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Maryland’s cannabis regulator has advanced a rule change that could stretch a conditional license from 24 months to as much as 36 months, giving lottery-selected operators and their backers a longer window to clear zoning, financing, buildout, and inspection delays.
Read moreWashington has raised annual cannabis producer, processor, and retailer license fees to $1,781 and now says the change should bring in about $11.16 million through 2035, adding a fixed cost for operators while rulemaking is still open for objections.
Read moreMassachusetts regulators have told cannabis companies that products testing outside 75 percent to 125 percent of the THC stated on the package can be put on hold and pulled from sale until the label or product is corrected.
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Maryland is preparing to give conditional cannabis licensees more time.
Read moreWashington has now attached a firm revenue estimate to its cannabis license-fee increase. Under Engrossed House Bill 2681, the annual fee for cannabis producer, processor, and retailer licenses rose to $1,781 from $1,381, a 29...
Read moreMassachusetts has moved a common industry complaint into an enforceable rule. In a bulletin issued on May 22, the Cannabis Control Commission said a cannabis product is not in substantial compliance if its observed THC potency...
Read moreNew Zealand is about to remove one of the central operating requirements for industrial hemp. From 28 May, activities that previously needed an industrial-hemp licence can be carried out without one for defined purposes under a...
Read moreFrance’s medical-cannabis market is still not properly open. The clearest number is also the smallest one. A Senate written question published on January 22 said that only 1,683 patients were still benefiting from the program...
Read moreMissouri is in the middle of a live rulemaking window to create marijuana research facility licenses. The proposal was published in the Missouri Register on May 1, and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says...
Read moreCalifornia has opened emergency rulemaking to let cannabis retailers with one combined adult-use and medical license split that approval into two separate licenses. Under the proposal published by the Department of Cannabis...
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