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The U.S. Hemp Building Association (USHBA) is dedicated to advocating for and supporting the hemp building industry.
In early January, the association submitted hemp-lime (hempcrete) insulation for certification in U.S. building codes. If the certification gets approved, “hempcrete would be permitted as a standard material for residential construction,” Jacob Waddell, USHBA then-interim executive director, told Cannabis Business Times in February.
Cannabis Business Times caught up with Henry Gage Jr., USHBA president and certifications director, to discuss where that certification stands, as well as the association's latest advancements in the hemp building industry and what it has in store for 2023.
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Andriana Ruscitto: In early January, the USHBA submitted hemp-lime (hempcrete) insulation for certification in U.S. building codes. Where does that process stand?
Henry Gage: The overview is that we were in Rochester, N.Y., back in April, and we presented before the council (International Code Council (ICC)), and it was overwhelmingly approved as a recommendation. This month when the public review period is complete, and they're having their annual meeting to decide what goes in code and what doesn't, the expectation is that we'll receive an announcement any day that it has been approved along with a list of others.
Despite legislation to legalize medical cannabis in Kentucky failing to make headway in the Senate for a third straight year, the University of Kentucky (UK) has opened a center to accelerate research on medical cannabis.
Approved under House Bill 604, the Kentucky Center for Cannabis, located within the UK College of Medicine's Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, is designed to "advance the study of the use of cannabis and cannabis derivatives for the treatment of certain medical conditions and diseases as indicated and recommended by the center's advisory board," according to the bill text.
Under H.B. 604, the center will receive $2 million over the next two years to aid research costs and participant recruitment. In addition, UK and the center must apply to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to receive a cannabis cultivation license, which will permit the center to conduct "research pertaining to optimal growing conditions," according to a press release.
Kentucky is one of 11 states that has not legalized cannabis for medical use, and a measure to make medical cannabis a reality stalled in the Senate in March for a third time, Cannabis Business Times reported.
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The National Craft Cannabis Coalition (NCCC) has been established to support small, independent cannabis producers across the U.S.
NCCC was officially founded Sept. 20 by six state-level cannabis organizations: Farm Bug Co-Op (Massachusetts); F.A.R.M.S. Inc. (Oregon); Maine Craft Cannabis Association; Origins Council (California); Vermont Growers Association; and Washington Sun & Craft Growers Association. Combined, the six organizations represent more than 1,000 independent cannabis producers.
The coalition’s purpose is to promote state and federal policies that support small cannabis producers as well as a business ecosystem to support craft cannabis cultivation, according to a release.
“Across the United States, thousands of small cannabis farmers and manufacturers have received licenses to operate under state-legal cannabis frameworks with many others seeking to enter the legal market,” said Amanda Metzler, president of F.A.R.M.S. “These producers operate on a much smaller scale than traditional agriculture with many cultivating less than an acre of total canopy. With federal legalization on the horizon, it’s critical that craft cannabis producers organize across state lines to ensure that federal policy includes a level playing field for small and independent businesses.”
Upon its establishment, NCCC announced support for the SHIP Act, which U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., introduced Sept. 15. The legislation would allow small cannabis producers to sell and ship products within and across state lines.
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TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2022 /CNW/ - PRESS RELEASE - The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd., a sustainable cannabis company, announces new fall 2022 SKU launches.
With record yields and increased growing capacity, the organization will now offer products in additional size options which will serve market preference and offer consumers increased flexibility.
Highly Dutch Organic Cherry Mints 28g – Launching in British ColumbiaTGOD Organic Dried Flower 14g – Launching in AlbertaHighly Dutch Organic Rotterdam Indica 7g & Amsterdam Sativa 7g – Launching in AlbertaOrganic Skunk Haze 5 X .5g pre-rolls – Launching in AlbertaOrganic Afghan Black hash 2g & Organic Marrakech Gold hash 2g – Launching in AlbertaFurther to size expansion, there are four innovation SKUs which will launch in Ontario this fall, followed by other provinces in the months ahead.
