2024 Cannabis Legal & Regulatory Review
Closing out 2024, you’ll see that not much changed for the cannabis industry or users since the end of last...
RI Proposes Adult-Use Licensing Regulations
Rhode Island’s Cannabis Control Commission released the draft version of the state’s inaugural adult-use regulations, paving the way for 24...
New York Hits $1B in Sales
New York’s adult-use cannabis market is slowly becoming more competitive with more-established state markets in terms of sales, despite a...
Key Hemp Appellate Cases Slog On
As state governments across the country try to strictly regulate hemp-derived cannabinoids (HDC), and industry players file suit to stop...
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Key Hemp Appellate Cases Slog On
As state governments across the country try to strictly regulate hemp-derived cannabinoids...
Washington Suspends Producer’s License
Authorities in Washington shut down a Tacoma cultivator and arrested the licensee...
KY and DE Make Final Retail Lottery Selections
Twenty months after passing legalization bills, Delaware and Kentucky completed the inaugural...
GAO Forming Cannabis Business Focus Groups
While passage of the SAFER Banking Act appears dead for the year,...
Tier 1 Cannabis-Related Business counts: 88,335 1A CRBs + 4,720 1B CRBs = 93,055 total
Pre-licensing refers to licenses in application. Approved/pending licenses are approved but pre-operational pending additional conditions.
Tier 1A businesses literally touch the cannabis plant at some point along the supply chain from seed to sale, and are licensed by a government agency or regulator.
Tier 1B businesses are highlighted as red flags by FinCEN in its marijuana banking guidance.