Cannabis industry faces unique risks as LA fires spread

Cannabis industry faces unique risks as LA fires spread

Southern California marijuana businesses facing direct and residual effects of the latest round of wildfires will yet again have to deal with the challenges that come with limited insurance coverage, smoke damage and evacuations that will likely compound the sector’s existing financial pressures. According to local outlets, the Pacific Palisades fire, along with the Eaton, […]

Cannabis dispensaries navigate operations as wildfires spread across Los Angeles

Cannabis dispensaries navigate operations as wildfires spread across Los Angeles

As multiple wildfires rage across Southern California, cannabis dispensaries in the greater Los Angeles area are attempting to maintain operations while preparing for potential evacuations amid deteriorating conditions, sources told Green Market Report early Wednesday. Four major fires – the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Woodley fires – have burned more than 5,000 acres combined as […]

America’s cannabis dispensary grand openings for January 2025

America’s cannabis dispensary grand openings for January 2025

Dr. Greenthumb’s cultivates a new following in Santa Maria. O’ahu patients say aloha to the island’s tenth dispensary. And Louisiana’s new 10,000-square-foot superstore opens its doors in Lake Charles. Here are the new dispensaries openings across America this month. Got a new shop? Put it on the map. Visit Leafly Success to advertise.  California Dr. […]

Energroup Holdings to acquire California operator Cocannco

Energroup Holdings to acquire California operator Cocannco

Energroup Holdings Corp. (OTC: ENHD) will enter California’s regulated cannabis industry through its planned acquisition of portfolio company Cocannco. Cocannco is simultaneously working to acquire Clearly California Products, a cannabis manufacturer that launched in 2022, the companies announced Friday. The deals would give Energroup an immediate foothold in California through Clearly California’s existing manufacturing agreements […]

More US markets embrace cannabis cafes, lounges

More US markets embrace cannabis cafes, lounges

Cannabis cafes could make more headlines this year with California moving to normalize consumption lounges and Massachusetts regulators setting up an entirely new program. California On Wednesday, California cafes officially became legal, opening up new opportunities for an industry that has often been required to keep consumption out of the public eye. The scene has […]

Grand Openings: Wu-Tang Clan opens shop in New Jersey

Grand Openings: Wu-Tang Clan opens shop in New Jersey

From the arrival of a New Jersey shop co-owned by a member of the Wu-Tang Clan to a dispensary located just minutes from San Francisco International Airport, here are the notable new dispensaries that opened in the past month. Got a new shop? Put it on the map. Visit Leafly Success to advertise.  California Embarc—San […]

Leafly Buzz: 12 hot cannabis strains of November 2024

Leafly Buzz: 12 hot cannabis strains of November 2024

Let’s put a punishing election month behind us and get back in that joyful warrior pose.  Leafly Buzz—our hit West Coast fire flower roundup is back for Turkey Day and the holiday season. We’re talking rip-rorious, indoorious beasts. Plus, some truly stunning sungrown. Here’s what we’d bring to a fancy feast all winter long.  Here’s […]

California dispensaries get tax payment change notices as industry tax bill balloons

California dispensaries get tax payment change notices as industry tax bill balloons

The California cannabis industry is increasingly underwater with its tax bills to the state, and it appears that the primary tax authority wants to ensure more effective collections. According to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, the state industry’s total outstanding tax tab neared $1.3 billion as of Oct. 31. The figure represents […]

California’s capital city OKs marijuana consumption lounge licenses

California’s capital city OKs marijuana consumption lounge licenses

The Sacramento City Council approved a measure that paves a path for California’s capital to issue consumption lounge licenses sometime in 2025. The ordinance was approved 5-4 on Tuesday, despite opposition from certain Council members, the American Heart Association and American Cancer Society, according to The Sacramento Bee. The organizations highlighted the effects of secondhand […]

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