TGOD Organic Gold Butter MAC 3.5g Whole Flower - Organic Gold Butter MAC - 3.5g Whole Flower - A certified organic Indica dominant hybrid, grown in living soil using natural sunlight and purified rainwater. This innovative TGOD original phenotype is grown from a Peanut Butter Breath x (Quebec Gold x Gorilla Glue) male, and a MAC-1 female. The result is a truly unique cultivar, bringing pungent frosty buds with smooth, roasted butter and nut flavor. This unique flower will be sold in TGOD's award winning sustainable green glass jars. Available in November.TGOD Natural Leaf Wrap – Organic Gold Butter Mac 1g Ultra-Premium Pre-Roll - A natural, sustainably grown tendu leaf is rolled and filled with a TGOD original pheno, Organic Gold Butter MAC. This unique Tendu Leaf Wrap is made with whole flower and no sugar leaves, giving a consistent, high-quality burn that's slow and refined. Each pre-roll will be sold in a recyclable glass tube. Available in November.Highly Dutch Organic Rotterdam n' Rosin 0.5g – Organic Rosin-infused vape - A 20:80 rosin infused distillate indica vape, made from organic cannabis and native cannabis terpenes. Available in November.Cruuzy Strawberry Jerry 3.5g Whole Flower - A rare sativa known for its mysterious BC lineage with terps delivering a strong berry and earthy aroma. Available in October."With our record yields and flower quality from both the Ancaster and Valleyfield greenhouses, we've been afforded the opportunity to meet customer requests and expand some core SKUs into larger sizes. The combination of core SKU expansion plus innovation is an exciting time for the organization as we grow to support increased consumer demand. 2022 has been a year of ongoing distribution growth and these latest additions will further help drive sales revenues while delivering unique, consistent performers in the market," said Sean Bovingdon, CEO of The Green Organic Dutchman.
]]>TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 21, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – TrulieveCannabis Corp., a leading and top-performing cannabis companyin theUnited States, announced the relocation of its medical dispensary in Edgewater,Fla. The new dispensary will be located at 2102S Ridgewood Ave., with its doors opening at 9a.m. on Sept. 21, 2022.This location’s ongoing regular hours will be 9a.m.-9 p.m. from Monday through Saturday and 10a.m.-8 p.m. on Sunday.
Festivitieswill be held throughout the day at the new location to include numerous partnergiveaways, deals and specials, and all registered patients will receive a 25%discount. Trulieve also offers statewide home delivery, convenient onlineordering and in-store pickup. As always, all first-time guests are eligible fora 50% new customer discount at any Florida-basedlocation.
"Trulieve isexcited to open our newly relocated dispensary in Edgewater thatoffers a larger showroom with more amenities," Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers said.."Our company is driven by a commitment to provide tailored, high-qualitycare and exceptional customer experiences and this new location will help usreach those goals."
As the state's leading medicalcannabis provider, Trulieve's retailemployees are trained to provide personalized patient care and supportindividuals at every stage of their cannabis journeys. Trulieve dispensariesthroughout Florida offeron-site consultations to help patients obtain appropriate medical products anddosages to ensure optimal cannabis experiences.
Trulieve patients across Florida canchoose from the largestselection of THC and CBD products available in a variety ofconsumption methods, including smokable flower, concentrates, edibles,capsules, syringes, tinctures, topical creams, vaporizers and more.
Designedto meet every patient’s needs, our portfolio of in-house brands includesAlchemy, Co2lors, Cultivar Collection, Modern Flower, Momenta, Muse, Roll One,Sweet Talk and Trekkers. Patients also have access to beloved brands such as BellamyBrothers, Bhang, Binske, BlueRiver, Black Tuna, DeLisioso, Love's Oven, MiamiMango, O.pen and Sunshine Cannabis, all available exclusively at Trulieve in Florida.
When John Mueller sold Acres Cannabis to Curaleaf in 2019, it was an arm’s length deal with a noncompete that forced him to break ties with what he and his partners had built out West.
As the CEO of Acres, Mueller steered a ship in Nevada that included nearly 270,000 square feet of operating cultivation facilities, a state-of-the-art production and extraction lab, and an immersive 19,000-square-foot dispensary in Las Vegas—the largest retail spot in the state until Planet 13’s SuperStore came along in late 2018.
That Acres dispensary in Las Vegas hosted a “Marijuana Farmers Market” every weekend, offered a museum steeped in cannabis culture, and it had an open-view processing kitchen where customers could look on as technicians worked with edibles and extracts.
