Tag: illicit market
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Unlicensed D.C. Storefront Permanently Shuttered Under Strict Settlement
Excerpt: An unlicensed storefront in Northeast Washington has agreed to permanently shut its doors rather than fight District regulators in court. The D.C. Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis (ABC) Board approved a strict settlement with Capitol CBD, permanently maintaining the store’s summary closure and banning its operators from selling cannabis, hemp, Kratom, or psychedelic mushrooms anywhere…
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Dealing During COVID-19: Marylander With 100 Pounds of Cannabis Arrested
On April 3, Kayla Messinese, a 24 year-old resident of Edgewater, Maryland was arrested in King Of Prussia in Pennsylvania for, police say, attempting to deliver 100 pounds of cannabis worth $200,000 dollars. They cite “a joint investigation into large-scale drug trafficking,” but do not mention specifically how they were made aware of this attempted…
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The Aboveground and Underground Cannabis Economy in Maryland Amid COVID-19
COVID-19 has provided Maryland’s medicinal cannabis dispensaries with increased sales and left them with a problem to solve: How to make those sales amid social distancing and state-ordered “stay at home” policies. Morgan Eichensehr of the Baltimore Business Journal, spoke to Christopher Jensen of Mana Supply in Edgewater, MD who said his store’s sales have…