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Delaware Officials Will Now Let Marijuana Businesses Transfer Permits Between Counties

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“People will still try to put business in the places that are financially viable, nor if you exceed the market, it is not economically feasible business.”

Brianna Hill, Spotlight Delaware

The Commissioner of Delaware Marijuana said now that the Cannabis License holders allows the application of permits to transfer permissions between the three counties of the State. It is a move that would allow the movement that would move away from the places regulated by business, such as Sussex County.

In a conversation with Delaware, Joshua Sanderlin said Joshua Sanderlin decided to open the decision to open licenses to all regions exceeded by the regulations established by its predecessor. He also came after the municipalities and the Government of the County Sussex established a raft last year last year, the marijuana retail shop was just a few parts of the region.

In response, State legislators looked for Limit regions Ability to regulate marijuana business With the passage of the 75-year-old bill in June. But last month, Gov. Matt Meyer (d) observed the bill, “he states that it displaces the authority to use local land without providing relevant cooperation or support.”

Sanderlin said that the decision of the regions would not allow the decision to answer Meyer Veto. Its office decided to change this rule after receiving licensed requests to change the county.

Like the ex-marijuana executive itself, he understands he understands how difficult to start a business in the industry, whether it was in SB 75 “.

“It’s a point I want to do …” Yes, we are your regulator, but here we also know as partners, “Sanderlin said.

Sanderlin said it is too early to find out how additional transfers can affect where marijuana business is located. But it was noticed that the initial changes could be in the regions of Kent and New Castle.

However, after all, the licensee expects to spread among the three counties.

“People will still try to put business in places that are still economically viable, nor if you exceed the market, it is not economically feasible business,” he said.

“Many places” to move?

Late Last year, the State gave 125 marijuana business owners to operate licenses.

In the regulations created by former commissioners of Delaware, these licenses connected each business owner to one of the three regions, when the applicants of all parts of the State, Sanderlin said.

He asked when he decided to change the rule, there was no specific date, but he said that when people asked after asking.

“For me, you know, you know, that we have an open line of communication between ours and licenses,” he said.

So far, Sanderlin’s office has already allowed to move a marijuana manufacturer. Surprisingly, the licensee will go from the New Castle County to Sussex County, the individual found a feasible site in the Southern County.

Sanderlin said his office is open to business owners who cannot ensure a site in his current county and also present a plan and potential location in another.

Some licensors say that being able to change the county would offer more locations, especially in the observations of SB.

“If we don’t get a new bill” Bill (Senate), it will be very interesting to move, so my license is to be in the most difficult in the region, “said Derro Smith, licensed microgouts in Sussex Social initiative.

A new councilor in the castle region said that there are a “place” in the region of marijuana within the region in the current zoning regulations. Kevin Caneco Councilor said, if more licensed moves in county, local officials will apply the rules and appropriate use of the land.

“I don’t think people necessarily oppose it. Again, we can regulate through our land use,” he said.

Kent Levy forensic officials did not offer a response to this story.

A commitment?

At the end of the last month, Meyer 75. Invoicing, the regional marijuana dispensers of the region would have exceeded those who need to be sensitive to schools, libraries and treatment centers.

The current distance buffer between contemporary shops and locations in Sussex is about three kilometers, and the new castle has 1,000 meters buffer. Kent County has no buffers, but retail marijuana businesses are limited to commercial trade zone sites, Director of Planning Kent County Sarah Keifer said.

In addition, a third of Delaware’s 57 municipalities has created banned by various types of marijuana establishments, it has been difficult to find real estate business owners within the industry.

On the ranges of zoning, marijuana business owners also have tough challenges that secure property, financing and investors, as cannabis are illegal illegally depending on the federal law.

“It’s a bit of a problem because we don’t need money, because we’ve got all these restrictions,” said Louise Shelton, the mother of Smith’s mother, also consent to Sussex’s social equality microcultation.

“How do you spend the law saying that cannabis is for leisure, but then did you put all these meanings?” He asked Shelton.

Last June 75. Bill 75 confronted the hard opposition against the regional leaders and the Republicans of the State.

In a statement about Veto, Meyer proposed a commitment to the Tax on Tax on the State Broch of the Brochor Brochure of Business Brochure.

He said “compensate local costs with zoning, enforcement and infrastructure”. “

If accepted, Meyer said that Sussex County has agreed to remove the conditions of the Marijuana retail stores, which gives the extensive latitude of the broadcasting of such storefronts and the conditions of buffer for them.

The Legislation of the Draft County will not be committed to the reduction.

Last week, Sussex County Council discussed the proposals for removing zoning restrictions in marijuana businesses, but has not made any decision. During the meeting, the cinemants also praised Meyer’s decision to decide what changes they need to make the county.

Board members defended the buffer rule of 3-kilometer compared to the buffer used in State Laws for Liquor Stores. However, they said that changes are possible.

