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.

Missouri has been making strides in its cannabis laws, legalizing medical cannabis in 2018 and recreational cannabis in 2022. With the state's cannabis market potential, entrepreneurs can soon apply for a microbusiness facility license to open a cannabis business in Missouri.

The Texas Department of Public Safety recently opened the application window to expand the number of medical cannabis dispensaries in the state’s very limited medical marijuana program.

Florida is the US’s largest and most lucrative medical only cannabis market with Brightfield Group expecting 25% growth in 2022 to $1.7 billion.

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!

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.

This past Friday 10/28, the OCM quietly released its Guidance for Adult-Use Dispensaries (“Guidance”), which is a summary of the pending regulations for CAURD applicants and other adult use dispensary applicants. It is important that all CAURD applicants familiarize themselves with the information provided in the Guidance.

The State of Alabama’s cannabis license application is both highly competitive and complex, with multiple section requirements. Global Go’s team of experienced application writers will create custom sections to meet these requirements.

The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) recently announced they received over 380 requests to apply for a cannabis business license in Alabama. John McMillan, head of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, said he expects the actual number of applicants to be far less than that number.

Indio, “The City of Festivals’”, long-anticipated application period for the regulation of cannabis storefront retail is quickly approaching. Starting September 1st, applicants can apply for one of the five coveted storefront retail licenses via an online application.