Mueller’s Nevada vision also included another 133,000 square feet of cultivation that was under construction on 37 acres of land the company owned in the Amargosa Valley—an unincorporated area about 75 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Upon completing that undertaking, Acres expected to generate 100,000 pounds of dry flower per year at full scale.
“The day we signed, they pretty much took over operations,” Mueller said of Acres’ $70-million deal with multistate operator Curaleaf. “Obviously, we made sure it was a smooth transaction. We still consider them friends. But there’s no tie between the companies other than we’ve both been good partners to each other on some transactions.”
With ties to the Nevada market severed upon that 2019 sale, Mueller said a new opportunity awaited in the Midwest, where Missouri voters passed a medical cannabis initiative via a 65.6% majority on Amendment 2 in the November 2018 election.
BioPhil’s Natural Fibers, a company that processes hemp stalk to produce fiber and hurd, is opening a 90,829-square-foot processing facility in Lumberton, N.C. This would mark the company's second processing facility, with the first in Pennsylvania.
The facility is designed to help the company "expand its production operations with decortication (initial separation of hemp stalk into hurd and fiber) and parallel processing lines that will further clean, refine, and cut hurd and fiber to its client's specifications," according to a press release.
The location will also include "research and development for mycelium load-bearing structural composites by Okom Wrks Labs, as well as prototype development and eventually manufacturing for hurd construction materials and other hemp-based products," according to the release.
The key partners on the project include: the North Carolina Department of Commerce; Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina; North Carolina General Assembly; North Carolina Community College System; Robeson Community College; Robeson County; North Carolina's Southeast; Robeson County Committee of 100; Robeson County Office of Economic Development; and City of Lumberton, according to the release.
BioPhil's Natural Fibers CEO Marcel Dabdoub said the company is excited to expand to North Carolina.
"We enjoyed working with local and regional businesses in Lumberton and surrounding areas during our diligence process, as well as our farmers throughout North Carolina over the past two grow seasons, and we look forward to expanding these relationships," he said.
Vireo Health, a Minnesota-based medical cannabis operator, filed a lawsuit last week to challenge Minnesota’s THC regulations, claiming that the state’s laws discriminate against the company.
Vireo, which is one of two medical cannabis operators licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), brought the civil lawsuit against the department, the state and several county attorneys, according to a local KSTP report.
While Vireo is authorized to distribute THC-infused edibles under Minnesota’s medical cannabis program, new laws took effect July 1 that allow adults 21 and older to purchase edibles and beverages that contain up to 5 milligrams of hemp-derived THC per serving and 50 milligrams per package.
Since Vireo’s products are derived from cannabis and not hemp, the company is still only authorized to sell its products to patients enrolled in Minnesota’s medical cannabis program, KSTP reported. In its lawsuit, Vireo claims these laws “unconstitutionally discriminate” against the company, according to the news outlet.
Vireo goes on to argue that cannabis- and hemp-derived edibles are “chemically identical,” KSTP reported, and that the additional restrictions on cannabis-derived products are “irrational.”
Results of a new poll show that the majority of Maryland voters plan to vote “yes” on a ballot measure to legalize adult-use cannabis on Nov. 8.
The Goucher College Poll revealed that 59% of respondents plan to vote in favor of the ballot question on Election Day, while 34% said they would vote against it and 7% are undecided, according to a CBS News report.
The poll, released Sept. 19, surveyed 1,008 Maryland residents from Sept. 8 through Sept. 12, the news outlet reported, and 748 of the respondents identified as likely voters.
In April, the Maryland House and Senate approved a constitutional amendment for the ballot via House Bill 1.
The Missouri Democratic party supports adult-use cannabis legalization, but it does not endorse Amendment 3, a legalization measure that will appear on the state’s November ballot.
That’s the position the party announced in a news release Sept. 19, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
Democrats declined to take a position on the ballot measure due to concerns with its wording, which they said “may negatively impact minorities, people of color, and low-income earning Missourians,” the news outlet reported.
The party’s statement went on to say that “Democrats have concerns about the expungement provisions laid out in the amendment, as well as making it difficult for those who do not currently have a license to enter the industry,” according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
While Trudy Busch Valentine, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, and Alan Green, the Democratic candidate for state auditor, have indicated they will vote for Amendment 3, others in the party, including Missouri Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove, D-Kansas City, have expressed concerns about the measure.
