Category: Marijuana News

by: Sam Elwell

Posted: Nov 11, 2023 / 07:12 PM EST

Updated: Nov 11, 2023 / 07:12 PM EST

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) — A local business is celebrating the holiday by handing out bracelets to veterans.

For the month of November, 6 Bricks Dispensary in Springfield is handing out bracelets to every veteran who enters to store as a way of thanking them for their service.

22News spoke with local veteran Philip Lafountaine, who also works at the 6 Bricks Dispensary on why they are running this campaign. “The trials and tribulations are that we go through, whether we’ve served overseas or just serving abroad, spending time away from family… There’s a lot of sacrifices that are made. We want to be able to give back in any way we can.”

6 Bricks is also running a donation campaign in partnership with Green Meadows Dispensary in Southbridge for local non-profits that support veterans.

WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 providing local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Follow 22News on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Dear Stoner: I’m paying a lot of money for what seem like average dispensary products in Dillon. Are the prices and products in Denver worth driving down for the day to stock up?
Kiera

Dear Kiera: This a common theme among mountain and resort towns, and Dillon is a good example. The three dispensaries in Dillon have flower prices similar to those at most Denver stores, based on their menus, but edibles and hash prices are a few dollars higher in the mountains. Dispensary menus have become much more reasonable in the mountains, but you’ll always miss out on better sales and product selection because of the lack of competition. Whereas Dillon has just a few stores, around 200 different Denver dispensaries are vying for customer attention, with flash deals and product drops from craft brands.

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Denver’s large number of dispensaries creates a more customer-friendly environment.

Scott Lentz

Not only that, but THC gummies are extremely cheap here right now. It’s hard to walk into a Denver pot shop and

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Crime and dangerous traffic conditions on the North Shore will be discussed this week, as will upgrades to a South Shore park and several cannabis dispensary license applications when all three Staten Island Community Boards hold public meetings this week.

Community Board 1

Community Board 1 will host a meeting of its full board on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m. in St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 347 Davis Ave., West Brighton. There is no set agenda for the public meeting and no planned presentations.

On Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 6:30 p.m., the Silver Lake/Sunnyside/Grymes Hill/Westerleigh/Willowbrook Committee will meet in Safari Realty, 1958 Victory Blvd., Meiers Corners. A liquor license renewal for 965 Jewett Ave. will be considered, as will a cannabis dispensary license application for 1873 Victory Blvd., Castleton Corners.

The Clifton/Concord/Stapleton Committee will meet on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the Stapleton Library, 132 Canal St., Stapleton.

A representative from the New York City Economic Development Corporation will be presenting the North Shore Action Plan and will give updates on the Stapleton section of the waterfront.

Other items on the agenda include a discussion of problems in Tappen Park, including prostitution and drug use. Double parking on Broad Street

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A Chula Vista cannabis licensee who was indicted earlier this year must divest himself of his interest in the dispensary or face closing the business, city officials have decided.

The decision comes months after Andres Camberos was accused by federal prosecutors of a long-running fraud unrelated to his Grasshopper Dispensary, the first legally licensed pot shop in Chula Vista.

Camberos’ sister, Adriana Camberos, also was named in the indictment, but she has no role in the marijuana business.

City Manager Maria Kachadoorian advised the ownership group, Vista Holding Co. LLC, that it would lose its license to operate Grasshopper Dispensary in Chula Vista if Camberos remains a partner in the company.

“Please be advised of the city’s intent to revoke the commercial cannabis license of Grasshopper, License No. CB22-001, if Mr. Camberos’s ownership interest in the business is not promptly divested,” Kachadoorian wrote.

The two-page letter dated Nov. 2 provides the company 60 days to file papers in response to the notice.

“Should the city not receive the required form by the deadline, the city will proceed with revocation of commercial cannabis license no. CB22-001,” the certified letter concludes.

The company has not yet formally responded to the city advisory.

But Vista Holding Co. attorney Lance Rogers

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With a 4-2 recommendation of approval from the village’s development commission, the first proposal for a recreational marijuana dispensary in Hanover Park will go before the village board Dec. 21.

Inspire Cannabis is seeking a special-use permit to occupy the 9,600-square-foot former site of Empire Beauty School at 1166 E. Lake St. The space is in the Greenbrook Plaza shopping center anchored by the Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets under renovation.

Shubhra Govind, the village’s director of community and economic development, said the proposal meets code requirements for a marijuana dispensary, including a minimum 500-foot distance from sensitive uses, being the sole use of the unit, and having no drive-through and or on-site consumption.

The development commission made its recommendation at a public hearing Thursday night during which members asked the applicant several questions, Govind said.

Residents also weighed in.

“In addition to the applicant’s presentation, there were several people who provided comments during the public hearing, a majority being in support,” Govind said.

Consideration of final approval is scheduled for the village board meeting at 7 p.m. Dec. 21 at village hall, 2121 W. Lake St., officials said.

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Just off of the I-10 freeway on Elliot Road on a county island in Ahwatukee, a 16,000-square-foot, two-story building houses the community’s only cannabis dispensary, The Flower Shop.

But it’s much more than that: Beyond the well-lit, attractive showroom floor, it also contains a manufacturing facility that is akin to the weed version of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, churning out tens of thousands of gummies, mints, tablets, vape cartridges, pre-rolled joints and more each day for its various brands.

The Flower Shop has locations in Mesa and Phoenix as well as Ogden and Logan, Utah. It employs 54 at its Ahwatukee dispensary and manufacturing hub and 175 statewide.

Greta Brandt, The Flower Shop’s president and a minority owner, showed a handful of media representatives around the premises last month to explain the business and what it does.

The tour started in the 2,500-square-foot retail space, which has an open floor plan and colorful, eye-catching displays that change quarterly.

“The intent of the design is to destigmatize,” Brandt said. “My intent is to bring more people into cannabis.”

It’s definitely luring in Ahwatukee cannabis users, with nearly 12,000 customers from the community in its loyalty program, which offers discounts, special events

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LOS ANGELES – One person is dead in a shooting at a marijuana dispensary in South Los Angeles on Friday night.

The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a shooting in the 6600 block of Crenshaw Boulevard around 6:20 p.m. Upon arrival, a 27-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The suspected gunman remains on the run. LAPD believes he may have been with two other men at the time of the incident.

Officials did not say what prompted the shooting to break out.

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A man was fatally shot inside of a marijuana dispensary in Hyde Park on Friday evening. 

Circumstances leading up to shooting remain unclear, but Los Angeles Police Department officers say that they were called to the dispensary, located in the 6600 block of Crenshaw Boulevard at around 6:20 p.m. 

Upon arrival, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Officers say that three men were seen fleeing from the area on foot. 

With SkyCal overhead, shattered glass could be seen on the floor of the dispensary’s entry. 

This is a developing story. Check back for details. 

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A man was fatally shot inside of a marijuana dispensary in Hyde Park on Friday evening. 

Circumstances leading up to shooting remain unclear, but Los Angeles Police Department officers say that they were called to the dispensary, located in the 6600 block of Crenshaw Boulevard at around 6:20 p.m. 

Upon arrival, they found a man in his 20s suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Officers say that three men were seen fleeing from the area on foot. 

With SkyCal overhead, shattered glass could be seen on the floor of the dispensary’s entry. 

This is a developing story. Check back for details. 

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