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Missouri has moved its third and final required cannabis microbusiness round into review, with 888 applicants competing for about 77 small-business licenses that the state says will start being issued in December.
Read moreWashington, D.C. has given medical cannabis applicants up to three years to turn conditional licenses into operating businesses and now lets many of them convert using a zoning certificate instead of waiting for a certificate of occupancy.
Read moreVirginia’s cannabis regulator has moved the state’s adult-use market from political promise to a public operating calendar, giving existing medical and hemp businesses an early planning lane and putting the wider industry on a fixed clock.
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Missouri has posted the results of its third cannabis microbusiness lottery, pushing the process out of application season and into state review. The state says its Division of Cannabis Regulation received 888 applications for...
Read moreWashington, D.C. has changed the timetable for medical cannabis businesses that have approval in principle but are not yet ready to open. Under D.C. Act 26-391, signed on July 30 and effective immediately on an emergency basis,...
Read moreVirginia’s cannabis regulator has posted the clearest adult-use market timetable the state has offered yet. The Virginia Cannabis Control Authority says draft regulations will be released in September 2026, some license...
Read moreHealth Canada has quietly increased the maximum validity of a cannabis import permit to 12 months from 6 months. It has also changed the matching rule on exports, so a Canadian export permit can now stay valid until the foreign...
Read moreDenmark’s medical cannabis scheme is no longer a pilot. It became a permanent regime on 1 January 2026.
Read moreAlabama’s medical cannabis market now has two operating dispensaries. The second opened in Talladega on August 28, according to the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, the state regulator that licenses and oversees the program.
Read moreAustralia’s veteran-funded medicinal-cannabis market is no longer in transition. It is in enforcement.
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