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Weed Is Not Legal In Florida But Medical Cannabis Retail Footprint Grows Nonetheless RISE Dispensaries, a cannabis retail chain owned by Green Thumb Industries Inc. (CSE:GTII) (OTCQX:GTBIF), opened RISE Dispensary Orlando on Good Homes Road on Friday, Nov. 8. Located at 725 Good Homes Road, the new...

Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is narrowing the search for a running mate ahead of the 2024 presidential campaign. Per NBC News, the six candidates (and their betting market odds on Polymarket): Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, 71% Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, 14%...

Illinois celebrated the opening of its 100th social equity-owned cannabis dispensary on Friday, a milestone that coincides with the release of a state-commissioned disparity study proclaiming Illinois as having the “most diverse cannabis business ownership in the nation.” Fostering...

Illinois' retail cannabis sales reached the $1 billion mark year-to-date in July, Gov. JB Pritzker‘s office announced Wednesday. That's earlier than last year's July 10 milestone. The sum includes more than $850 million in adult-use cannabis sales and nearly $150 million in medical marijuana...

Colorado: Bipartisan Cannabis Bill To Streamline Regulations Heading To Governor  The Colorado General Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to a bipartisan bill aimed at streamlining the state's marijuana regulations. It is now headed to Gov. Jared...

Illinois’ adult-use cannabis sales for March soared to $148.9 million, marking a 9.81% increase from February's $135.6 million, according to the latest figures released by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR). The combined total of adult-use and medical...

Cannabis And Hemp Regulatory Appointments Last week, Flora Growth Corp. (NASDAQ:FLGC) announced that Clifford Starke, its CEO and director, has been elected to serve as chairman of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable board of directors. Starke said "momentum is swinging in the right direction" for hemp and...

The Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Program in Illinois is making strides in reversing the damages of the war on drugs, earmarking cannabis-derived funds to catalyze community renewal and equitable industry growth. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker engaged in dialogue with Benzinga at the Cannabis...

Through the adult use cannabis social equity program, Illinois is helping those who previously faced imprisonment for cannabis offenses build new lives in its booming legal cannabis industry. A Chance To Bloom: At the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in...

Illinois was the first state in the U.S. to fully legalize adult-use cannabis through legislation, setting a precedent for the rest of the nation.  Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker highlighted the importance of that initiative Thursday in a keynote address at the Benzinga...

Is marijuana less stigmatized in states where it is legal? While generally the answer is probably yes, that is not necessarily true in every state.  In the case of Illinois, McHenry County is demanding that legal cannabis dispensaries display in-store warnings of...

Imagine living in a state where all forms of marijuana is illegal while being surrounded by states that have legalized the plant. Would you be traveling to neighboring states now and again? This is the case of Wisconsin, which recently watched Minnesota launch legal recreational...

Former Illinois state senator Rickey Hendon (D) and a group of marijuana business owners are urging Governor JB Pritzker (D) to make some changes around cannabis regulations to help minority dispensary license holders get their operations started. Hendon is pushing for...

The Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office in Illinois announced the cannabis industry Disparity and Availability Study that will examine whether discrimination exists in the marijuana space and review accessibility issues. The study will also include advice for reducing or...

NV Regulators Urge Caution Over Cannabis Products Exposed to Unapproved Pesticides Nevada cannabis regulators listed over 100 dispensaries that have been selling marijuana products that were treated with an "unapproved pesticide." The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board said the...