Washington D.C. Cannabis

First Weed Shop In North Carolina To Open This Weekend The first legal recreational cannabis store in North Carolina is slated to open its doors to customers on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 91 Bingo Loop Road in Cherokee, Swain County, reported The Asheville Citizen-Times. Great Smoky Cannabis Co., an...

A GOP House committee has introduced a spending bill that removes the longstanding prohibition on Washington, D.C. from legalizing recreational cannabis sales. The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Subcommittee initiative also introduces new safeguards for banks...

Massachusetts Cannabis Sales Remain Steady In March Massachusetts saw $154 million worth of cannabis products sold in March, representing a 2.3% year-over-year increase, according to the data from the Cannabis Control Commission. The sum included $136.8 million in recreational and $17.2 million in...

Expanded Medical Marijuana Tax Holiday In D.C. Washington, D.C., is enhancing its medical marijuana program by extending the tax holiday from April 15 through April 28, in honor of the 4/20 holiday. This initiative aims to boost transactions at dispensaries with a tax rate usually set at 6%....

Washington, D.C. will not be able to legalize recreational cannabis sales as part of the budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025 that the Biden-Harris administration submitted to Congress on Monday. The D.C. cannabis provision has been blocking the nation's capital from using its local tax dollars to...

Washington, D.C.'s Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) made a significant move this week for two industries – tourism and cannabis. On Monday, Bowser signed a bill that would allow tourists visiting the nation's capital to self-certify as medical marijuana patients...

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the Medical Marijuana Self-Certification Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 on Wednesday.  Her signature came about a week after the full Washington, D.C. Council unanimously advanced the measure sponsored by...

New York Launches Government Website With All The Information On Cannabis Legalization In The State After signing adult-use cannabis into law last Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had taken the first step toward its implementation, launching a new cannabis-focused government website on...