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Customers maintain social distance while waiting to enter The Green Cross cannabis dispensary in San Francisco, March 18, 2020.

Home Deliveries Boost Shops Amid Pandemic

Some cities have labeled dispensaries “essential” businesses that can remain open during lockdowns.

Commercial St., Provincetown, Mass., Oct. 2014.

Cape Cod Gets First Shop

Curaleaf opened a recreational marijuana store in Provincetown's famed downtown.

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton orders at Sunnyside* Lakeview dispensary on January 1, 2020.

Cresco Labs' Big Opening Day

The average sale was $135.

In this Sept. 28, 2017, file photo, Lori Ajax, head of California's Bureau of Cannabis Control, addresses an industry group meeting in Long Beach, Calif.

Calif. Market Troubles Persist

In this undated photo taken from the New York Police Department Facebook page, officers stand by what NYPD thought was marijuana, Nov. 2, 2019.

Bust Shows Confusion Over Hemp

This Dec. 21, 2017, file photo shows the MedMen marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles.

MedMen-PharmaCann Deal Called Off

In this Sept. 23, 2019, photo shows 'Dank' packaging, part of the 75,000 THC vaping cartridges seized in a record drug bust in Anoka County, Minn.

'Dank' Draws Scrutiny

Survey: Cannabis Manufacturing Expectations

More than 25 percent have already designed, manufactured or sold products for use in the cannabis manufacturing industry.

This May 20, 2019, file photo shows mature marijuana plants flowering prior to harvest under artificial lights at Loving Kindness Farms in Gardena, Calif.

Calif. Pot Revenue Falls Short

Retail shortages, a wobbly supply chain and a persistent illicit marketplace hurt sales in California's newly legal marijuana sector.

This Feb. 20, 2018, file photo shows Republican Sen. Evan Vickers on the Senate floor at the Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City.

Scrapping State-Run Dispensaries

Utah officials say the state's medical marijuana dispensary system could put public employees at risk of prosecution under federal drug laws.

In this June 27, 2017, file photo, Jerred Kiloh, owner of the licensed medical marijuana dispensary Higher Path, stocks shelves with with cannabis products in Los Angeles.

Cannabis Marketplace Blocks Unlicensed Shops

Weedmaps announced it will no longer allow black-market businesses to advertise on its site.

Alex Domino, right, the first ever person to receive medical marijuana in Louisiana, purchases his dose at Capitol Wellness Solutions, in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019.

5,000 Patients in La. Medical Program

Louisiana became the first Deep South state to dispense medical marijuana earlier this month.

This April 15, 2017 file photo shows marijuana plants for sale at the ShowGrow dispensary a medical marijuana provider in downtown Los Angeles. California's struggling legal cannabis industry is expected to grow next year to $3.1 billion, but it remains far outmatched by the state's thriving illegal market. A report released Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, finds consumers are spending roughly $3 in the state's underground pot economy for every $1 in the legal one.

California's Illegal Market is Booming

Consumers are spending $3 in the state's underground pot economy for every $1 in the legal one.

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N.D. Medical Dispensary Opens

Ben Hecht, general manager of Harvest of Bismarck, says the dispensary sells everything that's available under state law.

In a Thursday, March 3, 2016, file photo, Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain sits in the Senate Finance Committee ahead of a hearing in Baton Rouge, La.

La. Officials OK Medical Marijuana

The state agriculture department this week completed final testing and cleared therapeutic cannabis for release to patients.

This Jan. 28, 2019, file photo shows marijuana buds in Akron, Ohio.

Utah Distribution, Growing Plans Face Scrutiny

The state dismissed appeals from six companies that were denied licenses to grow medical marijuana for Utah's program.

Brothers Who Sold Deadly Cantaloupe Face Hemp Charges

Their contaminated cantaloupe killed 33 people and hospitalized many more in 2011, and now they're facing drug charges related to an industrial hemp shipment.

Ioka Tasi works on packaging cannabis-infused mango hard candies at Evergreen Herbal, Wednesday, July 24, 2019, in Seattle.

Lab Hit by Software Glitches

The issues prompted louder calls for Washington state to rethink its cannabis "traceability" program.

This May 11, 2017, file photo shows Andre Shavers, who runs a marijuana delivery business, on a street in Oakland, Calif.

Cannabis Company Sues Over Delivery Ban

East of Eden says Santa Cruz County is violating California law by prohibiting deliveries from out-of-county retailers into unincorporated areas.