Could America’s divide on marijuana be coming to an end?
The U.S. is divided when it comes to state and federal marijuana policy, but recent political developments could move the country toward a greater acceptance...
Category: Cannabis
Alabama man arrested at PDX trying to fly with over 7 pounds of weed, district attorney says
An Alabama man tried to fly from Portland International Airport to Colorado with more than seven pounds of marijuana, telling investigators he thought he was...
Murphy signs controversial bill clamping down on Delta 8 and other hemp products
Gov. Phil Murphy signed Thursday a contentious hemp bill that had drawn applause from supporters who say it will crack down on dangerous unsanctioned products...
People to know in NY cannabis: Bojan Trpcevski
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next full-day conference in Albany on Sept. 25, 2024. Tickets available now. Bojan Trpcevski is operations manager at Hibernica...
People to know in NY cannabis: Bojan Trocevski
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next full-day conference in Albany on Sept. 25, 2024. Tickets available now. Bojan Trocevski is operations manager at Hibernica...
NY’s cannabis farmers stuck in limbo waiting on state regulators for full licenses
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next full-day conference in Albany on Sept. 25, 2024. Tickets available now. Making a buck as a New York...
NY Cannabis Control Board approves new licenses, proposes waiver for dispensary location rules
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next full-day conference in Albany on Sept. 25, 2024. Tickets available now. New York’s Cannabis Control Board pushed forward...
Spotlight PA investigation spurs call for more oversight of who can be a medical marijuana doctor
The question of who gets to be a medical marijuana doctor in Pennsylvania is facing new scrutiny from lawmakers following a Spotlight PA investigation.Daniel Fishel...
NY Cannabis Insider to host full-day industry conference in Albany on September 25
NY Cannabis Insider (NYCI) hosts unique and interactive business-to-business events across the state that bring together business owners and industry leaders to network and discuss...
What’s your New York State cannabis license really worth? (Guest Column)
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next full-day conference in Albany on Sept. 25, 2024. Tickets available now. This guest column is from Colin Decker,...
Do N.J. medical weed patients feel ignored? They’ll get a chance to speak out soon.
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission will host virtual roundtables throughout September and October to gather feedback on how the market can better help medical...
How cannabis tax revenue can eliminate health inequities in New York (Guest Column)
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next full-day conference in Albany on Sept. 25, 2024. Tickets available now. Dr. Torian Easterling is senior vice president...
New York’s medical cannabis program crumbling under financial pressure and patient exodus
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next full-day conference in Albany on Sept. 25, 2024. Tickets available now. On paper, the numbers don’t look so...
Cannabis Justice Employment Initiative expands to Harlem, empowering NYC’s most impacted communities
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next full-day conference in Albany on Sept. 25, 2024. Tickets available now. After graduating their inaugural cohort, a New...
Cannabis Justice & Equity Initiative expands to Harlem, empowering NYC’s most impacted communities
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next full-day conference in Albany on Sept. 25, 2024. Tickets available now. After graduating their inaugural cohort, a New...
Pivoting your business may be essential in New York cannabis (Guest Column)
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next full-day conference in Albany on Sept. 25, 2024. Tickets available now. This guest column is from Colin Decker,...
Prior misconduct rarely an obstacle for doctors in Pa.’s medical marijuana program
Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program has allowed doctors with past misconduct to certify patients.Daniel Fishel / For Spotlight PA Story by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA...
Jersey City earned $240K from cannabis sales. Now how will the city spend it?
Jersey City has collected a lot of green —in both weed and currency. In the year since the first dispensary opened its doors, the city’s...
Friendly Fire: Harris’s media dodge, Cops & Cannabis, and Sherrill’s counterpunch
Can Americans still have a sensible and friendly political discussion across the partisan divide? The answer is yes, and we prove it every week. Julie...
Cannabis Association of NY loses bulk of its board of directors
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. Four board members at the Cannabis Association...
People to know in NY cannabis: Lindsay Trammel
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. Lindsay Trammel is co-general manager at VERDI...
Planet Nugg dispensary owner to Nassau County: ‘Wake up’ to cannabis reality
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. In a few short weeks, Planet Nugg...
Steelton man gets federal prison sentence and lecture on dangers of daily marijuana use
WILLIAMSPORT — A Dauphin County man has received a 78-month federal prison drug sentence and a lecture by the judge on the dangers of daily...
