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International Cannabis Brand COOKIES Reimagines the Traditional Dispensary With First-Ever “Superstore” Location

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foot dispensary features a COOKIES logo suspended from the ceiling and a two-tiered seating section that doubles as a DJ booth. The dispensary was built with additional space in mind to be used for future onsite grow and production. Each family of brands will have a dedicated featured shopping area within the store. The 11,000+ sq.

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MG Magazine Reports On Luke Scarmazzo: California’s Last Federal Medical Marijuana Prisoner

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In 2006, the Drug Enforcement Administration raided Scarmazzo’s Modesto, California, medical marijuana dispensary, California Healthcare Collective, and arrested him and his business partner, Ricardo Montes. Nevertheless, in 2008 they were convicted of operating a “continuing criminal enterprise.” It’s ridiculous.

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What is the Nevada Dispensary Association?

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The Nevada Dispensary Association (“NDA”), a non-profit trade association, was formed in 2014 with a mission to develop and promote best practices in Nevada’s medical marijuana industry. This bill allowed a limited number of dispensary, cultivation, production, and laboratory establishments to operate in Nevada.

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New Study Says. Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minors

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The perpetual myth that dispensaries are selling weed to minors refuses to die, but evidence shows this isn’t the case in California. Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law. All data collection was completed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. MRR writes.

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CCT CET: Responsible Persons, “Collection & Remittance of Cannabis Excise Tax [“CET”] & Cannabis Cultivation Tax [“CCT”]

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The weakness relates to the collection and remittance of Cannabis Excise Tax [“CET”] and Cannabis Cultivation Tax [“CCT”]. When the Distributor role was created, the California Legislature decided to place the majority of the collection and remittance responsibility on it [1]. The amount of cultivation tax.

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International Cannabis Brand Cookies Opens Its First U.S.-Based Consumption Lounge on West Coast

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The consumption lounge is located inside the new Cookies dispensary that features a full line of Cookies’ exclusive strain genetics and premium products. City ordinance allows any products sold in the Cookies Coalinga dispensary, including flower, concentrates and edibles, to be consumed in the lounge. Durian Ave. About Cookies.

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How Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation Weathered the State’s Winter Storm

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In 2008, I was invited by a colleague to sit on the Board of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Collective, and subsequently ended up purchasing the company. After owning and operating that company I opened a second dispensary, Chi Holistic Collective. CB: Yes, the majority of dispensary owners in D.C.