Over $75 million of cannabis sale-leaseback transactions priced in the second quarter of 2022, spanning Massachusetts, Maryland and Texas. Specialized cannabis real estate investment trusts (REITs) have filled the financing need in the cannabis space thus far, and we’ve not yet seen traditional sale-leaseback investors exhibit comfort with the sector.
Leading up to the first quarter of 2022, the cannabis sector exhibited a general trend of cap rate compression (i.e., increases in the prices of cannabis-related real estate), largely due to increasing confidence of legalization at the federal level as well as the growing strength of credits in the space.
However, that compression momentum may be slowing due to inflation and interest rate movements affecting the broader market.
That being said, the cost of sale-leaseback capital, while high relative to the overall sale-leaseback universe, still provides for attractive financing levels for cannabis operators due to sector-specific capital constraints. We continue to evaluate the cannabis sale-leaseback landscape as we see the narratives of increasing interest rates and an inflationary environment go up against secular positive drivers of growing multi-national operators and increasing legalization initiatives.
The broader sale-leaseback environment has exhibited significant movement year-to-date. Late 2021 into early 2022 provided for one of the best pricing and execution sale-leaseback environments in sale-leaseback history. However, buyer caution began to creep into the beginning of Q2 ’22 and continued into early Q3 ’22. Many buyers struggled to lock in debt financing, which in turn led to challenges in pricing assets appropriately.
Despite the noise of interest rate hikes, inflation headlines, and pullback in M&A activity, the second quarter of 2022 exhibited 236 discrete transactions and aggregate dollar volume of $10.2 billion (over half of which was a single transaction).
CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – Cresco Labs, a vertically integrated multistate operator and the No. 1 U.S. wholesaler of branded cannabis products, announced the expansion of its flagship brand, Cresco, to Florida. The multimarket leading vape and concentrate brand arrives with a robust lineup of Live Resin products available exclusively at all Sunnyside dispensaries.
“We’re expanding our retail locations and product diversity to better serve Florida patients. The introduction of our Cresco brand, the most sold vape and concentrate brand in the United States, is an exciting addition to our robust Sunnyside Florida product assortment,” said Greg Butler, chief commercial officer at Cresco Labs. “We’re confident our patients will enjoy the premium quality and consistent experiences delivered by Cresco’s many products.”
Cresco is now available in California, Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Florida. The premium brand offers one of the widest assortments of forms in the company’s brand portfolio, ranging from flower and prerolls to concentrates and vapes.
Cresco’s Liquid Live Resin (LLR) is unique and fundamentally different from other vape products because the company uses a patented post-extraction process that starts with a single cannabis strain harvested and extracted at peak freshness and results in the preservation of the strain’s original full-spectrum effects, flavor and terpenes. The cannabis oil is pure; nothing is added or taken away.
Cresco’s LLR is the No. 1 bestselling vape cart in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Its Live Resin concentrates are No. 1 in Pennsylvania and No. 2 in Illinois, as of the most recent data from the second quarter of 2022, according to BDSA.
Sunnyside Florida patients can purchase Cresco 500-milligram LLR vape carts and 1-gram Live Resin budder and sugar concentrates. The brand will soon expand to include 1-gram LLR vape carts, Live Resin sauce and all-new THCa crushed diamonds concentrates. Sunnyside patients have access to one of the widest selections of products from the company’s One Plant, Supply, Good News, Remedi and Sunnyside Chews brands.
New Zealand approved Helius Therapeutics as the country’s first medicinal cannabis company to make products derived from locally grown cannabis.
The decision comes from New Zealand’s Medicinal Cannabis Agency (MCA), which also approved Helius’ Full Spectrum CBD medicines to be locally extracted and manufactured.
“Gaining approval of medicinal cannabis products that are truly New Zealand-grown and made is a significant milestone for our industry and another first for Helius,” said Carmen Doran, CEO of Helius Therapeutics. “Local patients and their advocates have fought long and hard for truly Kiwi products which are both high quality and cost-effective. This is great news for many patients who have long sought access to both New Zealand-grown and made medicinal cannabis products.”
Helius’ CBD products will be launched in New Zealand before being exported to Europe, South America, and more markets, according to a release. The products will be sourced from Puro, one of New Zealand’s largest organic medical cannabis cultivators, and produced at Helius’ manufacturing facility in East Auckland.
