. The law provides for up to 12 cultivator licenses, up to four processor licenses, up to four dispensary licenses, and up to five integrated facility licenses.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 5, 2023

There are currently 113 adult use cannabis dispensaries in Illinois, including the first three social equity dispensaries that opened in 2022. In addition to three social equity adult use cannabis dispensaries that opened in 2022, 189 other conditional licensees are in the process of receiving full dispensary license from IDFPR.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 12, 2021

Meanwhile, a separate campaign to legalize medical cannabis in the state is also underway, with advocates actively collecting signatures to qualify that measure for the 2022 ballot. It would make it so possession of up to three ounces of marijuana would be lawful on private property for adults 21 and older. Read the full report.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2022

Eighteen states have laws that legalize, tax, and regulate cannabis for adults 21 and older (the 2020 voter-approved adult-use legalization law in South Dakota was overturned by the state’s Supreme Court in November 2021). local sales tax on adult-use cannabis and has collected $237.5 million as of November 2021. 46,104,922.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Pritzker signed that bill into law at a ceremony at Cabrini Green Legal Aid. As we wrote about here , Illinois lawmakers last month passed a bill designed to clean up parts of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Yesterday, Gov.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 8, 2022

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. Hana Dispensaries Partners with Resinate to Reduce Cannabis Packaging Waste in Arizona. Resinate stations will be hosted in both Phoenix and Green Valley Hana Dispensary Locations. These custom designed recycling bins collect plastics that would have gone into landfills and ecosystems.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 22, 2024

The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) released an informational bulletin for all dispensaries engaged in the business of selling adult use cannabis at retail in taxing jurisdictions that have enacted municipal or county cannabis retailers’ occupation taxes. To verify combined state and local retailers’ occupation tax rates (i.e.,

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 17, 2024

March in-state resident sales totaled $114,458,207.57, and dispensaries sold 4,048,897 cannabis items, both of which also were the 2 nd highest monthly total since legalization. These figures do not include taxes collected. These figures do not include taxes collected. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 19, 2021

A man was killed and a security guard was injured after a verbal altercation escalated into gunfire at a marijuana dispensary in Eagle Rock on Thursday afternoon, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The shooting began when two men got into an argument outside Green Earth Collective in the 4800 block of York Boulevard, around 4:40 p.m.,

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 4, 2020

One covers delivery from a retailer or dispensary to the customer; the second covers wholesalers making deliveries from their own warehouse. Other considerations include: substance abuse, protections for young people, indoor clean air and data collection. The regulations create two types of licenses. and finally.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 3, 2024

In June, dispensaries sold 4,006,004 cannabis items, and in-state resident sales reached $109,136,192.82. These figures do not include taxes collected. These figures do not include taxes collected. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for June 2024.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In November, dispensaries sold 3,769,071 total items. These figures do not include taxes collected. These figures do not include taxes collected. If December sales reach more than $135.8 million, Illinois will surpass 2022 yearly total to set another record-breaking year. 2023 total monthly sales include: January: $127,938,019.85

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 19, 2022

Product IDs that follow the Tier format are compliant and should not be rejected by a dispensary solely because the tier is still included in the Product ID. Dispensaries will need to follow the updated Plant Material Day Supply Reference when entering the days’ supply in their point-of-sale system and the patient registry.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 18, 2022

We have the latest on New York dispensary licenses and on a new Massachusetts law. New Approach ND collected signatures well in excess of the number needed to put the initiative on the ballot, and the Secretary of State certified the measure. Then, we’ll fill you in on what’s happening in North Dakota and Maryland.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hardware stores and dispensaries alike, business operators who work out of commercial properties have been ensnared in a recent theft trend. Broadly known as cash-only operations, the nation’s dispensaries have been targets since legalization’s dawn. The sum of products and cash stolen was in the millions of dollars.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 2, 2023

September in-state resident sales set a new record high at $104,940,014.62, and dispensaries sold a record 3,683,920 total items in September. These figures do not include taxes collected. These figures do not include taxes collected. was the third highest since recreational sales began. February: $120,488,569.91

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary. The measure would also create a system of dispensaries to sell medical cannabis to qualified patients in the state. 23 that the new law is unconstitutional, according to an Idaho Statesman report.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 11, 2021

In the United States, Curaleaf currently operates in 23 states with 108 dispensaries, 22 cultivation sites, and over 30 processing sites, and employs over 5,000 team members. Counsel, Labor & Employment Law- IL based or Remote. Provide training to HR and field management on various labor and employment law topics.

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