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Union Springs. Hogansburg. Kill Buck. These small Upstate towns and villages aren’t the places that come to mind when you think of New York state’s top retail shopping destinations. But they are the kinds of places where you could find yourself now if you’re looking to buy “legal” recreational marijuana. Shops operated by Native American nations in small places like these are currently the only retail stores where you can legally purchase marijuana. It’s been eight months since New York state legalized the possession and use of adult recreational marijuana. Yet the state still hasn’t created the regulations or issued…

Concerns over expanding illicit cannabis operations in Oklahoma are putting pressure on regulators and law enforcement to take action to stamp out the alleged criminal activity some argue is hiding behind the state’s booming legal medical marijuana industry. To aid in this, medical cannabis companies in Oklahoma are calling on state regulators to move ahead with: Implementing a seed-to-sale tracking system. Increasing inspections of licensed marijuana businesses. Refining testing rules to ensure product safety. Raising the price of a business license. Advertisement The demands come as the state’s Bureau of Narcotics in November declared Oklahoma the No. 1 supplier of…

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont authorities are investigating if the dangerous opioid fentanyl is potentially being used to spike marijuana. It comes amid a crisis in overdose deaths across the country blamed on the powerful narcotic being mixed with heroin. Brattleboro Police and DEA officials responded Wednesday to a home on Brattle Street and arrested three people on drug charges. According to police, field tests identified fentanyl mixed in with marijuana. “My focus is on that the public is aware and knows that it’s a possibility,” said Brattleboro Police Chief Norma Hardy. Official lab tests are scheduled to come back…

EAST HAVEN, CT —Because the new cannabis law is complex with much to be considered, the Planning and Zoning Commission decided it won’t even accept an application, let alone approve one, until at the earliest, next June. The law allows for the establishment of marijuana stores this spring. But many communities have opted to wait longer before starting the process of accepting, considering and approving, or disapproving, pot shop requests. The Planning and Zoning Commission’s moratorium on even looking at an application continues until the first week of June 2022. What the commission will do over the next six months,…

By ALEX MALM While there aren’t prominent signs to indicate their presence, almost half of the state’s 68 licensed marijuana cultivators operate out of Warwick. According to the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulations there are 30 licensed cultivators in Warwick. One of the newest that occupies a 23,000 square foot building designed and built for cultivation is Ocean State Controlled Botanicals. The company started operations in early summer and recently completed its first harvest. Joe Dilley, director of postproduction for the business is originally from Philadelphia and was working as a corporate chef when he realized that he wanted…

Dec 02, 2021, 4:06amUpdated 11h ago By: News 12 Staff The legalization of recreational adult use marijuana in New Jersey could mean a boost for tourism in the Garden State. Cannabis tourism is a topic of discussion among those in the marijuana industry. That topic was brought directly to the New Jersey Conference on Tourism on Wednesday. “California and Nevada and Colorado – they’re already doing cannabis tourism,” says John Fanburg, co-chair of the Cannabis Industry Practice at Brach Eichler. Fanburg is a cannabis industry attorney and presented at the conference in Atlantic City on how New Jersey can boost…

In 2019, the state authorized a tiered automatic expungement process for “minor cannabis offenses,” which is characterized as involving less than 30 grams, no penalty enhancements, and no violent crimes. For misdemeanors and Level 4 felonies featuring greater quantities of weed, expungement can be granted on petition. For non-convictions, arrests must be automatically expunged after a year if no charges were filed, if they were vacated, or if the person was acquitted.  Upon the state’s legalization of cannabis on Jan. 1, 2020, Gov. J.B. Pritzker pardoned more than 11,000 people with low-level cannabis convictions. However, hundreds of thousands — an estimated 700,000…