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Doran says MCA’s approval of Helius’ CBD products will improve patient access to medicinal products.
DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 20, 2022 — PRESS RELEASE — Greenlight Distribution, a seller of controlled environment agriculture products and a direct lender to U.S. commercial cannabis cultivators, announced its innovative services to help commercial cannabis cultivators weather the current market conditions.
“At Greenlight Distribution, we recognize the challenges that cultivators face this year, and we are proud to provide solutions to help them not just survive, but continue to grow and profit,” said Dennis O’Carroll, founder and CEO of Greenlight Distribution. “We have introduced a number of innovative services and programs that save cultivators money, help eliminate supply chain issues, and provide equipment financing and working capital.”
O’Carroll said favorable financing is still available in this market. “We have money to lend, and we work with cultivators to get them good terms. Cultivators should contact us now and lock in financing before rates rise further,” he said.
O’Carroll said cultivators are facing difficult market conditions in 2022.
“The price of wholesale cannabis is down. When combined with steep federal, state and municipal taxes, high licensing fees, and competition from the illicit market, cultivators are feeling the pressure on their bottom line. New operations and smaller cultivators–those with under 5,000 square foot grows–are being squeezed the hardest," O’Carroll said. “Commercial cultivators also continue to deal with supply chain challenges and increased shipping costs.”
That is why Greenlight is working with cultivators across the U.S. to offer multiple solutions.
Grants from the state of Michigan are funding research into if cannabis can treat mental health conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and if it can prevent veteran suicide.
Between 2021 and 2022, the state has announced funding for research conducted by scientists at Wayne State University, the University of Michigan and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.
More than 1 in 10 veterans who have served in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, the Gulf War and the Vietnam War have PTSD, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA also states that among veterans who use VA health care, about 23% of women have reported sexual assault when in the military, and about 55% of women and 38% of men have experienced sexual harassment when in the military.
In 2019 in the U.S., there were 130 suicides per day, and 17 of those deaths were veterans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although veterans comprise about 7% of the U.S. population, they represented about 13% of lives lost to suicide that year.
The mental health of veterans was not lost on Michigan voters when they legalized adult-use cannabis via Proposal 1 in 2018. That initiative requires the state to provide $20 million annually “until 2022 or for at least two years” for clinical trials evaluating cannabis’ efficacy in treating U.S. veterans’ medical conditions and preventing veteran suicide.
The state has been working to help ensure a smooth rollout of the studies, says David Harns, public relations manager for Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) and Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
Alabama legislators passed a medical cannabis legalization bill last year, and now it’s time for prospective businesses to line up for the state’s first licensing cycle.
Business owners may now request an application from the state, an opportunity that will only be available until Oct. 17. From there, applications will be mailed out the following week and due back to the state by Dec. 30.
The application fee is a non-refundable $2,500 for any license type, though prospective businesses may only apply for one license type.
License winners will be announced June 12, 2023.
Jay Czarkowski, founding partner of Canna Advisors, said that Alabama is following other states examples by setting up a merit-based application process once the requests are in. The state will be looking for applicants with experience in the industry, as well as access to capital in this more competitive market right now.
“They’re looking for groups that are qualified, that can execute and deliver value,” he said.
Melbourne, FL, Sept. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PRESS RELEASE -- Kona Gold Beverage, Inc., a holding company focused on product development in the better-for-you and hemp and CBD functional beverage sector, has announced it has signed agreements with three new distribution partners in Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Kona Gold has been focused on bringing its beverage portfolio to the West Coast of the United States, recently signing distribution partners in California and Nevada. With the addition of Oregon, Washington and Alaska, the company will be making a big market push in the remainder of 2022 and into 2023 with its Ooh La Lemin Lemonades.
Kona Gold announced earlier this year that its Ooh La Lemin Lemonades will be going into modular sets in Walmart stores in select states. With the addition of Oregon, Washington and Alaska, Ooh La Lemin will now be going into modular space in approximately 600 stores. Those stores are located in Alaska, California, Minnesota, Nevada, Michigan, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin. Rollout to these stores will begin next month.