Beverages, seed-to-sale and public awareness: An in-depth conversation with OCM’s John Kagia
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. Licensing continues to be a huge undertaking...
State cracks down on illegal weed shops: See list of 24 closures in Central NY
This spring, after calling the roll-out of New York’s legal cannabis industry a “disaster,” Gov. Kathy Hochul also promised a new crackdown on the thousands...
‘Very bullish outlook’: Cannabis Control Board approves new licenses as NY market picks up steam
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. New York’s Cannabis Control Board approved more than...
Oversupply, marketing rules and tax revenues: An in-depth conversation with OCM’s John Kagia
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. New York’s Office of Cannabis Management still...
Navigating the path to making money in New York State’s legal cannabis market
NY Cannabis Insider (NYCI) hosts unique and interactive business-to-business events across the state that bring together business owners and industry leaders to network and discuss...
Saint Peter’s University withdraws lawsuit to stop opening of cannabis dispensary
Saint Peter’s University ended its opposition against a nearby cannabis dispensary by withdrawing a lawsuit that sought to block it from opening, clearing the dispensary...
Want weed but don’t like smoking? From gummies to brownies, you can buy these edibles in N.J.
There’s a lot of choices for people 21 and up to use legal cannabis that don’t involve smoking. This is where edibles come in. Experienced...
New cannabis jobs board in New York seeks to help legal weed industry staff up
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. After over a year of work, the...
Hear how stakeholders found financial success in New York State’s legal cannabis market
NY Cannabis Insider (NYCI) hosts unique and interactive business-to-business events across the state that bring together business owners and industry leaders to network and discuss...
N.J. recalls weed product that contained insects and human hair
Cannabis regulators have recalled a weed product after they determined it had insects and human hair in it. The recall letter by the state’s Cannabis...
Office of Cannabis Management’s Felicia Reid talks about adopting an agency in turmoil, and moving forward
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. Felicia A. B. Reid has been at...
CANY survey: Cannabis business owners report shortage of high-quality flower
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. A large majority of cannabis business owners...
NY Cannabis Insider’s week in legal weed for July 27, 2024
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. Happy weekend everyone! From breaking news emerging...
The exodus at NY’s Office of Cannabis Management continues
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. At least four high-ranking employees at New...
Navigating the fresh frozen cannabis market: Tips for NY farmers (Guest Column)
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. This guest column is from Colin Decker,...
The political animal: Joe Rossi’s journey through Albany’s cannabis maze
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. Albany is a strange city. It’s visually...
Opportunity to hear from business owners making money in the legal New York State cannabis market
NY Cannabis Insider (NYCI) hosts unique and interactive business-to-business events across the state that bring together business owners and industry leaders to network and discuss...
High demand, low supply: NY cannabis retailers and processors struggle to find quality flower
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. Just over a year ago, New York...
The catalyst to cannabis acceptance? Pain. (Guest Column)
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. This guest column is from Scott Mazza,...
Amid Hudson’s urban sprawl, these entrepreneurs aim to blossom and keep dispensaries well-stocked
NORTH BERGEN — They’re technically farmers, but these New Jersey entrepreneurs aren’t growing blueberries or cranberries out in the sunny fields and wetlands of the...
People to know in NY cannabis: Regina Smith
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. Regina Smith is co-owner of Yonkers dispensary...
NY’s medical cannabis sales in decline as retail ramps up
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. When the recreational use of cannabis was...
NY Cannabis Insider’s week in legal weed for July 13, 2024
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. Happy weekend, everyone! We hope you’re keeping...
N.J. woman going to prison for helping boyfriend run illegal marijuana dispensary
A woman who was helping her boyfriend run an illegal dispensary out of their South Jersey apartment has been sentenced to state prison. Donna Shiffler,...
Another tense Cannabis Control Board meeting as regulators approve more than 100 new licenses
Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next industry meetup in NYC on Aug. 13, 2024. Tickets available now. New York’s cannabis regulators approved more than 100...
Studying weed is the newest way to get a higher education degree in N.J.
With legal weed becoming a billion dollar business in New Jersey, Stockton University will this fall become the state’s first four-year institution to offer a...
Buying weed at the wheel deserves another look in N.J. | Editorial
Ever since the spring, law enforcement has announced a crackdown on driver behavior on the White Horse Pike in Camden and Atlantic counties, a traditional,...