Colorado medical marijuana patient numbers hit new low

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July 12, 2024

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The number of medical marijuana patients in Colorado is the lowest it’s been since 2014, when adult-use sales in the state began.

A little more than 65,100 patients were enrolled in Colorado’s MMJ program in May, Denver TV station KDVR reported, citing data from the state’s Department of Public Health and Environment.

The number of medical marijuana patients in Colorado peaked in October 2014, when the registry contained 117,239 patients, according to KDVR.

The last time the state had more than 100,000 MMJ patients was in November 2016, the TV station noted.

Medical marijuana sales in Colorado rebounded in 2020 and part of 2021 but have been declining since September 2021, according to the report.

Colorado’s total cannabis sales numbers haven’t been

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Long shot adult-use legalization effort launches in anti-marijuana Idaho

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November 14, 2024

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Advocates in Idaho, arguably the least-cannabis-friendly state in the United States, are laying ambitious plans to skip over medical marijuana and go straight to adult use.

At least, that’s the goal of the proposed 2026 ballot initiative that campaign organization Kind Idaho recently filed with Idaho’s secretary of state, according to The Inlander.

Campaigners would have until April 2026 to collect roughly 70,000 valid signatures from registered voters.

It’s anybody’s guess who might be willing to support such an effort.

Campaigns in 2022 and 2024 failed to get medical marijuana on Idaho’s ballot.

And recent adult-use legalization efforts in red states such as North Dakota and South Dakota have repeatedly failed.

Those were funded by existing medical marijuana businesses, and Idaho has

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Marijuana firms Eaze, Green Dragon find new life after $10 million capital infusion

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November 12, 2024

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Newly rebranded California-based marijuana operator Eaze raised $10 million to acquire select assets of Eaze Technologies, its predecessor company, to fund the reopening of 70 Eaze and Green Dragon locations across California, Colorado, Florida and Michigan.

The now-defunct Eaze Technologies, which purchased Denver-based Green Dragon about three years ago, announced in October that it would close its Colorado and Florida operations.

Billionaire Jim Clark, founder of defunct tech company Netscape, provided the funding, which was announced Tuesday, and now has controlling ownership of the new entity, Eaze.

CEO Cory Azzalino said the company does not intend to reimagine its business model, which it shifted four years ago from a delivery platform to a plant-touching entity.

“The focus going forward will be continued expansion

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Oregon voters approve pro-labor change to state cannabis law

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November 8, 2024

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Voters in Oregon appear to have approved an organized labor-friendly change to state cannabis law that’s had mixed results in other states.

With more than 80% of ballots counted, 55.7% of state voters cast yes ballots on Measure 119, which will require cannabis operators in the state to submit a “labor peace agreement” to regulators before receiving or renewing business permit, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.

The voter initiative’s main sponsor was the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555, which spent more than $2.8 million on the campaign after a failed attempt to impose a labor peace agreement (LPA) requirement through the state Legislature.

Several other states, most notably California, require cannabis businesses to have an LPA as part of licensing

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