NY Cannabis Social Equity Investment Fund Problems Offers Lessons for NJ
To address access to capital for cannabis entrepreneurs, the NY Cannabis Social Equity Investment Fund was established. NJ can learn from it.
To address access to capital for cannabis entrepreneurs, the NY Cannabis Social Equity Investment Fund was established. NJ can learn from it.
The legacy to legal Happy Munkey dispensary company held a 710 Oil Day Sensual Soiree party at the Museum of Sex to celebrate the holiday. “710” backward on a calculator looks like “OIL.” The 7/10 Oil Day holiday is the Easter of the cannabis community to the Christmas of 4/20. (Warning Graphics Images Below.) Many […]
New Jersey entrepreneurs and professionals made their presence felt at the 2023 Cannabis World Congress weed convention held in Manhattan.
Home grow prisoner and longtime cannabis entrepreneur Mario Ramos is free from the intensive supervision program and seeking an adult-use cannabis dispensary license in Jersey City. As a former High Times employee, the Law considered him a great prize. Ramos was first locked up for 13 months and 18 days. After the referendum and the […]
The Cannabis World Congress (CWC) Expo cannabis event returned to the Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan to showcase the cannabis industry and featured NYC Mayor Eric Adams encouraging adult-use cannabis consumption. Upon arriving on stage at the Cannabis World Congress Expo, New York City Mayor Eric Adams joked he was disappointed the hall didn’t smell […]
Cannabis education is advancing. LIM College in Manhattan has created Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees programs in the industry that will begin this fall. Educator and entrepreneur Michael Zaytsev is better known as Mike Z. He has joined LIM College in the newly-created position of Academic Director of the program, Business of Cannabis. Zaytsev will play […]
The New York Cannabis Control Board (CCB) met for the first time this week and began implementing legalization. However, medical homegrow implementation is delayed. NYC National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Executive Director Ryan Lepore noted that the CCB appointments were delayed. So regulations regarding medical homegrow were also delayed. He said […]
The Happy Munkey threw a sold-out party at the pop-up Vincent Van Gogh art exhibit installation in New York City and celebrated cannabis normalization. Happy Munkey threw two parties at the Van Gogh exhibit on August 11th and this past Wednesday on the 18th. The theme on Wednesday was a “white party” where the diverse […]
The New York legalization of adult-use cannabis bill MRTA passed a month after New Jersey advocates won their fight. But the devil is in the details of implementation, which are still unknown. Interim NYC National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Executive Director Ryan Lepore has been following New York legalization since medical […]
New York became the 16th state to approve legal adult-use cannabis when Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Marijuana Revenue and Taxation Act (MRTA). The legislation allows possession of up to three ounces, limited home cultivation. IT allows provides for the automatic expungement of convictions. For home grow, the bill allows adults to obtain cannabis from […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he supports the legalization of New York cannabis in their 2021 legislative session. Cuomo’s budget proposal includes the creation of an Office of Cannabis Management which would manage their cannabis market to create “robust social and economic equity benefits to ensure New York’s law will create an egalitarian adult-use market […]
Nineteen state cannabis regulators announced the formation of the Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA) today. Its goal is to help federal, state, and local jurisdictions that approved or are debating the legalization of cannabis. “The Cannabis Regulators Association will provide a much-needed forum for regulators to engage with each other. To identify and develop best practices, […]