According to Canada’s Competition Bureau, Health Canada should relax its limitations on cannabis packaging and the maximum potency of edibles. According to the Competition Bureau, improving the appeal of legal items will increase sales and entice customers away from the black market. The bureau’s watchdog feels that to encourage businesses to flourish and eliminate the black market
Month: May 2023
Everything you should know about the Minnesota Cannabis Legalization program
Governor Tim Waltz is anticipated to sign a comprehensive, 320-page measure legalizing marijuana in the state, making it the 23rd state in the US to do so. The Office of Cannabis Management website is live, so things are rushing in the state. What, then, is contained in the law’s language? What might we anticipate as
Top 5 Takeaways from the New York Cannabis OCM Announcement
By laying out application requirements, outlining activities permitted under each license category, explaining the adult-use market architecture, creating procedures for regulatory enforcement, and more, the regulations will officially launch the adult-use program in New York. The following licensing types are subject to these regulations: 1. Cultivation 2. Nursery 3. Processing 4. Distribution 5. Retail Dispensary
Maryland’s Social Equity Legal Cannabis Program What’s Next?
Maryland plans to issue adult-use cannabis business licenses in two licensing rounds, according to the Baltimore Banner—the first round launches on January 1, 2024, and is reserved for social equity applicants. The market will launch with a voter-approved legalization measure on July 1, 2023. Governor Wes Moore states, “It’s the first step in ensuring an
Minnesota Cannabis Legalization Bill Approved by the Senate
Only days after the House of Representatives passed a comparable adult-use cannabis legalization package, the Minnesota Senate last week decided to support a plan to legalize marijuana for recreational use. On Friday, the Senate passed Senate File 73 by a vote of 34-33, with all senators from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) voting in favor and
Missouri Cannabis Legalization – Proposed Rules in 2023
On March 1, 2023, proposed regulations were published in the Missouri Register. During the public comment period, which ran from March 1 to March 31, 2023, the agency received more than 800 comments from the public requesting revisions to the guidelines. The Missouri Constitution’s Article XIV, Sections 1 and 2, may be enforced by rules