Missouri’s patient count has been on a steady climb, and Riggs hopes the number of registered patients will reach 100,000 by the time sales launch, which he estimates will be in about 90 days, when the state has its first cannabis harvest and product is distributed to dispensaries. Revolutionary Clinics created a program it’s calling Aspire to provide applicants with expertise on certain topics and help in opening their stores. "Kudos to you for raising awareness," Commissioner Shaleen Title said to Daniels. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Support GBH. Under the terms of the agreement, Jushi will pay Vireo $16.3 million in cash, a $3.8 million seller note and assume a $17 million facility associated with a long-term lease obligation. Overall, Riggs says he is pleased with Amendment 2, the initiative voters passed in 2018 to legalize medical cannabis in the state. Commissioner Jennifer Flanagan raised concerns about the increasing demographic trend of marijuana agents - people employed or in managerial or volunteer roles in the cannabis industry - to be overwhelmingly white. Altogether, 122 businesses received the designation, which comes with a priority application review. 2016 State of the Cannabis Lighting Market, 2017 State of the Cannabis Lighting Market, 2018 State of the Cannabis Lighting Market, 2019 State of the Cannabis Lighting Market, Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Regulations, Massachusetts Social Equity in Cannabis Industry, https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/tax/marijuana-AMR, Compliance with Legal Cannabis Regulations, Mergers and Acquisitions in the Cannabis Market, State of the Cannabis Cultivation Industry Report, Introduction: Tracking Data Reveals Industry Shifts, Sustained Growt, State of the Cannabis Cultivation Industry, Missouri Medical Cannabis Business Licenses, © 2020 GIE Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. “None of it qualified for the paycheck protection plan,” Riggs says. “There are a lot of things that the cannabis industry has had to overcome and has to deal with because of the federal laws that we’re all living under.”. BeLeaf plans to open its first dispensary in St. Peters under the Swade brand, and Missouri’s medical cannabis law allows licensed cultivators, manufacturers and dispensaries to buy and sell product within the supply chain. “I think it’s a really nice amalgamation of different things that have worked in other states, so I’m very pleased with that.”. The proposed shop is north of Mattapan Square, and sits about a quarter mile from the Boston Public Library's Mattapan branch, which features various programs for children and a teen center. "It's exciting," said former City Councilor Tito Jackson, who has one of several pending dispensary proposals in the same neighborhood. "The community we're going to open up in is the same community I grew up in," he said. In response to concerns she raised, and the commission's inability to get its work done when meetings were disrupted, the Cannabis Control Commission scheduled an applicant forum for 1-5 p.m. Jan. 23 at Union Station. “Our group of owners [has] a very deep business background as well as a cannabis business background, so we feel very comfortable that we’ll be able to ensure that our products and our business model [are] successful,” he says. CDOR’s Office of Research and Analysis, in coordination with the Taxation Division and the Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED), calculates AMRs quarterly for use in levying the excise tax as required by Colorado statute. Coronavirus FAQ: What's The Deal With The '15 Minute Rule'? Twice, on December 19 and January 9, advocates have interrupted the public meetings to ask why, since Massachusetts’ cannabis equity program began, no applicants to the Economic Empowerment program have yet received final business licenses. “The first one’s out of the box with more to come.”. "I know a lot of people were concerned about their proximity to the library," Ali-Salaam said. The business is one of nine initially approved by Massachusetts to help communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs. When the coronavirus crisis first reached the U.S. earlier this spring, the BeLeaf team was focused on fundraising and building out its cultivation facility, which were unique challenges in the wake of an unprecedented pandemic.
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