Marijuana sales in Colorado totaled nearly $1.75 billion in 2019 according to data released by the Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division. The $1,747,990,628 in sales includes both recreational and medical marijuana and is a sizeable increase from 2018, when sales totaled $1,545,691,080.
Read MoreLast Friday, Leafly released its latest annual jobs report and the numbers are encouraging. Leafly reports that the legal cannabis industry supports 243,700 full-time-equivalent jobs as of January 2020. That number grew by 33,700 new jobs over the past 12 months, which makes legal cannabis the fastest-growing industry in the United States.
Read MoreLast week, the Marijuana Regulatory Agency announced that the sale of recreational marijuana can begin December 1, 2019, which is earlier than most anticipated. In another pleasant surprise, the recreational market will not be required to start from scratch with new grows earmarked specifically for recreational marijuana.
Read MoreVoters in Michigan passed Proposal 1 in November 2018, legalizing recreational marijuana throughout the state. But it appears that several communities are headed back to the polls to prevent or override local governments’ decisions about cannabis businesses within their jurisdictions.
Read MoreToday, Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency released the state’s social equity plan for recreational marijuana. The plan—which was mandated by the November 2018 ballot proposal that legalized adult-use marijuana—is aimed at assisting communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the enforcement on marijuana prohibition.
Read MoreLast week, Michigan took a big step toward recreational cannabis sales when Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency released its long-awaited emergency rules to regulate the marijuana market. The rules come more than seven months after Michigan voters passed Proposal 1 to legalize recreational marijuana.
Read MoreWisconsin has long been known for its progressive politics. Yet on one of the more progressive issues of the era—the legalization of marijuana for recreational and/or medical use—Wisconsin has made essentially no progress. It is among the minority of states that have not legalized marijuana for any purpose.
Read MoreMichigan continues to struggle mightily in its regulation of the marijuana industry. Judge Stephen Borrello recently described Michigan’s licensing approach for medical marijuana dispensaries as “apt to sudden change, freakish, or whimsical.” Not a comforting assessment.
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