Category: Cannabis

New York State’s beleaguered cannabis growers may be breathing a bit easier today. That’s because details of the cannabis relief fund were included in the...

The Herbal Care officially opened on Jan. 4, becoming the first legal adult-use dispensary in Manhattan’s Upper East Side neighborhood. Business is slower than expected,...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — The New Orleans Police Department’s headquarters has a unique problem, and the police chief believes it’s high time something is done....

The five Democratic primary candidates for Pennsylvania attorney general addressed gun violence, opioids, legalizing marijuana and TikTok during an hourlong debate Tuesday night. Hosted by...

The mayor of North York Borough on Tuesday night vowed to immediately veto an ordinance approved by borough council that would decriminalize possession of small...

Industry stakeholders are alleging New York’s Office of Cannabis Management – the agency charged with overseeing the state’s legal marijuana market – is using enforcement...

Sohan Bashar is the owner of Silk Road NYC, an adult-use cannabis dispensary. He answered eight simple questions for NY Cannabis Insider’s “People to know”...

Verdi officially opened its doors on Jan. 26, becoming the first legal adult-use dispensary in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. In its first couple of months, business...

Happy weekend, everyone! We hope everyone remembers to set their clocks ahead, and enjoys the extra hour of sunshine – while chugging some coffee to...

One of Onondaga County’s two legal recreational marijuana shops is suing the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, claiming the agency illegally barred the shop from...

This guest column is from Scott Mazza, co-founder of Buffalo-based Vitality CBD. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author,...

The Greenery Spot officially opened its doors on July 29, becoming the second legal dispensary to open in the Binghamton area. Business at the Johnson...

A lawyer for two Jersey City police officers who were wrongly dismissed for legally using marijuana while off duty accuses Mayor Fulop of refusing to...

Geddes, NY — Mike Flynn, who runs FlynnStoned Cannabis Co. in downtown Syracuse, is expanding from pot into pickleball. The entrepreneur plans to open a...

David Falkowski fretted over the possibility that many of New York’s licensed cannabis growers may collapse about a half-year ago, when fewer than 30 legal...

NYCBUD just opened its doors on Feb. 16, making the Long Island City dispensary a new kid in a town with overwhelming demand for weed....

A handful of activists supporting statewide marijuana legalization and/or decriminalization gathered Monday at the Capitol for the Pennsylvania State Police budget hearing. Marijuana is a...

Aaron Riley is the Founder and CEO of Certified Testing & Data (CTND), a third-party testing company. He answered eight simple questions for NY Cannabis...

The Office of Cannabis Management has told NY Cannabis Insider that rules governing cannabis special event permits are currently being drafted, and that the agency...

Happy weekend, everyone! Between stories about marketing regulations, coverage of the state’s seed-to-sale tracking system and Q&As with industry players, we covered a lot of...

There are some lists Jersey City sits atop, whether it’s home to the best pizza, the highest rents or the most diverse population in the...

NEW YORK (AP) — After failing to wipe illegal cannabis dispensaries off the map, New York is asking online sites to hide them. Since the...

Jenny Argie is the founder of Jenny’s Baked at Home Company, a licensed New York cannabis processor/manufacturer/distributor. Her brand in the adult use market is...

Two properties owned by a family-run medical marijuana company in Morris County are facing foreclosure after the business defaulted on a $10.5 million loan, according...

Ellis Soodak opened Verdi, the first legal adult-use dispensary in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, about a month and a half ago. Already, he’s grappling with a...

Rodney “Hurricane” Carter, Jr., is the CEO of Trends Dispensaries, a licensed cannabis brand. He answered eight simple questions for NY Cannabis Insider’s “People to...

New York’s legal cannabis operators have about two months to stand up seed-to-sale tracking systems, but regulators haven’t provided much clarity or instruction, some licensees...

Oregon’s struggling cannabis industry endured another difficult year in 2023, and there’s no indication conditions will ease in the foreseeable future. Prices remain severely depressed,...

When it comes to marijuana legalization, Gov. Josh Shapiro envisions Pennsylvania being the first state in the nation to put its agriculture department in charge...

DOSHA Farms missed a monthslong court injunction by the skin of its teeth. The Oneonta-based dispensary received its final approvals to open the store about...

Story by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA and Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and...

The battle over cannabis dispensaries and regulations in Hoboken is taking another turn this week when the city council once again considers an ordinance that...

Joseph Abramov is the owner and founder of Urban Leaf, a new cannabis dispensary just a few minutes from Grand Central Station in Manhattan. He...

Happy weekend, everyone! Between stories about medical reciprocity legislation, coverage of regulators and guest columns by experts, we covered a lot of ground – so...

New York’s Cannabis Control Board issued more than 100 cannabis business licenses on Friday, marking the first time regulators have issued general business licenses for...

New Jersey legal weed will be a $1 billion industry this year, the Cannabis Regulatory Commission says. “I’m confident we’ll reach and surpass that milestone...

On April 20, 2023, cannabis retail business Dazed Cannabis – which owns two dispensaries in Massachusetts – opened its first New York location in Manhattan’s...

This guest column was written by Joe Rossi, the Cannabis Practice Group Leader at Park Strategies. The views and opinions expressed in this article are...

A “vocal minority” of residents in a small, well-to-do Westchester town just north of New Canaan, Conn., are demanding municipal officials rethink allowing cannabis retail...

This guest column is from Colin Decker, owner and founder of 7 SEAZ, New York’s first legacy-to-legal adult-use cannabis brand, and owner of Hudson Valley-based...

A bill currently making its way through New York’s state legislature would allow medical cannabis patients from other states to buy weed at New York...

Jonpaul Pezzo is the owner and operator of NYC Bud, a retail cannabis dispensary located in the heart of Long Island City. He answered eight...

After operating in Liverpool since 2016, a medical marijuana dispensary plans to open in a larger location in DeWitt and begin selling recreational cannabis. PharmaCann,...

Katie Motta is the CEO of Jade Stone Branding, a company that seeks to disrupt tradition within the cannabis industry by replacing archaic stereotypes with...

Brandon Carter is a new business owner whose family has a history of cannabis arrests, and his dispensary is set to open on Feb. 29...

On Oct. 30, New York State senators heard over 10 hours of testimony from government officials, policy advisors, law enforcement personnel and business owners about...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a challenge to New York state’s licensing program for selling legal marijuana, a system two California...

It’s looking more and more like New York got mobile sports betting right. Wish we could say the same for the rollout of recreational cannabis....

Happy weekend, everyone, The groundhog yesterday said it’ll be an early spring, while weather people disagree – a classic case of nature versus science. While...