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Medical Program Decline

Canna Care Docs

The Decline of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What It Means for Patients In recent years, Massachusetts, once a pioneer in cannabis reform, has seen its medical marijuana program gradually overshadowed by the booming recreational market. The program aimed to provide safe, legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions.

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Red Light, Green Light for European Cannabis: Germany Goes to the Polls; Switzerland Eyes Pole Position on Cannabis Reform

Canna Law Blog

In this scenario, pilot programs for cannabis commerce might halt, but full repeal appears improbable. A state-controlled retail monopoly under operated under a non-profit model. The proposal still has a long way to go, but it builds on pilot programs launched in 2023 that study legalization effects in specific Cantons.

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Changes to cannabis occupation tax rate start July 1

Illinois News Joint

The Illinois Department of Revenue today posted a notice 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 new combined state and local retailers occupation tax rates (i.e.,

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Ayr Wellness to sell four Illinois dispensaries

Illinois News Joint

Ayrs strongest footprint is in Florida, and the company also has retail stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Herbal Remedies Quincy was among the first cannabis dispensaries licensed in the State of Illinois when the State approved the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program in 2013.

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Will Texas Ban Hemp Products?

Veriheal

While Texas still prohibits recreational marijuana, it operates a medical marijuana program that has gradually expanded. THC, and effectively restricts access to THC products exclusively to the states Low THC medical program. Now, state lawmakers aim to ban most of them, citing concerns over abuse and public safety. billion in 2025.

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The Rise of Anti-Legalization Efforts

Veriheal

Since then, states in many diverse areas of the country have begun to enact their medical marijuana programs under the argument of state rights. These statements have been proven false since Trulieve originated in Florida and has its biggest retail medical facility footprint in the Sunshine State.

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Locked Out: SBA’s New Lending Policy Targets Hemp and Marijuana-Adjacent Businesses

Canna Law Blog

Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. SBA policy timeline: A whiplash-inducing history The SBAs latest update to its 7(a) and 504 loan programs represents a return to the more restrictive, 2020 policy.

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