State officials trying to overcome Meyer’s veto, Todd Lawson said the Council wants to submit a proposal to adjust its restrictions within a few weeks.

Meyer’s Veto State Trey Paradee (D-Dover), along with the turnover sponsor, said he faced the governor by the end of June. Along with some regions to protect future income, Meyer left SB 75 permitted this summer without his signature.

Parada said the veto will now “compensate harm” to small business owners, retail marijuana stores to open and open the growth facilities. “

Some of these licensed, like Mother of Smith and Shelton’s mother and son, marijuana have been frustrated with hard reductions.

“Barrier is one of the other, behind another. When you think that you win some progress, it goes here. The rules change, another curve,” said Smith.

But the transfer of the counties can provide relief, if Sumes will not release its buffers first.

This entry was first published by Fypight Delaware.

Photo courtesy Brian Shamblen.

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Cannabis products recalled due to “unreliable” tests

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New York State’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has recalled several cannabis products after finding that reported results from a testing laboratory were “unreliable.”

OCM says it has found a total of 54 product lots that tested false positive for Aspergillus, the mold that causes disease. According to OCM, another batch of product had incorrect results for the heavy metal cadmium.

“When test results are inaccurate or unclear, product safety and, in turn, the safety of New York State consumers cannot be guaranteed,” said OCM Executive Deputy Director of Licensing, Enforcement and Laboratories Stephen Geskey. “It’s not a risk OCM is willing to take.”

This information comes from an audit of inspections and records conducted by Keystone State Testing New York between December 2025 and January 2026. According to OCM, there have been no reports of the effects of consuming any of the products.

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Virginia House And Senate Lawmakers Advance Marijuana Sales Legalization Bills Toward Governor’s Desk

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The march to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana in Virginia continues, with the full House of Representatives and a Senate committee advancing a pair of bills to create a regulated adult cannabis market in the commonwealth.

The House on Tuesday approved the second reading of the cannabis sale bill passed by the Senate, giving it the chance to pass it definitively in the chamber. Earlier, a House measure moved through the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee on a 10-5 vote, sending the measure back to the floor for consideration.

Both chambers’ marijuana-sale proposals aim to give adults a legal way to buy cannabis, legalizing both state possession and home cultivation in 2021, though there are key differences between them.

Bicameral measures—HB 642 and SB 542—Recently changed to allow micro business licensees to cultivate, process or conduct retail sales at two locations instead of one, as long as they are within 10 miles of each other and operate under common ownership and control.

Lawmakers also revised the legislation to clarify that current medical cannabis businesses would only be able to grow cannabis indoors, including in secure greenhouses with a total hood of 70,000 square feet. The amendments also would not allow additional marijuana licenses with “dual-use privileges” beyond medical licenses.

Finally, the measure’s conversion fee structure was revised to pay current medical marijuana companies the privilege of dividing the adult-use market into three parts.

There are some key differences between the House bills that still need to be ironed out — related to the start date of legal sales and cannabis tax rates — before a final product can be delivered to the governor’s desk.

Here are the key details of Virginia’s marijuana sales legalization legislation, SB 542 and HB 642:

  • Adults would be able to purchase up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana in a single transaction, or up to an equivalent amount of other cannabis products, as determined by regulators.
  • The House bill sets a statewide sales date of Nov. 1, 2026, while the Senate measure would allow it to begin on Jan. 1, 2027.
  • The Senate bill would impose a 12.875 percent excise tax on cannabis products, in addition to a 1.125 percent state sales tax and a mandatory 3 percent local tax. The House measure would apply a 6 percent excise tax, as well as a 5.3 percent retail sales and use tax, allowing municipalities to impose a 3.5 percent local tax.
  • Under the House bill, the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority would oversee licensing and regulation of the new industry, while the Senate legislation calls for a new combined Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control Authority.
  • The House bill calls for the proceeds to be allocated to a new Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Fund (60 percent), early childhood education (10 percent), the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Health Services (25 percent) and public health initiatives (5 percent). The Senate proposal, on the other hand, would put 30 percent into the capital reinvestment fund, 40 percent for early childhood education, 25 percent for the department of behavioral and developmental health services and 5 percent for public health initiatives.
  • Local governments could not allow marijuana companies to operate in their area.
  • Delivery services would be allowed.
  • Serving sizes would be limited to 10 milligrams of THC, with no more than 100 mg of THC per package.
  • Existing medical cannabis operators could enter the adult-use market if they pay a license conversion fee set at $15 million in the Senate bill and $10 million in the House measure.
  • Cannabis businesses should implement peaceful labor agreements with their employees.
  • A legislative committee would direct the addition of local consumer licenses and micro-enterprise cannabis event permits that would allow licensees to hold sales at farmers markets or pop-up locations. The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority would also investigate the possibility of involvement in marijuana regulation and enforcement.

