Tag: Maryland
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Guns vs. Ganja: Federal Law Pits Medical Marijuana Users Against Second Amendment
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Newsletter Jan. 8, 2024 D.C. enters the last month of unlicensed retailer licenses Cannabis shops functioning under I-71 in D.C. have less than a month to apply for a medical license under last year’s medical program expansion. ABCA hosts an info session for the next period for social equity internet or retail licenses which starts…
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DMV’s Cannabis Market Bounces into 2024 with first D.C. license Denial, $1 Billion Maryland Sales, and New Regulator for VA
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Catch the Smoke: Dec. 26, 2023 First denial for I-71 gifting store In the last days of 2023, ABC released the year’s final dispositions on the license applications. Four more businesses were approved including a testing laboratory. But, more significantly the first complete denial of an unlicensed applicant was cemented. LOCAL’D was denied their application…
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D.C. cannabis sales slump while Maryland’s weed taxes bloom
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Catch the Smoke: Dec. 26, 2023 This will be our last newsletter of 2023. I wanted to thank everyone of our readers for making The Outlaw Report part of your week. Please continue to share with your colleagues and friends. Wishing you and your communities peace and wellness this New Year – LJ Dawson, Editor in…
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D.C. medical sales continue to slope downward while Maryland takes off and receives flood of new applications
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Catch the Smoke: Dec. 18, 2023 D.C. sales slope downward up as market expansion continues Metrics for November 2023 show that cannabis sales in D.C. dropped overall from October while dispensary sales fell by over $90,000. Despite Maryland’s legalization of adult-use, Marylanders still lead out-of-state patient registrations. The sluggish market doesn’t signal a great forecast…
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D.C. bill would give unlicensed operators more time to transition to the legal market while nine I-71 transition applications get tabled
Catch the Smoke: Nov. 27, 2023 D.C. bill fine tunes medical expansion, plus adds time for I-71 shops Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie introduced a bill to amend the medical cannabis expansion. The legislation proposes giving unlicensed businesses until September 2024 to come into compliance. The current legislation would end a grace period for operations early next…
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High-priced medical cannabis in Virginia pushes patients to traditional market
Catch the Smoke: Nov. 27, 2023 Where’s the weed in D.C. – a complete picture, for now We mapped out every approved or placarded cannabis business in D.C. this weekend! Click here to read our map. See it here. There are are only two ABCA board meetings left this month This is a calendar of…
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D.C.’s new cannabis entrepreneurs look to launch into an expanded market
Catch the Smoke: Nov. 27, 2023 Four cannabis entrepreneurs look to launch into the legal market The Outlaw report talked with four conditionally approved cannabis growers and manufacturers as they look to launch into the legal D.C. market. Read more here. Legacy D.C. grower is still looking for a legal grow job after getting evicted…
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Award-winning, legacy D.C. cannabis grower loses everything to eviction
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…
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Maryland cannabis business apply for cannabis licenses starting today as state hits record level adult-use sales
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…
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Virginia gears up for election which could impact cannabis, Maryland social equity portal closes, D.C. begins to wrangle unlicensed cannabis shops
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…
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Georgetown gets cold feet on weed, so does PG County
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…
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14 new D.C. businesses received approval for medical cannabis licenses.
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…