Category: Marijuana News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque dispensary Cookies is accused of several violations of the state’s Cannabis Regulation Act, according to an April 8 notice filed by the Cannabis Control Division (CCD).

The regulators are contemplating taking disciplinary action against Blue Whale Enterprises Inc., which operates Cookies, for alleged violations that took place during the dispensary’s grand opening event on Nov. 18, 2023.

The regulators accused the dispensary, located at 1340 Broadway Blvd. NE, of:

Violation of protection of underage persons The dispensary allegedly allowed someone under the age of 21 to attend the event and consume cannabis on the property. Engaging in prohibited practices The dispensary allegedly made a social media post that showed someone consuming a large amount of cannabis on the dispensary’s property. Allowing for the unauthorized consumption of cannabis The dispensary is accused of allowing people to consume cannabis on the property and promoting public cannabis consumption without having a cannabis consumption license. Unlawful co-mingling of alcoholic beverages and cannabis The dispensary reportedly allowed public consumption of alcohol on the property. Violation of cannabis product display requirements The dispensary allegedly had cannabis and

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PLATTE CITY, Mo. — A new door will soon open for Jimi Poe. He’s renovating a storefront at a Platte City, Missouri, strip center into a marijuana dispensary.

The move comes about 18 years after a prison door closed on Poe. He was sentenced to 14 months in prison in 2006 for selling marijuana.

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“I’ve been doing nothing since 2006 but trying to hide that cannabis crime and conviction because when people find out you have a felony on your record, they look at you completely different,” Poe said.

Even after getting the conviction expunged, Poe’s previous non-violent conviction made him eligible for Missouri’s microbusiness program.

The program levels the playing field for “little guys” who want to enter the legal marijuana industry. In 2023, the state awarded 48 licenses. It’s accepting applications for round two of licenses until 11:59 p.m. today. Next year, it will issue another 48 licenses in round three.

Applicants must meet one of five eligibility criteria to apply:

Been convicted of a non-violent marijuana offenseBe a disabled veteranHave a net worth of $250,000 or less and have an annual income of less than 250% of the federal poverty level which

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By Ben Rice

Santa Cruz City Schools Superintendent Kris Munro sent a letter to parents warning of a catastrophe: A proposed cannabis dispensary, partly owned by a nonprofit that provides affordable medicine for patients with cancer, multiple sclerosis, pediatric epilepsy and more — WAMM (Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana/WAMM Phytotherapies) — that would open on Mission Street at Laurel at the former site of Emily’s Bakery.

Though the city Planning Department and Planning Commission both authorized this project, there is now an appeal before the Santa Cruz City Council, which will vote on May 14 to possibly reverse their decisions.
The public should be concerned over misinformation in the letter on two important points:

• 1. The letter claims the site is “a block … from Santa Cruz High … on a well-established walking route to and from school and during breaks for students at Santa Cruz High School and Mission Hill.“ This does not reflect reality. I taught Mock Trial for four years at Santa Cruz High, and I know the site is several blocks from the schools and that students overwhelmingly cross Mission at Walnut Street. They rarely walk or ride bikes on Mission to either school.

• 2. Those

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SCHENECTADY — The Schenectady cannabis shop owner arrested on and charged with four felony counts for his alleged role in a Feb. 11 car crash near Crossgates Mall has become the public face of legal cannabis in Schenectady since his Upstate Canna Co. shop opened on upper Union Street last spring.

Don Andrews was arrested Thursday and charged with a count of aggravated vehicular assault, three counts of second-degree assault and one count of driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs and alcohol, state police said.

Schenectady’s Upstate Canna owner arrested in Guilderland Thruway crash, troopers say

He is charged in connection to the February crash near the Guilderland mall that saw Andrews’ Tesla careen through a Crossgates ramp overpass and land on Interstate 87 northbound, causing secondary crashes that resulted in several people suffering injuries, according to state police.

Andrews did not respond to a request for comment on Monday. His attorney Matthew Simone said on Monday that Andrews had pled not guilty to all charges, with Simone declining to comment further on the case.

Andrews, 35, opened Upstate Canna Co. in March 2023, with persistently long lines forming outside of the 1613 Union St. shop, which was the

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An Indio man died on Sunday after his Corvette went off the road and struck a cannabis dispensary in north Palm Springs, just south of Interstate 10.

The California Highway Patrol got a call about the incident at 12:37 a.m.. It happened in the 600 block of Garnet Avenue in Palm Springs, said CHP Officer David Torres.

The man was reported to be driving a red 2024 Chevrolet Corvette at high speeds before making an unsafe turn to the right. He then drove off the roadway and collided into the Palm Springs Dispensary.

