Tag: future of cannabis

Prominent I-71 stores absent from D.C.’s legal cannabis transition

Feb 16, 2024

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LJ Dawson

in Business, Featured, Outlaw Report, Washington, D.C.

The Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA) released the much-anticipated list of businesses seeking to transition from D.C.’s I-71 gifting market (often referred to as the “gray market”) to legal medical dispensaries. While hundreds of gifting stores operate in the city, only 76 applications were submitted. A total of 26 D.C. unlicensed retailers have been…
Maryland is the next victim caught in California lawyer’s web of social equity cannabis lawsuits

Feb 11, 2024

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LJ Dawson

in Business, Featured, Maryland, New York, Outlaw Report, Social Equity

Maryland is the most recent victim of a California lawyer and cannabis entrepreneur’s serial suing of state cannabis social equity programs. Jeffrey Jensen filed a lawsuit on behalf of his wife Justyna Jensen, both of whom live in Pasadena, California. Jensen claims that the Maryland Cannabis Administration’s requirement of state residency to qualify for social…
D.C I-71 gifting shops face enforcement, 76 unlicensed shops applied for medical licenses

Feb 8, 2024

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LJ Dawson

in Business, Featured, Outlaw Report, Washington, D.C.

UPDATE: List of license applicants published Feb. 12, 2024. The deadline for unlicensed weed gifting shops to apply for medical cannabis licenses closed at the end of January, ending the D.C. government’s attempt to fold unregulated shops into the legal medical cannabis market. Despite the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration’s efforts to make the application…

Tag: future of cannabis

Prominent I-71 stores absent from D.C.’s legal cannabis transition

Maryland is the next victim caught in California lawyer’s web of social equity cannabis lawsuits

D.C I-71 gifting shops face enforcement, 76 unlicensed shops applied for medical licenses