"I'm excited to share with our shareholders that we have signed three new distribution partners on the West Coast of the U.S.," stated Robert Clark, CEO of Kona Gold Beverage, Inc. "We recently hired Brett Catanzaro as our West Region Territory Manager and he has already made a huge impact with our West Coast expansion. We continue to add seasoned beverage professionals to our team, which is paying off in dividends. We are growing the markets that we are currently in and expanding to new markets at a rapid pace and our team is executing exceptionally well."
Clark added, "We will be exhibiting at the 2022 NACS Show in Las Vegas next month, where we had great success last year networking, finding new distribution partners, and finding new products for our own distribution company. We anticipate this year to be a more successful showing than the previous year."
Kona Gold Beverage recently announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Gold Leaf Distribution LLC, posted record monthly revenue in August. Gold Leaf Distribution posted approximately $348,000 in sales. The increase in sales has been fueled by a culmination of expanding the company's sales team, adding new products, and consumer demand. Gold Leaf expects to see continued growth throughout the rest of the year as it continues to have record revenue growth in 2022.
More than three quarters (76%) of Republican voters agree the federal government should not interfere with individual states’ decisions to legalize cannabis, and should instead remove obstacles to legalization, according to a national poll released Sept. 14.
The poll was conducted by Republican pollster Fabrizio, Lee & Associates on behalf of the National Cannabis Roundtable (NCR).
A similar percentage (73%) of Republicans agree legal cannabis businesses should be entitled to the same rights as other legal businesses. That same percentage of Republicans also support legalizing cannabis for medical purposes, according to the poll.
Additional findings from the poll include 65% of Republicans in favor of legal cannabis companies having access to banking systems like any other legal business, and 56% supporting cannabis conviction expungements in now-legal adult-use states. A slight majority (51%) of Republicans say legal cannabis companies should have access to capital markets and be able to sell stock and be listed on stock exchanges.
On the topic of adult-use legalization, Republican voters were just about split with 47% supporting adult-use legalization and 46% opposing.
“These findings support what I’ve been saying for years: cannabis is no longer the partisan issue it once was,” said Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus. “Congress needs to act in a bipartisan manner and enact the change that Americans, both Republicans and Democrats alike, are calling for. It’s past time for the federal government to respect the will of the states that have legalized cannabis in some form and allow them to make their own decisions in the best interest of their constituents without interference from Washington.”
Las Vegas – Sept. 14, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – The Source+, one of the state’s top cannabis companies since opening in 2015, has introduced its sixth location at 2370 Homestead Rd. in Pahrump, Nev. The Pahrump dispensary is the company’s first location to offer drive-thru pickup service, which is available now.
“Our Pahrump dispensary is bringing new elements to the community with the convenience of our drive-thru service, quality products at great prices and knowledgeable staff that can help choose the best products for our customers,” said CEO of The Source+, Steve Haffer. “We’re thrilled to offer this new space and look forward to continuing our mission of making cannabis accessible to all.”
The new 3,400-square-foot showroom displays and offers a wide selection of brands, including CAMP, High Heads, 8|Fold, Green Life Productions, in a welcoming atmosphere. The Source+ also features a variety of edibles, concentrates, tinctures and other cannabis products that its customers have come to love and know over the past seven years.
Other locations for The Source+ include the original at 2550 S. Rainbow Blvd. at the corner of Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas, the Henderson location at 9480 S. Eastern Ave., the Reno location at 5270 Longley Ln., Suite 103, the North Las Vegas location at 420 E Deer Springs Way, and the company’s first store on the East Coast located at 58 Pleasant St. in Northampton, Mass.
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After an adult-use cannabis legalization measure was defeated in the Minnesota Legislature earlier this year, a new poll has revealed that a slim majority of the state’s voters support legalization.
According to a Star Tribune/MPR News/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll, 53% of Minnesota voters believe the state should legalize adult-use cannabis, 26% oppose legalization and 11% are undecided on the issue, the Star Tribune reported.
The poll revealed that 70% of Democrats, 60% of independents, and 29% of Republicans support adult-use legalization, according to the news outlet.
Poll results also showed that roughly 60% of respondents ages 18-49 support legalization, while about half of those ages 50-64 and 47% of those 65 and older also support it, the Star Tribune reported.
The findings are based on interviews with 800 Minnesota voters conducted from Sept. 12 through Sept. 14, according to the news outlet.