NORML

JUNE 25, 2019

Patients enrolled in the state’s medical cannabis program will be legally permitted for the first time to personally cultivate up to five marijuana plants. Under current law , minor marijuana cultivation offenses are punishable by up to one-year in prison and a $2,500 fine.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 19, 2024

Along with offering a rewards program (using points to take money off purchases), Cookies Bloomington partners with the Last Prisoner’s Project, sponsors local events, and donates to local food drives. For other Dispensary Spotlights, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 21, 2024

Along with offering a rewards program (using points to take money off purchases), Cookies Peoria Heights sponsors local events and is part of the Peoria Heights Chamber of Commerce. For other Dispensary Spotlights, visit here. The post Dispensary Spotlight: Cookies Peoria Heights appeared first on Illinois News Joint.

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NORML

MAY 13, 2019

Qualified patients now have limited access to medical cannabis products, after the state’s first licensed dispensaries began making sales this week. Under the law , qualified patients may obtain both herbal preparations of cannabis and infused cannabis products from state-licensed dispensaries.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Hatch Wheeling is located at 1500 East Lake Cook Road in Wheeling and is a recreational only dispensary. For a live menu, click here or check our Dispensary Directory for more information about Hatch Wheeling here. The refreshing aspect of visiting Hatch dispensaries is that they are not integrated with a cultivator.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

Akerna Connect is an eCommerce software which provides a suite of digital marketing tools to retailers and dispensaries so locations can reach their consumers and enhance the shopping experience through online ordering, loyalty programs, and text messaging. In addition, consumers can opt-in for loyalty programs and text message alerts.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Despite the federal illegality of cannabis, lawmakers and state representatives have implemented successful medical and recreational cannabis programs across the nation. Cultivation Costs for Homegrowers. Indoor cannabis cultivation allows an average of four harvests each year instead of one.

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Canna Care Docs

JUNE 5, 2025

The Changing Landscape of Me dical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What Patients Should Know The Massachusetts medical marijuana program has been a cornerstone of cannabis access since its inception in 2012. Unlike other states, Massachusetts has seen its medical program expand even after legalizing recreational cannabis.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For a live menu, click here, or check our Dispensary Directory for more information about nuEra Aurora. NuEra also offers 3% percent back on every purchase loyalty program for all adult-use customers. For more Dispensary Spotlight Features, visit here. Hours of operation are Monday to Wednesday from 10 a.m. University Ave.,

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Enlightened Schaumburg, the flagship dispensary owned and operated by Illinois-based cultivator Revolution Cannabis , opened its doors in 2021. The expansive store features 4,500 square feet of retail space, providing ample room to showcase products from different cultivators across Illinois. For a live menu, click here.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 30, 2024

Along with offering a rewards program (using points to take money off purchases), Cookies Pontoon Beach is a member of the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce and contributes to Collinsville Charities for Children. For other Dispensary Spotlights, visit here. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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LifeCannMD

APRIL 30, 2025

You will receive an approval email from the state, which allows you to be legally able to visit any of the states dispensaries or call a medical marijuana treatment center to arrange for delivery the day of your appointment. This friendly guide will help you discover the most welcoming dispensaries across the city.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 12, 2023

Enlightened Dispensary Mount Prospect , located at 2015 E. Enlightened’s Mount Prospect facility, which rebranded from New Age Care to Enlightened Dispensary Schaumburg in 2021, features a sleek and modern yet warm atmosphere. The Enlightened Mount Prospect dispensary is one of two Enlightened retail stores in Illinois.

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Leafly

APRIL 15, 2022

This week, New York took a huge step towards launching its recreational marijuana program. On Thursday, April 14, the state’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) voted to award conditional cannabis cultivation licenses to 52 existing hemp farms within New York.

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MMJ Recs

MARCH 5, 2022

The state has deemed home cultivation legal and has given people the option to apply for a license that would allow them to cultivate medical marijuana in their homes. Here’s everything you need to know about getting a Missouri marijuana cultivation license and using it to grow MMJ at home. Missouri Cultivation License rules.

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland in 2014, but the MD MMJ program was slow to get off the ground. It took until late 2017 for the first Maryland dispensary to open for business. The program continues to grow in popularity. The first MMJ dispensaries opened in Maryland in 2017. As yet, none.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. Remove the numerical cap on the number of dispensary licenses allowed within the state. GA resident? New Hampshire.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Hawaii has put forth new regulations surrounding the cultivation of hemp, a class of cannabis plants that contain 0.3% Things began to change in 2014 with the introduction of the Farm Bill , which legalized hemp research programs. An estimated 57 licensed cultivators took part in the pilot program until its end in 2020.

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Veriheal

MARCH 18, 2024

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJ-CRC), which regulates the cultivation, licensing, and selling of cannabis in the state, is set to host a series of clinics designated to help new or existing state medical marijuana patients with signing up or re-enrolling in their cannabis program. More information can be found here.

