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How to Make Sure You're Not Buying the Million-Dollar Doorstop

How to Make Sure You're Not Buying the Million-Dollar Doorstop

April 9, 2026

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Ascend Wellness Teamsters Say They've Won Biggest Cannabis Strike in U.S. History

July 31, 2026

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Vireo Growth Buys into Ohio as Retail Footprint Approaches 300 Dispensaries

July 31, 2026

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Michigan Dispensary Fined for Over Month-Long Gap in Security Footage

July 30, 2026

Brian Adams: The Industry Is Up Against Some Formidable Foes At the Moment

Brian Adams: The Industry Is Up Against Some Formidable Foes At the Moment

To combat these foes, stakeholders must run ethical operations and get rid of the bad actors tainting the industry.

April 9, 2026

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As Illegal Pot Dispensaries Thrive, NYC Goes After Landlords

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said his office has sent notices to more than 400 smoke shops.

February 8, 2023

Roland Conner holds the first legal purchase of cannabis, bought from his son Darius, far right, in the 'pop up' dispensary location of their business Smacked Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in New York.

War on Drugs Locked Him Up; Now He's a Cannabis Entrepreneur

He has opened the state's first legal cannabis dispensary to be run by someone previously punished under New York's old, prohibitionist drug laws.

January 25, 2023

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Flavored Cannabis Marketing is Criticized for Targeting Kids

"If you go through a cannabis dispensary right now, it's almost absurd how youth oriented a lot of the packaging and the products are."

January 19, 2023

Chris Alexander, center, executive director of New York State Office of Cannabis Management, shows off the first purchase of cannabis gummies bought at Housing Works—New York's first legal cannabis dispensary, during a press conference to kick-off its opening, Thursday Dec. 29, 2022, in New York.

NY Opens Its First Legal Recreational Marijuana Dispensary

A line of hundreds snaked around the block, many giddy with excitement over the opening. The whiff of marijuana filled the air.

December 30, 2022

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New York Hasn't Licensed Any Pot Shops, Yet They Abound

Stores openly selling marijuana can now be found throughout New York City, operated by people who shrugged at licensing requirements.

November 18, 2022