Dec 06 2023
November marijuana sales were over $164 million in Illinois. There was $164.7 million in marijuana purchased through legal outlets in November, according to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. These numbers are very similar to the $164.9 million in marijuana sales in October. Recreational marijuana sales actually saw a slight uptick between October …
Dec 06 2023
Lawmakers in Lubbock, Texas have scheduled a vote on an initiative that would decriminalize marijuana possession. The Lubbock City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to place the initiative, put forth by the group Lubbock Compact, on the ballot during a May 4 special election. The vote comes roughly a month after the council rejected the …
Dec 06 2023
As the clock strikes midnight in Ohio on December 7, the possession and cultivation of recreational marijuana is now legal for everyone 21 years of age and older. Due to voters approving Issue 2 last month, those 21 and older are now allowed to legally possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana and up to …
Dec 06 2023
Just two days after an Ohio Senate committee voted to essentially gut a voter-approved marijuana legalization law, the full Senate has voted to approve legislation that would instead keep most of the legalization initiative intact while allowing medical marijuana dispensaries to begin selling recreational marijuana. The Senate voted 28 to 2 to pass the legislation …
Dec 05 2023
A coalition of six governors has sent a letter to President Biden urging his administration to reschedule marijuana by the end of the year. Today, Colorado Governor Jared Polis led a letter to the Biden administration with Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, …
Dec 05 2023
Legal marijuana sales in Nevada were over $68 million in September. According to the Nevada Department of Taxation, there was exactly $68,562,873 in legal marijuana sold in September. This is around $1 million less than the total sales for August. Total sales for the fiscal year so far (starting July 1) is $209,681,401. The $68.5 …
Dec 05 2023
In October there was a little over $26 million in legal marijuana purchased in Montana. In total there was $26,260,538 worth of legal marijuana sold in November, resulting in nearly $5 million in taxes, according to the Montana Cannabis Control Division. The vast majority of this – $21,732,434 – was sold to recreational consumers, while …
Dec 05 2023
Legislation that would make alterations to voter-approved Issue 2 has been introduced in Ohio’s House of Representatives. State Representative Jamie Callender (R) has filed House Bill 354, a measure that would make some changes to Issue 2 while not going nearly as far as a measure recently passed through the Senate General Government Committee (that …
Dec 05 2023
Ohio’s full Senate is set to vote tomorrow on a bill that would make drastic changes to the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law that’s set to take effect Thursday. Yesterday Ohio’s Senate General Government Committee voted 4 to 1 to give approval to provisions that would make numerous changes to Issue 2, the marijuana legalization …
Dec 05 2023
Leafly, one of the world’s leading cannabis discovery marketplaces and resources, today announced Permanent Marker, a hybrid strain that originates from Southern California, as the 2023 Strain of the Year. Released in 2022 on both coasts, the barely year-old strain is an indica-dominant hybrid “with an impressive genetic lineage”, according to a Leafly press release. …
