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Florida high court questions arguments to keep adult-use marijuana off ballot

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1 year ago

November 9, 2023

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Florida’s Supreme Court appeared during oral arguments to dismiss key arguments from state attorneys aiming to strike down a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize adult-use marijuana sales and possession.

During the Wednesday hearing, Justice Charles Canady said the language of the proposal was clear and questioned arguments posed by lawyers from the state’s attorney general, Politico reported.

“Where’s the hidden ball?” Canady asked, according to Politico.

“I’m baffled by the argument.”

The high court has until April 1 to rule.

If the justices forgo a decision, the measure will appear on the November 2024 ballot, Politico reported.

In an August court filing contesting the ballot initiative, Florida Solicitor General Henry Whitaker argued that the “carefully curated ballot summary misleads in ways that, though sometimes subtle, are likely to influence voters – and to do so in a way that entrenches the sponsor’s monopolistic stranglehold on the

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Cannabis operators share tips for licensing brands

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3 days ago

December 19, 2024

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As more states adopt regulated marijuana programs, executives at licensed cannabis brands are seeking innovative ways to reach new markets.

Brand licensing, revenue-sharing, profit-sharing and franchising all are ways to circumvent restrictions on interstate commerce, said Avis Bulbulyan, CEO of California-based cannabis consulting firm Siva.

“It’s all really licensing, it’s just how you go about it,” Bulbulyan told MJBizDaily.

“There are 50 different ways to split the fees.”

Under licensing arrangements, which tend to be rigid, licensees typically pay for the right to use – not own – a brand’s product or intellectual property.

Licensing often includes an upfront fee, and the licensee assumes most of the financial risk because they must pay the brand regardless of revenue performance.

However, some brands are

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Ohio adult-use program was only new marijuana market launch in 2024

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December 17, 2024

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2024 will go down as one of the quietest years for marijuana market launches.

The debut of Ohio’s adult-use retail market on Aug. 6 is the lone standout, in contrast to perennial market expansion that’s been a bedrock of the industry for more than a decade.

Last year, by comparison, three states in the Northeast and Midwest launched recreational marijuana sales, while two in the Deep South began medical cannabis sales.

This year, Ohio became the 21st U.S. state to establish adult-use sales, following Maryland’s launch in July 2023 and Missouri’s debut in February 2023.

The gap of nearly one year between recreational market launches is believed to be the industry’s longest drought since the first wave of regulated, adult-use consumer access began in 2014.

“Insufficient funding for

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Alabama temporarily reduces most marijuana license fees

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December 13, 2024

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Members of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) voted to reduce most marijuana business license fees by 25% during a Thursday meeting.

With annual license fees ranging from $30,000 to $40,000, the regulatory agency will lose revenue totaling $147,500, AMCC spokesperson Brittany Peters told 1819 News.

“It’s just a one-time reduction,” Peters said.

“They’ll return to the fee schedule that was adopted by the commission in 2022 after that.”

Several Alabama medical marijuana cultivators that won licenses in December 2023 asked for the fee reduction, arguing that operations are stalled by ongoing legal arguments about the licensing process.

Oral arguments are set for Jan. 13 in one medical marijuana-related lawsuit.

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