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Rhode Island Rakes In $1.6 Million in First Week of Recreational Pot Sales
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Rhode Island’s new adult-use cannabis market opened for business earlier this month, and so far, business is good.  Local news station WPRI, citing the state’s Department of Business Regulation, reported this week that “Rhode Island’s six marijuana dispensaries — five of which are currently authorized to sell to recreational customers — collectively sold just over […]

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Study Shows 20% Increase in Frequency of Cannabis Consumption in Recreational States
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A new study published in the journal Addiction on Aug. 24 analyzed cannabis consumption data across the nation, with a specific focus on adult identical twins. Called “Impacts of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis use: a longitudinal discordant twin study,” the study used twins to explore the frequency of cannabis across two different states. “In […]

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Colorado Springs Recreational Cannabis Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot
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Activists intent on legalizing recreational pot sales in Colorado Springs, Colorado cleared a significant hurdle this week with the announcement that two related adult-use cannabis sales voter initiatives have qualified for the November ballot. The first ballot measure advanced by the group Your Choice Colorado Springs would legalize recreational weed sales in Colorado Springs, while […]

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New Jersey Begins Accepting Applications for Recreational Cannabis Licenses
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The state of New Jersey has finally begun to accept applications for recreational cannabis licenses on December 15. The Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) announced that within the first four hours of applications opening, 500 people had already submitted their applications, with 635 accounts created by the end of the day. “We are happy to reach […]

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It’s Official: New Ruling German Coalition to Legalize Recreational Cannabis Use
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Even the most die-hard “medical only” German voices within the cannabis industry have been posting the news all over their social media including LinkedIn for the past week, even before the news was official. But as of Wednesday, that has changed, officially. The new so-called “Traffic Light Coalition” will indeed be legalizing recreational use cannabis […]

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Indiana Democrats Announce Full Support of Recreational Cannabis
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Highlighting robust public support and the potential for an economic boon to the state, Democrats in Indiana said Monday that they will pursue marijuana legalization in the forthcoming legislative session. The Indiana Democratic Party used the announcement to broadcast “its full support for the effort to legalize recreational cannabis across the state,” and to put […]

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New Mexico Considers Changes to Limit Recreational Cannabis Tourism
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Regulators in New Mexico held a public hearing this week to discuss rules for the state’s forthcoming recreational cannabis market.  The state’s Regulation and Licensing Department, as well as its Cannabis Control Division, fielded questions and comments from the public during last Thursday’s hearing over the rules that will govern cannabis retailers and manufacturers. According […]

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How Will the German Elections Impact the Recreational Cannabis Market?
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The German national election is over, and the results are in. The Cliff’s Notes version of the same is that there has been an upset in the German electoral map in a way that is still reverberating in political circles as coalition talks about which parties will form the new government get underway.  There are […]

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