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

House Bill 1359 would create a 5 year medical marijuana pilot program, allowing patients to access their medicine from licensed dispensaries. LD 1621 / SP 518 would allow licensed dispensaries to home deliver adult use cannabis to consumers 21 and older, only in jurisdictions that allow delivery services to operate. IN resident?

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A trio of former hockey players opened a medical marijuana dispensary, Ohio’s medical marijuana program is in for a huge revamp, and a study discovered that cannabis plants may help reduce seizures in children. Blues Trio Opens Medical Cannabis Dispensary in St. Hippos Medical Dispensary opened its doors on Dec.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Spring 2018, Oakton College started planning curriculum and courses that focused on medical consultations in dispensaries. August 2019, Oakton College started offering cannabis courses for the Cannabis Dispensary and Patient Care Specialist certificate. The first two certificate programs listed requires a minimum of two semesters.

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MedicalJane

MAY 21, 2020

Although medical cannabis has technically been legal in Missouri for over a year and cards have been issued, patients are still waiting desperately for dispensaries to open across the state. Problems plaguing the medical cannabis program in Missouri are three-fold. Irregularities plague Missouri’s Medical Marijuana Program.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

A regulatory panel in Ohio gave the green light on Tuesday to plans that would more than double the number of medical cannabis dispensaries in the state. The state’s first dispensaries opened three years later, as it continues to tweak and expand the law. The bill, introduced by Democratic state House Reps.

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Veriheal

MARCH 27, 2025

In January, a bill was introduced regarding Iowas medical cannabis program, allowing vaporized cannabis to be added to the state-approved Tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC) products list. Iowas medical cannabis program is one of the most limited throughout the country. This bill was advanced out of a House subcommittee.

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NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

At the state level, Governor Jay Inslee of Washington launched a new program and began granting pardons to those with past criminal misdemeanor marijuana-related convictions on their record. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 2134, to permit qualifying patients to cultivate personal use quantities of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Under the agreement, Native Roots will establish a new tissue culture program at their flagship Denver facility leveraging FRB’s proprietary Clean Stock® platform. At launch, the program will be the first-of-its-kind in Colorado , a differentiating factor in an increasingly competitive market. About Native Roots Cannabis Co.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 31, 2021

5, 2020, according to the department’s second annual report of the Missouri Medical Marijuana Regulatory Program. The DHSS approved 23,000-plus patients and caregivers in program year 2019—before commercial sales began—with roughly 33% also approved to home cultivate. dispensaries per 100,000) and New Mexico (5.2

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

All eyes are on Georgia’s medical cannabis program as it continues to grow. Toward the end of last month, the Georgia government approved licenses for three new dispensaries. Two of these dispensaries will be located in the Atlanta Metropolitan area. Trulieve plans to open a new medical cannabis dispensary in Evans, Georgia.

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

So, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Virginia didn’t launch a medical marijuana program until 2015, nearly two decades after California. And it took extensive, concerted efforts from marijuana law reform organizations like NORML to negotiate with Virginia’s Republican Party to get the program finally running.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Ieso holds one of only 20 full-scale cultivation licenses in the state. As part of the acquisition process, nuEra has been working with the Ieso team to revamp cultivar selection, cultivation practices, and sales and marketing strategies at the facility since early 2023. NuEra closed on the acquisition of the Illinois brand Ieso.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation (TOCC), Texas’ leading medical cannabis provider, today announced it recently broke ground on a new, state-of-the-art medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Bastrop, Texas. About Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation.

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MMJ Recs

MARCH 14, 2024

Qualifying Conditions for Medical Marijuana in West Virginia West Virginia’s medical marijuana program encompasses an extensive list of qualifying conditions, providing access to patients with various chronic or debilitating diseases.

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Medicinal Genomics

MARCH 12, 2025

Other reports estimate that as much as 90% of California cannabis cultivation facilities are infected with HLVd and 40% of cannabis flower sold in Canadian dispensaries tested positive for HLVd. Genetic screening and breeding Identifying and cultivating resistant varieties could be a long-term solution.

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Veriheal

MARCH 26, 2024

Unlicensed cultivators and dispensaries are running rampant, and many are complaining that the process for licensing is taking too long. Until very recently, there were only 53 licensed dispensaries open in the entire state, with a meager 20 in New York City. The current state of cannabis in New York is messy, to say the least.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Legislation is pending, AB 286, to temporarily reduce tax rates imposed on the retail sale and commercial cultivation of cannabis. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of protecting compassionate care programs. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of home cultivation rights. CA resident? CA resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

— Bipartisan bill HB 481 would legalize the personal adult-use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of marijuana. — Bills SB 175 and HB 461 would expand the qualifying conditions under New Hampshire’s medical marijuana program. It passed the House on 2/27/2019 by a vote of 209-147. — Bipartisan bill HB.

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