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We talk with the Cleveland School of Cannabis at their mock dispensary after Ohio voters approved Issue 2 for recreational marijuana.

Author: wkyc.com

Published: 8:15 AM EST November 8, 2023

Updated: 8:15 AM EST November 8, 2023

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Arizona is on track for more than $1 billion in cannabis sales this year.

The state collects hundreds of millions of dollars in associated taxes, and thousands of Arizonans are employed in the cannabis industry.

But federal banking laws that treat cannabis companies differently than other businesses are hindering economic growth and creating opportunities for crime. 

The U.S. Senate is considering legislation that would correct these issues.

The SAFER Banking Act, which is pending there, would allow marijuana dispensaries and cannabis businesses to use commercial banks, and in that way that reduces crime.  

Bright lights, entertainment, and droves of tourists fuel the city of Las Vegas. With such a lush base, dispensaries like Planet 13 cater to the tourist experience. Others are choosing a different path, catering to the locals who keep Sin City alight. The Source dispensary chain seeks to be the local’s choice, and its most recent focus is on the impact of the incoming Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix.

“While the big race is an exciting and profitable event for the city of Las Vegas, it presents a gigantic challenge for local residents and service industry workers commuting to and from their places of employment,” Sequoah Turner, vice president of retail at The Source, shared in a press release.

The prospect of hosting a new demographic of tourists (Formula 1 fans) initially seemed like a boon for the city, but the locals are not pleased as it gets closer to race day. Anyone driving down the famed drag will be dealing with heavy construction traffic, and many on-strip service workers are forced to shuttle in.

The Las Vegas Review Journal cited many issues with the preparation and plans, including cutting down desert-friendly on-strip trees, obscuring strip businesses, setting

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Pot proposals fail in Metro Detroit

Voters in Birmingham, Grosse Pointe Park, Rochester, and Keego Harbor voted no on proposals that would have allowed marijuana dispensaries. The issue was also on the ballot in St. Clair County’s Yale. The proposal failed there, too.

(FOX 2) – Voters in the four Metro Detroit cities that were deciding on marijuana dispensaries rejected the proposals.

If approved, Birmingham would have been able to have one recreational marijuana store and one medical marijuana store. In Keego Harbor and Grosse Pointe Park, two marijuana businesses would have been allowed. The ballot proposal in Rochester would have allowed for three marijuana businesses.

However, voters in these cities, along with St. Clair County’s Yale did not approve the proposals.

Voters in Rochester and Birmingham overwhelmingly rejected the proposal, with 87% voting against it in Rochester and 73% selecting no in Birmingham.

Keego Harbor’s election was closer, with 53% of voters rejecting the measure. Sixty-six percent of Grosse Pointe Park voters rejected the proposal. 

Since laws allowing adult-use marijuana facilities went into effect nearly five years ago, hundreds of municipalities have opted out of having these businesses. However, the number of municipalities

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Voters overwhelmingly rejected proposals Tuesday to allow recreational marijuana sales in four metro Detroit cities.

The proposals were defeated in Birmingham, Grosse Pointe Park, Rochester and Keego Harbor.

Recreational marijuana use will be legal in 21 states after ballot measures pass

In Birmingham, 73.6% of the voters rejected a proposal to provide a license to one recreational marijuana dispensary and one medical cannabis retailer.

A proposal to allow three recreational dispensaries to open in Rochester was defeated with 89.2% of the votes. Another 87.4% voted against creating a licensing and application process to enable three recreational dispensaries to open.

In Grosse Pointe Park, 77.7% of voters rejected an ordinance that would have allowed two recreational marijuana dispensaries to open. Another 66.7% voted against an amendment that would have allowed two recreational marijuana dispensaries to open after a licensing process was established.

Voters turned down all three proposals to allow recreational marijuana sales in Keego Harbor. A proposal to allow one dispensary to open was rejected with 53.5% of the vote, 61.4% voted against allowing the issue to be decided at the next general election, and 60.5% voted no on allowing two dispensaries to open with licensing rules.

Since Michigan voters

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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ)

Several employees of High Profile dispensary in Columbia are seeking to unionize. On Tuesday, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board. 

According to the NLRB’s website, 33 employees are eligible to be represented by UFCW Local 655, according to the National Labor Relations Board. However, the documents were later removed. According to High Profile employee Dan Lessiack, 22 of the 33 employees signed the union card.

A union card is filled out by pro-union workers during a representation campaign and specifies the union they want to use as a collective bargaining agent. The NLRB requires at least 30% of the employees to sign the card to conduct an election.

In an email sent to ABC 17 News, UFCW Local 655 spokesman Collin Reischman claims the total was “more than enough cards signed to file for election.” Reischman added that the High Profile employees “heard about our big win at Shangri-La and immediately reached out and expressed interest.” 

In October, 10 Shangri-La employees who lost their jobs for trying to organize a union received back pay plus interest after the NLRB ruled in favor of Local 655. 

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Ohio just became the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana.

Issue 2, approved by Ohio voters on Tuesday, will allow adults 21 and older to buy, possess and grow marijuana. Products would be taxed 10% on top of the state sales tax, with revenue going into four pots: a social equity and jobs program, municipalities with dispensaries, a substance abuse fund and administrative costs.

The measure is an initiated statute, meaning it will become part of the Ohio Revised Code in 30 days. But that’s only the beginning, and there’s one big caveat: Lawmakers could change some of these rules in the coming months.

Here’s what you can expect next with the state’s new adult-use marijuana program.

TULSA, Okla. — After a local dispensary was robbed at gunpoint in September, Tulsa Police say the last suspects were taken into custody this week.

Tulsa police said Dominic Torres and two teenagers stormed Sannny’s Cannabis.

“We had three male suspects go in,” Robbery Detective Justin Ritter said. “One holds the door, one holds the clerk at gun point and the other breaks open the glass case.”

Video shows the employee on the ground while a gun is being pointed at him. While that’s happening, another suspect breaks the glass counter open and begins handing the store’s product off to another person. 

“They take products, marijuana, anything they can get their hands on,” Ritter said. “Employees reported they got $18,000 worth of product. Oct. 12 we contact our operations team and they assisted us.”

Ritter said one suspect turned himself in on Monday and the second teen was arrested on Tuesday.

“It is not surprising to see juveniles commit crimes like this and I only say that because it is what we deal with every day, a lot of our cases are juveniles,” Ritter said.

The only adult in the case, Torres, faces first degree robbery charges. 

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