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The Economic Impact of the Medical Marijuana Industry in Michigan

MMJ Recs

The foundational framework was laid with the establishment of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Program in 2008, signalling the state’s commitment to providing legal access to cannabis for qualified patients. Dispensaries serve as community hubs, providing education and awareness, destigmatizing cannabis use, and fostering inclusivity.

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Weedmaps Dodges Class-Action Lawsuit by Implementing New Advertising Policy

Canna Law Blog

Weedmaps, founded in 2008 and based in Irvine, California, is a well-known website for those in search of a local marijuana dispensary. Similar to Yelp, dispensaries can put up menus, photos, and other information on their products, and their customers can write comments and provide ratings. “The

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Advocating for Better Cannabis Business Regulations

Canna Law Blog

Some industries, like cannabis, suffer from over-regulation, overwhelming smaller businesses with the legal costs of compliance. Under-regulation of our financial market was part of what led to the Great Recession in 2008. So these regulation are not even effective in achieving their presumed goal.

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COOKIES AND TERRASCEND Partner To Bring Top-Shelf Genetics To The Garden State

Cannabis Law Report

Additionally, TerrAscend will debut “Cookies Corners” in all three Apothecarium dispensaries in New Jersey. At 18, Berner, known today as a prolific Bay Area rapper, entrepreneur and Cookies founder, served as the general manager of “Hemp Center,” a medical cannabis dispensary in San Francisco. BOONTON, N.J.–(BUSINESS

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Looking Back on 25 Years of California Cannabis: Growing Pains (STILL) Persist

Canna Law Blog

a “closed loop system”) for enterprising patients and caregivers to essentially commercialize medical cannabis through large scale grows and dispensaries (with no government oversight or regulation). it really needs to reform its regulations to cut down on much of its arbitrary reporting and compliance requirements.

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Weedmaps Releases First Data & Insights Report: Cannabis in America

Cannabis Law Report

Weedmaps Custom Dispensary Survey I fielded July 27, 2021 – August 24, 2021 among people who self-identified as working in a legal cannabis business (dispensary/retailer, cannabis delivery service cannabis dispensary/delivery hybrid, or vertically integrated cannabis company). About Weedmaps.

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

Cannabis Law Report

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. Limited, initial research suggests high rates of compliance with MLMU-21 laws.