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November 7, 2025 blogger Business, Edibles & Beverages, Focus Article, market, Medicial Marijuana, MSO, New York, Operations, product, quality, Retail, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, strategy, weed, withdrawal
At the recent Business of Cannabis event in New York, Robert Sciarrone, Chief Revenue Officer at Curaleaf, shared an MSO’s insider view on why he believes New York is poised to become the best cannabis market on the planet. Sciarrone began by reflecting on his early years as a cannabis-focused venture capitalist. Through his firm, […]
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October 27, 2025 blogger Cultivation, dispensary, Focus Article, government, Growing, industry, lab, license, market, Medicial Marijuana, New York, Policy, Retail, state, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Supply Chain, weed, withdrawal
Jason Ambrosino, a disabled Army veteran and founder of Veterans Holdings, entered the New York market in 2019 under the state’s hemp program with the goal of cultivating and manufacturing cannabis. But despite holding a 5,000-square-foot indoor cultivation license, he decided not to build out his facility. The reason, he says, is simple: “The registered […]
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May 22, 2023 blogger ABFinWright, analysis, analytics, Business, Business Analysis, cannabis, compliance, CQC, CQCExpo, excise, flat, government, Growing, industry, Law, Legal, legalization, Legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, Medical, Medicial Marijuana, Medicine, New York, Operations, potency, product, rate, Recreational, regulation, Regulations, regulatory, Retail, revenue, state, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Tax, taxes, THC, weed, withdrawal
On March 31, 2021, New York legalized adult-use cannabis with the passage of the Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act (MRTA). Perhaps the most controversial portion of the Act was Section 493(1)-(3), which established taxes on the potency of cannabis products sold by distributors to retailers. Many cannabis advocates condemn this tariff, arguing that it increases the […]
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February 20, 2023 blogger 280e, AB FinWright, analysis, analytics, Business, Business Analysis, cannabis, compliance, consumer, CQC, CQCExpo, CRC, Cultivation, dispensary, excise, extraction, Federal, government, Growing, industry, laboratories, laboratory, Law, Legal, legalization, Legalize, legislation, license, licensing, marijuana, market, Medical, Medicial Marijuana, Medicine, New Jersey, New York, NJ, NJ Division of Taxation, product, quality, Recreational, regulation, Regulations, regulatory, Retail, sales, social equity, state, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Tax, taxes, taxing, weed, withdrawal
Click here to read Part One where we examined the state of the market, licensing, approvals and sales. Part Two delves into all things taxes. A “Raft” of Taxes Like New York, New Jersey cannabis companies will be dealing with a raft of taxes: Federal Section 280E: Will It Apply in New Jersey? Well … […]
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January 31, 2023 blogger analysis, analytics, awareness, brand, Business, Business Analysis, busy, cannabis, compliance, consumer, Cultivation, customers, destination, dispensaries, Dispensaries & Retail, Dragon, e-commerce, Federal, government, Growing, hemp, industry, inventory, Law, Legal, legalization, Legalize, legislation, license, Long Island, loyalty, lull, marijuana, market, marketing, Medicial Marijuana, Medicine, New York, off, on, Operations, product, quality, Recreational, regulation, Regulations, regulatory, Retail, retailer, Sag Harbor, season, seasonal, seasonality, state, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, vacation, weed, withdrawal
Like any industry, cannabis can experience ups and downs, especially when it comes to a doors-open retail business. Dispensaries that operate in towns or cities that attract tourists experience this more than anyone, seeing sales spike during the busy months and reach lows during the off-season. We spoke with the folks at Dragon Hemp, a […]
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January 4, 2023 blogger adult, analysis, analytics, Business, Business Analysis, cannabis, Chris Alexander, compliance, consumer, CQC, CQCExpo, Dispensaries & Retail, dispensary, government, Growing, Housing Works Cannabis Co, industry, Law, Legal, legalization, Legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, Medical, Medicial Marijuana, Medicine, New Jersey, New York, New York Office of Cannabis Management, NY, NYOCM, OCM, product, quality, Recreational, regulation, Regulations, regulatory, Retail, safety, sales, state, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, test, use, weed, withdrawal
On December 29 just before the end of 2022, New York officially launched legal adult use sales in the state, but at only one location. The nonprofit dispensary Housing Works Cannabis Co. held a grand opening party complete with music, speeches from politicians and regulators and very, very long lines. Chris Alexander, executive director of […]
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March 28, 2021 blogger andrew cuomo, cannabis, Latest News, marijuana, marijuana sales, medical marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, New York, News, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, THC, weed, withdrawal
New York is poised the join the growing number of states that have legalized marijuana after state lawmakers reached a late-night deal to allow sales of the drug for recreational use.
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June 11, 2019 blogger addiction, death, Deaths, drug, drugs, Fentanyl, Health, insurance, Latest News, marijuana, medical marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, Mexico, naloxone, Nation World News, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, News, opioids, painkillers, Pennsylvania, research, Stanford University, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
A new study shoots down the notion that medical marijuana laws can prevent opioid overdose deaths, challenging a favorite talking point of legal pot advocates.
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March 7, 2019 blogger Business, cannabidiol, cannabis, careers, CBD, Colorado News, Colorado State University, Connecticut, drug, economy, employment, Harvard, Health, hemp, jobs, Latest News, manufacturing, marijuana, marijuana politics, medical marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, News, north dakota, Ohio, Ohio State University, research, science, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, THC, UCLA, University of Denver, weed, withdrawal
As a green gold rush in legal marijuana and its non-drug cousin hemp spreads across North America, a growing number of colleges are adding cannabis to the curriculum to prepare graduates for careers cultivating, researching, analyzing and marketing the herb.
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December 27, 2018 blogger andrew cuomo, California, Canada, cannabidiol, cannabis, CBD, Coca-Cola, Colorado News, congress, Cory Gardner, democrat, donald trump, drug, Elizabeth Warren, federal prosecutors, governmentandpolitics, Iowa, Jeff Sessions, Latest News, marijuana, marijuana politics, medical marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, Mexico, Michigan, Nebraska, New Frontier, New Jersey, New York, News, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, portland, Republican, Snoop Dogg, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, U.S. House, Utah, weed, withdrawal
The last year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way further into the financial and cultural mainstream.
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