The vehicle and the commercial building then caught on fire, Torres said. The dispensary remains open.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene at 1 a.m., according to a press release by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The man’s name has yet to be released by the coroner.

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New York Grants License to Illegal Pot Dispensary It Promised to Close – La Voce di New York

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“People think it should be legal to buy marijuana, but not in this way.”

By Jennifer Smith, CommonWealth Beacon

Six years since Massachusetts opened the first legal recreational marijuana stores on the East Coast, residents are still by and large pleased with cannabis legalization. But they aren’t taking a lax stance on regulations.

When asked in a new poll about the rise of some THC-infused drinks skirting the state’s cannabis regulations and tax structure, cannabis consumers and teetotalers alike said the place to purchase marijuana should be behind dispensary doors.

Polling on marijuana attitudes from the MassINC Polling Group—surveying 1,001 Massachusetts residents between April 4 and 17—offers a first look at how Bay Staters might think about the unregulated hemp-based THC market (topline | crosstabs).

“Hemp is a type of marijuana plant that contains a much smaller amount of THC than the marijuana sold in dispensaries,” the poll explained. “Products containing THC from hemp are not regulated in the same way as marijuana. They are now being sold at liquor stores, convenience stores, gas stations, and some bars and restaurants.”

The poll asked respondents: “Do you think that products containing THC from hemp should only be sold at licensed dispensaries,

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When Long Island City dispensary NYCBUD launched delivery sales in February, owner Jonpaul Pezzo thought his shop would be inundated with delivery calls right away – but the actual trajectory has been different.

“It was really nothing for the first week and a half, which was stressful because we didn’t know what to do for staffing,” Pezzo said. “But we’ve noticed that it’s slowly ramping up.”

Right now, deliveries make up about 5% of NYCBUD’s sales, which Pezzo said is lower than he and partners expected. Even so, as they become more familiar with which customer demographics lean toward licensed delivery services and adjust operations with demand, Pezzo believes deliveries will eventually be a key – and growing – part of the store’s revenue.

“Where do I see it going? I envision delivery to be the main part of the business.”

Long before cannabis legalization seemed like a serious prospect, informal delivery services served as a primary retail method for the underground weed market. As many of the increasing number of licensed dispensaries coming online are also operating delivery services, entrepreneurs are working out the kinks, and

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GannettMike Deak, MyCentralJersey.comApril 29, 2024 at 4:58 AM

SOMERVILLE – The county seat’s first recreational cannabis dispensary has received preliminary site plan approval from the borough’s Planning Board.

Root 22 Dispensary wants to convert the Sunoco gas station at the intersection of Route 22 and Gaston Avenue in the far northeastern corner of the municipality bordering Bridgewater. The proposal received the first stage of approval from the Planning Board on April 24.

Former Mayor Dennis Sullivan urged the board to approve the plan.

“It took a lot of time and effort to develop an ordinance” after a statewide referendum approved the legalization of cannabis, Sullivan said.

“We were very restrictive in what we expected,” he said, adding that Root 22’s plan “matches up with the ordinance.”

In October, James Barr, a principal of Root 22 Dispensary along with Bridgewater resident James Savino, told the Borough Council that he projects the business could gross $10 million a year.

With a municipal tax of 2% of gross sales, the borough could annually realize $200,000 in revenue, he said.

A recreational marijuana dispensary is proposed for the Sunoco at the corner of Route 22 and Gaston Avenue in Somerville.

Barr told the board on April 24 that he expects that six months

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Sway debuted this month in the Northalsted neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side. It is a history-making moment that honors history.

The new cannabis dispensary, at 3340 N. Halsted St., sits across from Sidetrack, one of the most successful gay bars in the nation. Sway is “one of the first queer-owned and BIPOC-owned cannabis companies in the nation,” its owners say. The brightly lit, spic-and-span-clean pot store is adorned in trademark rainbow “pride” colors and shimmering glass cases that display the drug’s paraphernalia, gummies and other products.

It’s a collaboration between Edie Moore, an African American cannabis equity advocate, and longtime gay activists Art Johnston, José “Pepe” Peña and Kevin Hauswirth. Johnston and Peña, who are married, also own Sidetrack, the longtime anchor of Chicago’s LGBTQ+ entertainment district and the heartbeat of the political civic and social life in the queer community. Moore, an Army veteran, co-founded Chicago’s regional chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, as well as the Illinois Minority Cannabis Business Owners Association.

I recently met Johnston at Sway for a tour. (I wasn’t there to partake — the stuff just puts me to sleep.)

Sway pays homage to the fact that “the entire movement to legalize

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