Detroit’s second round of cannabis licensing opens Tuesday August 1st. Available licenses include: 30 cannabis retailers, 10 micro-businesses, and 10 consumption lounges. The application window ends on Thursday August 31st.

The Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) is the state regulatory agency responsible for issuing cannabis business licenses required to open a Connecticut cannabis dispensary. There are currently 4 medical cannabis dispensaries and 37 active recreational dispensaries as of June 1st, 2023 according to the State of Connecticut’s license search website.

The path to opening a cannabis dispensary or cannabis business in Delaware is now much clearer with the passing of House Bill 2

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Maryland is poised for cannabis business opportunities after becoming the latest state to legalize recreational cannabis. Explore the legalization timeline and learn how to apply for a cannabis license in the potential $1 billion market in Maryland.

In this episode, our panel of cannabis consultants and cannabis lawyers discuss the licensing opportunities in the cannabis industry for 2023, with a focus on the states of Florida, New York, Missouri, and New Jersey. The cannabis industry is expected to expand to 16 million adult consumers, increasing the number of licensing opportunities.

California cannabis markets are heating up in 2023. California cannabis consultants can help you obtain a cannabis license.

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With Missouri and Maryland voting to legalize adult-use in November 2022, the ranks of states that have approved adult-use cannabis sales swelled to 21. But those were just two 2022 developments that continued the evolution of a cannabis landscape across the U.S.

Florida is the US’s largest and most lucrative medical only cannabis market with over $1 billion in medical cannabis sales in the first half of 2022. With only 22 businesses licensed to legally operate in Florida, cannabis licenses in the state are considered extremely valuable and have sold for well over $50 million. So the industry has been buzzing with excitement over yesterday’s announcement by the Florida Office of Medical Marijuana Use (OMMU) that the long-awaited new licensing round will begin shortly!

Last week, the Department of Cannabis Control (“DCC”) and California Department of Tax & Fee Administration noticed proposed emergency regulations to govern California’s medical and adult use cannabis industry. The DCC also noticed further modifications to the proposed regulations concerning large cultivation licenses and the conversion to large and medium licenses.

The roll-out New Jersey’s adult-use cannabis program has come in stages, with cultivation and manufacturing license applications available 3 months prior to the retail applications.

The State of New Jersey’s licensing roll out continues into the holiday, with over 800 Conditional Cannabis Licenses approved so far. However, Conditional Licenses are not legally operational, and in fact have to go through another, more difficult licensing process to become an Annual License, which is the license required to actually operate a cannabis business legally in the State.