New Mexico cannabis industry concerned with saturated market – KOAT New Mexico

In the most recent report from the state, New Mexico’s cannabis industry brought in more than $30 million every month from March to September.Those working throughout the industry, all the way from the greenhouses to the dispensaries, However, experts KOAT spoke with say it’s not the money they are worried about. It’s the businesses not making enough for themselves. “Looking at the data, the number of licenses that have been issued in the state of New Mexico, it’s of extreme concern to us,” said Jessie Hunt, who is a spokesperson with R. Greenleaf and Everest dispensaries.Hunt said this because the state has granted over 1,000 licenses since voters legalized marijuana for recreational use. Although the Cannabis Control Division is reporting millions from recreational and medicinal sales, most of New Mexico’s biggest cities have dispensaries reporting more cannabis in stock than they can sell.”I do feel the pressure of our clients and feel for them,” Priscotty Cannabis Delivery CEO Scott Prisco said.Follow us on social: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeErica Rowland is a grower who said, “The struggle is real in a lot of peoples’ faces and it’s just happening fact.”Both work closely with dispensaries in Albuquerque, and

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PharmaCann expanding operations with $130M facility in Montgomery – News 12 Westchester

Oct 11, 2023, 10:31pmUpdated 2h ago

Executives with one of the country’s largest cannabis companies said Wednesday they are expanding their Orange County operations in anticipation of a 2024 retail market much larger than the 28 dispensaries currently authorized to operate.

PharmaCann execs toured media and public officials around the company’s new cannabis production facility in Montgomery, just upgraded to the tune of $130 million. The private company, which has been authorized to cultivate and sell medical cannabis since 2016, just applied for a license to sell recreational products to dispensaries.

“It’s an opening industry, and I’m very happy to be on what I think is the ground floor of it, and it’s only going to expand,” said Post Harvest Team’s Connor Devine,

Company leaders expect their workforce to grow from 90 employees to 250 once the expansion is complete and the state’s recreational market is up and running.

PharmaCann execs and public officials acknowledged the state’s Office of Cannabis Management must fix its social equity dispensary licensing program, which is bogged down in court. Under the program, more than 400 of the first licenses were awarded to applicants with cannabis-related convictions. Most of those licensees have found

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Judge gives green light to Saranac Lake cannabis dispensary – Plattsburgh Press Republican

SARANAC LAKE — Elevate ADK is set to become the Tri-Lakes’ first licensed recreational cannabis dispensary when it opens on Friday, after getting approval from state Supreme Court Judge Kevin Bryant.

Eli Emery, the general manager of the storefront in the Saranac Lake plaza on Lake Flower Avenue, said he’s excited to get the business started on Friday the 13th after a lawsuit held up licensing statewide this summer.

While most of the more than 400 dispensary licenses issued by the state are still held up by this court case, Elevate ADK is one of just five allowed to open up since the holdup began, because it was so far ahead in the licensing process.

Emery got a permit approved by the village development board in June and got an inspection from the state Office of Cannabis Management on Aug. 3. He had been planning to open on Aug. 12 when, just a few days before, Bryant issued a temporary restraining order while overseeing a cannabis license-related lawsuit, blocking the state from issuing permits until the case is resolved.

Bryant has since chosen to grant exceptional permits to dispensaries which were ready to operate when he issued his injunction. Elevate ADK made

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Fourth medical cannabis retail dispensary approved for Maui Pono … – Lahaina News

KĪHEI — The Hawai’i State Department of Health (DOH) has issued a formal notice to proceed to Pono Life Sciences LLC, dba Pono Life Maui, after its fourth retail facility passed its final on-site inspection.

Pono Life Maui’s new retail site is located at 95 E Līpoa St. in Kīhei, and it was scheduled to begin sales on Tuesday, Oct. 10.

“Maui Pono Life Science’s new dispensary will provide much-needed access to patients on Maui,” said Liam Gimon, Dispensary Licensing Section supervisor.

This will be Maui’s seventh retail dispensary and the 24th retail dispensary for the state. As of Sept. 30, 2023, a total of 32,693 in-state patients and 2,817 caregivers were registered statewide, including 5,606 patients and 521 caregivers on Maui.

The primary reported condition for registered adult patients is severe pain. The primary reported conditions for patients under 18 are seizures and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Hawai’i’s other licensed retail centers on Maui include: Maui Grown Therapies locations at 44 Pa’a St. in Kahului and 7 Ᾱewa Pl, #3, in Makawao; and Pono Life Sciences located at 415 Dairy Road in Kahului, 115 N. Market St. in Wailuku and

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Dispensary Coming To East Dubuque in the Spring – 97 Seven Country WGLR

Plans are progressing for a new East Dubuque cannabis dispensary that will include a bakery and coffee shop featuring hemp-infused products. East Dubuque City Council members received an update on the adult-use cannabis dispensary set to open on Sinsinawa Avenue in late spring. Portland, Ore.-based UHCC Inc., which will do business as Bridge City Collective, is leasing the property on Sinsinawa Avenue from Janvie Properties, owned by local residents Dave and Janie Sendt. Last summer, the council approved a special use permit for UHCC to construct a dispensary there. The bakery and coffee shop portion of the business will be called Baked at Dunleith. 
 

