Category: Outlaw Report
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Over 270 medical cannabis dispensaries could open in D.C. in the next year
Our analysis found that 276 businesses are at some point in the process of being approved or opening. There are currently only 11 medical dispensaries operating in The District, four of these are new licensees that were formerly unlicensed operators doing business in the D.C. “I-71 gifting” market.
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Maryland Launches Cannabis Public Health Data Dashboard to Track Legalization Impact
The Maryland Department of Health launched a new online tool to monitor the public health effects of adult-use cannabis legalization: the Maryland Cannabis Public Health Data Dashboard.
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D.C.’s medical cannabis market sales still stuck in limbo
July sales reports continued to show a medical cannabis market stuck in limbo in D.C.
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Maryland smokes 44 tons of cannabis bud in six months
A staggering 44 tons of cannabis flower has been consumed by Maryland residents in just the first six months of 2024.
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Beleaguered D.C. market sees rise in patients but not in sales
June continues to cast a dark shadow on the D.C. medical market sales, according to a newly released program report. Overall program sales fell by more than 13% compared to June 2023. This is despite a more than 30% increase in registered patients and over 6% increase in patients served.
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May D.C. medical cannabis sales drop again
D.C.’s medical cannabis sales are down despite more dispensaries opening. Sales fell in May compared to both April and May 2023. The program expects a large number of patient registrations to expire soon.
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Newsletter: D.C. dispensary near school faces protest while D.C. hands out first warnings to I-71 shops
Controversy over D.C. medical cannabis dispensary near school leads to first ever ABCA cannabis protest hearing The medical cannabis dispensary applying for a license in D.C. within 300 ft of BASIS Charter School stated its case to the Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration Board on Wednesday. It was the first protest hearing for a medical…
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Controversy over D.C. medical cannabis dispensary near school leads to first ever ABCA cannabis protest hearing
The medical cannabis dispensary applying for a license in D.C. within 300 ft of BASIS Charter School stated its case to the Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration Board on Wednesday. It was the first protest hearing for a medical cannabis business in D.C.’s history. All of the half dozen established medical dispensaries and current transitioning…
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Youngkin vetoes cannabis bill citing public safety and health despite lack of research to back up claims
Gov. Youngkin vetoed a democratically passed cannabis adult-use market bill maintaining his blockage to set up the Virginia legal market. Democrats legalized adult-use cannabis in 2021, but a shift to a republican controlled government stopped any implementation. Democrats sent a bill to Gov. Youngkin’s desk a few weeks ago that would launch the market. He…
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Robbery at D.C. cannabis gifting shop in NW leaves D.C. rapper dead, suspects still at large
On Wednesday afternoon, a shooting occurred in Northwest D.C. at a I-71 gifting shop, Hotbox Uptown. According to the Metropolitan Police Department press release, two suspects brandished handguns and demanded property and money. The victims complied, but one of the suspects fired a shot striking one of the victims during the robbery. They then took…