Both the Virginia House and Senate Last month, he took action on multiple marijuana bills during a major deadline—accept proposals to legalize the sale of cannabis, provide a way to punish previous marijuana convictions and allow access to medical cannabis for seriously ill patients in hospitals.

As for the Senate marijuana sales bill, members recently clashed in committee over amendments to the body version that would add new penalties for illegal cannabis activity.

The amendments in the Judiciary Committee’s case included penalties for consumers who purchase from unlicensed sources, recriminalizing possession and sale of cannabis by those under 21, making it a Class 1 felony for a first offense and a felony punishable by a mandatory prison sentence for a second offense. As revised, the bill would also increase the penalty for unlicensed cultivation to a felony with up to five years in prison and make it a felony to transport cannabis with the intent to distribute it across state lines.

But the Finance and Appropriations Committee backed down the amendments last month, sending a letter to senators under pressure from a coalition of advocacy groups. saying that they undermined the “intent” of the legislation and “the will of the people” by adding criminal penalties to certain cannabis-related activities.

In general, both chambers’ commercial sales bills have largely aligned with recommendations released by the legislature in December. Joint Committee to Oversee the Transition to the Commonwealth Retail Cannabis Market.

Meanwhile, some members of the GOP have aligned ideologically with their Democratic colleagues throughout this legislative process, breaking with the majority of their caucus. in favor of creating a regulated market for adults to buy cannabis.

Since legalizing cannabis ownership and home cultivation in 2021, Virginia lawmakers have been working to establish a commercial marijuana market– Only for those efforts to stall under former Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), who twice vetoed measures sent to his desk by the Legislature.

Governor Abigail Spanberger (D), for her part, supports legalizing the sale of marijuana to adults..

Meanwhile, members of the Virginia House and Senate advanced a pair of bills Monday, with amendments that provide a pathway to resentencing for people with prior marijuana convictions.

Members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees approved alternate versions of the opposite chamber’s reform bill on Monday, setting the stage for bicameral negotiations as the measures move through the legislative process.

Legislation introduced in both chambers would create a process to consider changing the sentences under which people incarcerated or on community custody for certain felonies involving the possession, manufacture, sale or distribution of marijuana could receive an automatic trial.

Separately last month, the Virginia House patients passed a bill to allow the use of medical marijuana in hospitals. It would require health care facilities to implement policies “to address the situation in which an eligible patient is authorized to use medical cannabis.”

The Senate passed various pieces of legislation use of medical cannabis in healthcare facilities last month

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Meanwhile, the Virginia House passed the bill earlier this month Protecting the rights of parents who use marijuana by complying with state laws.

Del. According to the proposal by Nadarius Clark (D), a parent or guardian’s own use of cannabis “shall not serve as a basis for a finding of abuse or neglect of a child unless other facts establish that its possession or consumption causes or produces physical or mental injury to the child.”

“A person’s legal possession or consumption of substances permitted (under state marijuana law) shall not serve as a basis for limiting custody or visitation unless other facts establish that such possession or consumption is not in the best interest of the child,” reads the text of HB 942.

Separately, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry has published a new defining workplace protections for cannabis users.

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Swiss company launches nationwide price comparison tool for cannabis

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Evidena Care AG is one of the leading Swiss telemedicine platforms and specialized medical practices for medical cannabis. The company currently supports more than 2,000 patients across the country. Under the direction of Dr. Nicolai Berardi and two other specialist doctors, Evidena Care has focused on evidence-based, responsible and patient-centered treatment for the past two years.

Now, Evidena Care is launching a nationwide online comparison portal for medical cannabis products. The platform is designed for patients who already have a valid medical prescription and want a clear and reliable view of the market. For the first time in Switzerland, patients can directly compare products and prices from the country’s largest pharmacies in one place.

Medical cannabis plays an essential role in the treatment plans of many patients. At the same time, prices can vary significantly between pharmacies, even when the products contain the same levels of active ingredients. As these costs are often not covered by health insurance, or only partially covered, many patients have a heavy financial burden. The new portal addresses this issue by bringing transparency to a market that until now has been difficult to navigate.

The platform provides an overview of available products and dosages, clearly lists the active ingredient content, such as THC and CBD levels, and displays the current prices of leading Swiss pharmacies. Patients can directly compare options and make informed decisions that help optimize their therapy costs, without compromising medical guidance.

“Patients should not be victims of non-transparent pricing structures,” says Dr. Nicolai Berardi, CEO of Evidena Care AG. “We are creating transparency with our comparison portal, strengthening the self-responsibility of those affected and promoting fair competition in the interests of patients.”

The portal is only for people with a valid prescription. It serves as a true information tool and supports cost optimization in an existing therapy supervised by a physician.

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