Tag: D.C.

Award-winning, legacy D.C. cannabis grower loses everything to eviction

Nov 20, 2023

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LJ Dawson

in Federal, Maryland, Newsletter, Outlaw Report, Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Catch the Smoke: Nov. 20, 2023 Legacy grower evicted A legacy grower who goes by Neil Snyder was evicted from his home and grow last week after his landlord found his living soil beds and plants. Neil has grown weed for over 40 years and won two awards for his flower at this year’s National…
Maryland cannabis business apply for cannabis licenses starting today as state hits record level adult-use sales

Nov 13, 2023

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LJ Dawson

in Federal, Maryland, Newsletter, Outlaw Report, Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Catch the Smoke: Nov. 13, 2023 First unlicensed shops receive licenses After a scattering of applications in the first week of the unlicensed operator round, four businesses received placards during last week’s Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration board meeting. However, five businesses that were listed on the meeting agenda were not discussed. Twenty other businesses…
Virginia gears up for election which could impact cannabis, Maryland social equity portal closes, D.C. begins to wrangle unlicensed cannabis shops

Nov 6, 2023

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LJ Dawson

in Federal, Maryland, Newsletter, Outlaw Report, Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Catch the Smoke: Nov. 6, 2023 Unlicensed operators begin to apply to be legal Last Wednesday, the unlicensed operator license application period opened in D.C. This period is meant to sweep up the hundreds of shops functioning under the I-71 amendment that allows weed gifting. Only 20 businesses applied the first day despite there being…
Georgetown gets cold feet on weed, so does PG County

Oct 30, 2023

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LJ Dawson

in Federal, Maryland, Newsletter, Outlaw Report, Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Catch the Smoke: Oct. 30, 2023 Second D.C. licensing period draws to a close ABCA (Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration) conditionally approved 12 new businesses for medical cannabis cultivator or manufacturer licenses last week. TODAY by 4 P.M. is the last day to submit an application for this period. https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/WK95V/3/ This week’s ABCA meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at…
14 new D.C. businesses received approval for medical cannabis licenses.

Oct 23, 2023

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LJ Dawson

in Federal, Maryland, Newsletter, Outlaw Report, Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Catch the Smoke: Oct. 23, 2023 D.C. medical cannabis sales steady D.C. released the monthly medical cannabis program metrics yesterday, revealing a slight rise in dispensary sales and over a $300,000 drop in cultivation sales in September. The program sold a total of $4.4 million in cannabis products overall. It’s important to note that these metrics do…
Catch the Smoke: Temporary pause on Maryland hemp ban

Oct 17, 2023

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LJ Dawson

in Federal, Maryland, Newsletter, Outlaw Report, Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Catch the Smoke: Oct. 16, 2023 D.C. rundown The National Cannabis Festival is back after a rained out event this year with an Instagram announcement for 2024. It is not clear how they’ll navigate gifting cannabis during the festival in light of the changing D.C. landscape. The current D.C. application period closes at 4:00 p.m.…
D.C. gifting shops begin to vie for new licenses; VA cracks down on gray market and Maryland’s adult-use market begins to overshadow its medical sales.

Oct 9, 2023

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LJ Dawson

in Federal, Maryland, Newsletter, Outlaw Report, Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Catch the Smoke: Oct. 9, 2023 Gifting shops stick their foot in the door Five more licensees received conditional approval last week by the Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration: one courier, two non-social equity applicants and one social equity applicant received a cultivation and manufacturer license. So far this month, three I-71 gifting shops (Adose Wellness, Voyager…
Federal crisis averted, cannabis banking is further than ever with even shakier wheels; local I-71 store robbed for edibles

Oct 2, 2023

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LJ Dawson

in Federal, Maryland, Newsletter, Outlaw Report, Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Catch the Smoke: Oct. 10, 2023 D.C. licenses slowly awarded ABCA awarded just one license last week for a conditional manufacturer. Multiple applicants have told The Outlaw Report they are still waiting to hear back from the regulatory authority. Elevated robbed One of the cornerstone I-71 gifting shops, Elevated Lounge, was robbed last week. Police arrested a…
Slow rate of D.C. licenses applications signals possible market reluctance, VA candy man arrested for alleged weed distribution

Sep 25, 2023

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LJ Dawson

in Federal, Maryland, Newsletter, Outlaw Report, Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Catch the Smoke: Sept. 25, 2023 D.C. medical licenses continue to trickle in The first 30-days of the second medical license expansion application period in D.C. has been underwhelming. ABCA seems to be approving applications on a rolling basis though they did not announce that. They approved another four manufacturers and four cultivators last week, including an…
Mendelson Says MSOs Are Financing D.C.’s ‘Illegal’ Cannabis Gifting Market

Apr 13, 2022

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Gaspard Le Dem

in Business, Outlaw Report, Politics, Social Equity, Washington, D.C.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson suffered a stinging loss early last week when the council narrowly rejected his emergency bill to crack down on unregulated cannabis businesses. The “no” vote put a serious damper on Mendelson’s crusade to shut down D.C.’s gray market for weed, where storefronts and delivery services “gift” cannabis with the purchase…
Deadly Logan Circle Shooting Could Be Tied To Weed Delivery Gone Wrong

Dec 21, 2021

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Gaspard Le Dem

in Criminal Justice, Outlaw Report, Washington, D.C.

A shooting that left two men dead early on Monday morning in D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood may have been tied to a cannabis delivery gone wrong. According to a report by NBC4, D.C. police said the tragic incident occurred when a couple from out of town ordered weed delivered to an AirBnB unit they were…
After I-81, How Legal Are Shrooms Now In D.C.? A Local Attorney Explains.

Nov 4, 2021

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Ethan McLeod

in Criminal Justice, Outlaw Report, Politics, Washington, D.C.

District voters took a big leap forward on the drug-liberalization front last year with the overwhelming passage of Initiative 81. The ballot initiative directed D.C. Police to cut back on the enforcement of laws that criminalize the planting, growing, distributing and buying of plant-based psychedelics, and for prosecutors to cease charging residents for such activities.…