Slightly over a year following Gov. Dan McKee's decision to appoint three experts to the Cannabis Control Commission with a task to regulate, license and control the medical and recreational cannabis markets in Rhode Island, the agency is about to get a leader.
One of Oklahoma's top cannabis regulators Michelle Reddish is nominated by Gov. McKee to become Rhode Island's first cannabis administrator, reported Oklahoma Voice.In the meantime, nearly a dozen either cannabis companies or businesses related to the plant saw board changes recently.
These days, smaller players in the alcohol industry are opting to venture into cannabis. As highlighted in a recent story by Green Market Report's John Schroyer, Beer World located in Greene County, upstate New York, is eyeing an opportunity to take over a legal dispensary permit. The beer distributor intends to set up a cannabis shop in a building where its beer store is located. According to the Times Union, stores won't be sharing the same entrance though, and will be run separately. In the meantime, cannabis sales in North America seem to be thriving, if we factor in the number of new stores that are kicking off sales.
In anticipation of the outcome of Florida's Measure 3, cannabis giants are racing to bolster their retail footprint statewide. In California, four new cannabis stores kicked off sales recently. New York's cannabis retail footprint continues to grow. Five states each opened a new cannabis store, while Canna Cabana retail presence expands in Canada,
High Tide Inc. (NASDAQ: HITI) (TSXV: HITI) (FSE: 2LYA) announced on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with the Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation (MBLL) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Valiant Distribution Canada. Under the deal, the Canadian cannabis retail agreed to distribute cannabis products to cannabis retailers in Manitoba.In the meantime, according to ATB Capital Markets, High Tide is among the top cannabis retailers in North America with a total of 163 cannabis stores, as per the company's recent post on X (Twitter).
High Tide Inc. ("High Tide" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:HITI) (TSXV:HITI) (FSE: 2LYA), the high-impact, retail-forward enterprise built to deliver real-world value across every component of cannabis, announced today that,