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Ontario Cannabis Store plans to overhaul wholesale markups

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The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) says it is reforming markups on wholesale marijuana at the expense of its own margins in a move meant “to help enable a vibrant cannabis marketplace.”

The OCS, which is owned by the Ontario government, has a monopoly on supplying licensed recreational marijuana stores in Canada’s largest provincial cannabis market.

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“Reduced margin levels are expected to help enable a vibrant marketplace so that it is better positioned to compete with illegal operators,” the OCS said in a Thursday announcement.

The OCS told MJBizDaily in September that it was reviewing its markups.

MJBizDaily has reported that the wholesaler in Canada’s most valuable adult-use market was cumulatively the most profitable cannabis business in the country.

In December 2021, Ontario’s auditor general knocked the OCS for its value-based pricing approach for cannabis products, saying it was “not based on sufficient analysis and is not transparent

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Medical cannabis registries show steep decline after launch of adult-use sales

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(This is the first installment in a series – a collaboration with the Marijuana Policy Project – highlighting demographic shifts within medical cannabis registries nationwide.)

The expansion of adult-use marijuana sales to 21 states has ushered in a new era of commercialism in the U.S. cannabis industry.

For some retailers, that means a concentration of certain well-performing products.

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For some medical marijuana patients, that means less access to full-spectrum cannabis stock-keeping units (SKUs).

Inventory rightsizing is a key element for retail success, particularly given the dramatic shifts in customer and product demand after a market’s conversion to recreational sales.

“In most adult-use legalization states, the number of registered patients has dropped significantly since legalization passed,” Karen O’Keefe, director of state policies for the

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Marijuana company involved in Missouri’s huge recall loses final license appeal

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Missouri marijuana processor Delta Extraction has lost its final appeal, resulting in the termination of its business license after its role in a massive 2023 product recall.

According to the Missouri Independent, the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission this week upheld an earlier decision by state regulators who suspended Delta Extraction’s marijuana business license in August 2023, accusing the company of sourcing materials from an unlicensed facility.

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The commission essentially agreed with the Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) that Delta Extraction violated Missouri law by infusing products with THCA sourced from outside the state.

In a 137-page ruling issued Tuesday, the Administrative Hearing Commission said the company had a “corporate culture of lax compliance with regulatory requirements,” the Independent reported.

An attorney representing

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Could 2025 be the year of university and cannabis industry partnerships?

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(This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.)

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2025 is poised to be a pivotal year for partnerships between the cannabis industry and universities, both in the United States and globally.

While academic collaborations are not a new concept, the cannabis industry has been slow to embrace them – mainly because marijuana is illegal on the federal level in the United States.

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However, as the industry matures, these partnerships represent the next logical step for companies with the vision and resources to drive innovation, influence policy and shape the future of cannabis.

The potential for collaboration spans research partnerships, sponsored research agreements, joint ventures and licensing arrangements through technology transfer agreements.

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