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.

New York Cannabis Market: Regulations Released and Licenses Awarded

The first batch of retail cannabis licenses were blocked from being issued in five regions in New York. A New York federal judge ordered the block pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by a Michigan cannabis operator which claimed New York’s licensing selection process violates federal interstate commerce protections. The judge, Gary Sharpe issued the injunctions for the following regions:

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 Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) announced the application timeline for cannabis consumption lounge licenses

Alabama’s legalization of medical cannabis in May - coupled with Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi expanding their programs this year - presents a second southeastern opportunity to cannabis companies that were shut out of Florida by that state’s decision to license only a handful of vertically integrated, seed-to-sale operators. At first glance, the four-state opportunity looks like it could be even bigger than Florida since their combined population is 23.6 million versus Florida’s 22 million.