Latest Cannabis News: June 20, 2023
Latest Cannabis News: June 20, 2023
Stay up to date with the latest legalization and cannabis news with the C.B. Advisors. Every week, we will release a snippet of what’s happening with each state in the cannabis industry. Did you miss last week? No worries – click here for last week’s cannabis news.
Medical
Alabama: The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission held an emergency meeting Friday and put a hold on the licenses it issued on Monday, saying it had found “potential inconsistencies” in how applicants for licenses were scored.
Dr. Steven Stokes, chairman of the AMCC, read the proposal to stay all proceedings on the issuing of licenses. The commission then voted to approve it. AMCC Director John McMillan, said in a news release Friday, “The Commission will work expeditiously to investigate and identify inconsistencies in the score data. Out of an abundance of caution, we are suspending all current procedural timelines until those matters are resolved.”
The AMCC was scheduled to issue the licenses on July 10, but Friday’s move puts that on hold, as well as the requirement for the companies awarded licenses to pay their licensing fees. Companies that were not awarded a license had until June 26 to ask for an investigative hearing, but that is on hold, too.
Source: https://www.al.com/news/2023/06/alabama-medical-cannabis-commission-puts-hold-on-licensing-cites-potential-inconsistencies.html
Recreational
Minnesota: Minnesota regulators have begun the work of setting up a new state cannabis office from scratch — a key first step toward establishing the recreational marijuana market.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is taking the lead on setting up the state’s Office of Cannabis Management and has hired a state government veteran to head the endeavor. We’re building a brand-new industry in Minnesota from seed to sale,” said Charlene Briner, who’s been contracted by the Agriculture Department to help set up the office.
Source: https://www.startribune.com/coming-soon-minnesotas-marijuana-agency-state-begins-setting-up-historic-office/600283104/
Missouri: Microbusiness applications are live. The sample is what will be asked once you create a login – business needs to be created already, the portal asks for FEIN.
Source: https://health.mo.gov/safety/cannabis/pdf/mb-application-instructions.pdf
Nevada: The governor of Nevada has signed a large-scale marijuana reform bill that more than doubles the legal personal possession limit, consolidates licensing rules and broadens eligibility for participation in the market by people with prior felony convictions.
Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) gave final approval to the legislation from Sen. Dallas Harris (D) on Wednesday, less than a week after lawmakers formally sent it to his desk. Also, it makes it so adult-use marijuana retailers will no longer need to have a separate medical cannabis license to serve patients. Recreational retailers will automatically serve as dual licensees. Another major change will give regulators discretion when considering the issuance of marijuana business licenses to people with prior felony convictions.
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