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Monroe extends moratorium on new marijuana businesses for another six months – Hamilton Journal News

MONROE — Medical marijuana dispensaries hoping to open in one Butler County city better hurry.

The city of Monroe, which has four medical marijuana businesses, extended the moratorium on new marijuana businesses another six months during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. The last moratorium expired on Oct. 7, said Law Director K. Philip Callahan.

Council can vote on the emergency legislation at its next meeting in two weeks, he said.

Acting City Manager Kacey Waggaman, filing in after William “Bill” Brock resigned, said two weeks probably isn’t enough time for a marijuana business to be licensed by the state.

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Council member Michael Graves has been the most vocal on council about limiting the number of businesses in the city. At a previous meeting, he said he was concerned Monroe could become the “Las Vegas strip of weed dispensaries.”

After Tuesday’s meeting, he told the Journal-News he wants the city to “expand our horizon” on what type of businesses are located near Ohio 63.

“We all know what we want in Monroe,” he said. “Sit-down restaurants. Chick-fil-A which will never happen. For me, it’s been important to limit (marijuana businesses). Four is enough. It’s plenty. I don’t want to be a

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4 mid-Michigan dispensaries to pay hefty fines for CRA noncompliance – WNEM

MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) – Four mid-Michigan adult-use/medicinal marijuana dispensaries are having disciplinary action taken against them due to Annual Financial Statement (AFS) noncompliance.

The dispensaries that are receiving disciplinary action are HCM Provisioning, Inc. in Mt. Morris, 664 Vassar, LLC dba Premier Provisioning Center #2 in Vassar, 3843 Euclid, LLCM in Bay City, and BR Laboratory of Chesaning, LLC in Chesaning.

HCM Provisioning, Inc. has been ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 within 90 days 664 Vassar LLC dba Premier Provisioning Center in Vassar has been ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 within 60 days3843 Euclid, LLCM in Bay City has been ordered to pay a fine of $30,000 within 90 daysBR Laboratory of Chesaning, LLC in Chesaning has been ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 within 30 days

If the dispensaries have not paid their fines within the time constraint, they will have their licenses suspended until payment is received.

According to the state, the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act and Rule 20 of the Marihuana Licenses rules requires medical facility licensees to annually submit to the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) financial statements of the licensee’s total operations in a manner and form determined by CRA.

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Cannabis dispensary in line for license in Homer – Cortland Voice

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A local business entity is proposing a cannabis dispensary in the village of Homer and is a month away from filing a state cannabis license.

At Tuesday’s village Board of Trustees meeting, board members had discussions about receiving a month-long notice from Classy Canna LLC, the business entity that proposed the local cannabis dispensary.

The 30-day notice is required by state law before filing for a dispensary license with the state’s Office of Cannabis Management.

“We have almost nothing that we can do on this,” Village mayor Hal McCabe said. “It’s the way the law is written. We can regulate time, place and manner to an extent, but that’s a super gray area. I know there’s going to be lawsuits out the ying yang for municipalities that come down too stringent on the manner because the manner is such a gray area.”

The dispensary filing, officials said, meets state requirements regarding the proximity to school and parks.

“This one I know meets the distance between the school and the park and all of that,” Village Treasurer Tanya DiGennaro said, noting the 500-feet space from the proposed business location

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New dispensary passes final inspection | News, Sports, Jobs – Maui News

Pono Life Sciences LLC doing business as Pono Life Maui, had its fourth medical cannabis retail facility pass final on-site inspection by the state Department of Health, the department announced on Tuesday.

Pono Life Maui’s new retail site is at 95 E Lipoa St. in Kihei and was expected to begin sales Tuesday, the DOH said.

“Maui Pono Life Science’s new dispensary will provide much-needed access to patients on Maui,” said Liam Gimon, Dispensary Licensing Section supervisor.

This is Maui’s seventh retail dispensary and the 24th retail dispensary for the state. As of Sept. 30 a total of 32,693 in-state patients and 2,817 caregivers were registered statewide, including 5,606 patients and 521 caregivers on Maui. The primary reported condition for registered adult patients is severe pain. The primary reported conditions for patients under 18 are seizures and post-traumatic stress disorder, the DOH said.

More information on the Medical Cannabis Dispensary Program is available at http://health.hawaii.gov/medicalcannabis/.

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St. Louis County dispensary becomes next to challenge stacked … – Greenway

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The owners of Robust – which operates the Feel State marijuana dispensary in Florissant, have taken legal action against St. Louis County and the Missouri Department of Revenue, buoyed by the backing of the state’s burgeoning cannabis sector. 

The lawsuit spotlights an ongoing tax issue that has been brewing adult use legalization was passed in November 2022. Numerous counties in Missouri, including St. Louis County, recently began imposing a local 3% tax on adult use marijuana sales, which when combined with a municipal 3% tax, infringes on the directives laid down in Article 14 of the Missouri Constitution, according to the lawsuit.

The constitution permits a municipal tax of up to 3% on adult marijuana sales within city confines, subject to voter approval. Additionally, it allows counties to tax marijuana sales in unincorporated areas. The contention arises from counties levying an additional 3% tax on sales within incorporated areas that fall within county lines, a move seen as unconstitutional by industry stakeholders.

Robust’s challenge becomes the second in the state aiming to halt this tax stacking, which if successful, could alleviate Missouri cannabis consumers of a roughly $3 million tax burden monthly.

Robust has sought

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