Remove 2024 Remove Dispensary Remove Law Remove Programs
article thumbnail

The Week in Weed: January 5, 2024

The Blunt Truth

Happy 2024 – let’s start the year off with a shout-out to Colorado, where the retail market is celebrating an anniversary. There’s an update on Alabama’s medical cannabis licensing program (meet the new year; same as the old year). Most of their marketing is conducted online, as laws are much stricter in Mexico than in much of the US.

DEA 52
article thumbnail

Cannabis occupation tax rate changes July 1

Illinois News Joint

The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) released an informational bulletin for all dispensaries engaged in the business of selling adult use cannabis at retail in taxing jurisdictions that have enacted municipal or county cannabis retailers’ occupation taxes. To verify combined state and local retailers’ occupation tax rates (i.e.,

Retail 78
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Trulieve Deposits Another $5 Million Into Florida 2024 Initiative Says Cannabis Business Times

Cannabis Law Report

Florida-based cannabis giant Trulieve recently doubled its contribution to the Smart & Safe Florida political committee with another $5 million toward a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis. 1, 2024, with election officials needing 30 days to check signatures before that deadline. 23 to circulate the petition.

article thumbnail

Cannabis Social Equity Loan application now open

Illinois News Joint

Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced that applications for “Round II” of the Cannabis Social Equity Loan Program are now open. Loan amounts, up to $240,000, will be provided to qualified, licensed social equity dispensaries.

article thumbnail

In Case You Missed It: Key Marijuana Law Developments in 2022

The Blunt Truth

It has already been a busy year for marijuana law! Governor Kevin Stitt signed legislation enacting a moratorium on some new medical marijuana licenses, effective on August 1, 2022 and ending August 1, 2024. The moratorium extends to processing and issuing new licenses for: Dispensaries. The moratorium expires March 31, 2024.

Law 111
article thumbnail

Illinois releases 2023 Annual Cannabis Report

Illinois News Joint

The 20-page report included a summary, 2023 accomplishments, goals for fiscal year 2024, and several charts and statistics. The summary of the report focused almost exclusively on Illinois’ social equity dispensary licenses and the Social Equity Criteria Lottery (SECL). To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

article thumbnail

Cannabis Laws & the Southern States

Cannabis Law Report

The region has been instrumental in highly regulated industries, such as alcohol and tobacco, and the only federally sanctioned cannabis grow program has operated at the University of Mississippi since the 1960s. Although several Southern states have enacted medical cannabis programs, no states have embraced recreational use of cannabis.

Law 52