regional

new york

New York Adult Use Cannabis Sales Begin

NEW YORK — Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the first sales of legal, regulated adult-use cannabis ...

Heady Vermont Staff 30 Dec 2022
New England

Rhode Island Launches Adult Use Cannabis Sales

Licensed cannabis retailers in Rhode Island will officially be allowed to sell cannabis products to ...

NORML 1 Dec 2022
new england

Rhode Island Becomes 19th State to Legalize Cannabis for Adults

Democratic Governor Dan McKee signed legislation into law this afternoon legalizing the personal use and ...

NORML 25 May 2022
new england

Rhode Island Legislature Sends Adult Use Cannabis Bill to Governor’s Desk

Both chambers of the Rhode Island legislature voted today to legalize and regulate the adult ...

NORML 24 May 2022
new york

As NY Cannabis Control Board Looks At 2023 Launch, Grey Market and Indigenous Operators Fill the Gap

ALBANY — New York’s cannabis program isn’t expected to launch until at least mid-2023. ...

Marco SIlva 20 Dec 2021
new york

New York DOL: Employers are no longer allowed to drug test most workers for THC

ALBANY, New York — Employers are not allowed to drug test their employees for cannabis except ...

Marco SIlva 3 Nov 2021
maine

Feds charge 13, including cops and a prosecutor, in alleged Maine cannabis conspiracy

FARMINGTON, Maine — More than a dozen people, including law enforcement officers and elected officials, are ...

Marco SIlva 29 Oct 2021
new york

New York: Officials Move to Vacate Over 400,000 Marijuana Convictions

NEW YORK — State officials have sealed nearly 200,000 marijuana-related criminal convictions and are in the process ...

NORML 28 Oct 2021
new york

N.Y. governor appoints pair to Office of Cannabis Management board

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced that Reuben R. McDaniel, III ...

Marco SIlva 25 Sep 2021
maine

More than 90% of Maine towns still don’t allow adult use cannabis sales

Maine’s recreational cannabis market continues to grow, even though less than 10% of the towns ...

Marco SIlva 22 Sep 2021
maine

Breaking Another Record, Maine Adult-Use Sales Exceed $10 Million For First Time

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s adult-use cannabis retailers continue to break sales records, with more than $10 ...

Marco SIlva 13 Sep 2021
maine

Maine adult-use cannabis sales jumped 45% in July, to nearly $10 million

Officials say it’s likely that summer tourism, market growth and the Fourth of July ...

Marco SIlva 9 Aug 2021
massachusetts

Cannabis Home Delivery Services Launch In Massachusetts

Home-delivered cannabis products have arrived in Massachusetts. At least two companies in the Commonwealth state ...

Marco SIlva 21 Jul 2021
maine

Federal judge hears arguments over Maine’s medical cannabis seller residency requirement

PORTLAND, Maine — U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen heard oral arguments on the case in ...

Marco SIlva 17 Jul 2021
new york

New York Legalizes Cannabis, Setting Stage for a Potential $4.6 billion market

Landmark act immediately legalizes of public possession of up to three ounces of cannabis, extends ...

Heady Vermont Staff 1 Apr 2021
Jaime Harrison. Source: AP
connecticut

News Roll-Up: Biz Navigates COVID + Jaime Harrison Challenges Graham + Black Vet in Prison for Legal MMJ

“I think we should legalize, regulate and tax marijuana like we do alcohol and tobacco. ...

Heady Vermont Staff 17 Jul 2020
editorial

Op-Ed: The War on Drugs is a War on People of Color

There are no words strong enough to describe the pain and agony we have shared ...

Monica Donovan 11 Jun 2020
front

Citing FDA, Maine Takes Steps to End Sales of CBD to Public

On Friday, the Portland Press Herald reported that in the last week, the Maine Department ...

Heady Vermont Staff 2 Feb 2019
business

Massachusetts Regulators Consider Cannabis Lounge Licenses

BOSTON, Mass. — State regulators and cannabis industry experts are meeting to discuss detailed proposals for ...

Heady Vermont Staff 6 Dec 2017
New England Cannabis Convention (NECANN) at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston
business

Thousands of New Englanders Convene for Cannabis at NECANN Boston

BOSTON, Mass. — During the Saturday and Sunday immediately following 4/20, over 110 vendors, 90 speakers and 4,000-plus attendees ...

Heady Vermont Staff 10 May 2016