Hawaii lawmakers are reportedly giving up the ghost on legalizing adult-use marijuana this year, but they still want a significant expansion of the state’s medical cannabis program, along with a crackdown on the illicit market. State Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, who chairs the Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee, told HawaiiNewsNow …
Minnesota marijuana regulators have more than 3,500 business license applications to sift through in coming months, including up to 2,100 potentially for dispensary operators and another 2,000 possible growers. According to The Minnesota Star Tribune, the state’s Office of Cannabis Management received 1,444 social equity cannabis license submissions during its …
Florida’s First District Court of Appeal upheld a state formula requiring medical marijuana operators to pay around $1.3 million in biennial license renewal fees, rejecting arguments that the state should offset these costs with other cannabis-related revenue. The unanimous ruling, issued Wednesday, affirmed that the Florida Department of Health acted …
Minnesota’s legal cannabis rollout has given Native American tribes a head start, creating what some tribal members call a “model” approach, though the concept is not without challenges. “We sort of look at Minnesota as like the ideal model of what we’d like to see happen,” said Rob Pero, founder …