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By Morgan LoewPublished: Apr. 21, 2022 at 10:33 PM MST|Updated: 15 minutes ago PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – A group of people who applied for the most recent drawing for state marijuana licenses is raising concerns about the fairness of the process. The drawing took place on April 8. And it now appears that a majority of the newly-issued licenses

By FOX 10 Staff and Associated PressPublished 10 hours agoUpdated 5 hours ago FOX 10 Phoenix The 26 licenses went to people who have been disproportionally affected by marijuana laws. This drawing came after a judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the state’s rules for implementing the program. The lawsuit was dismissed in February. Read more…

Author: Josh Sanders (KPNX)Published: 6:34 PM MST April 8, 2022 Updated: 7:34 PM MST April 8, 2022 On Friday, more than 1,300 applicants anxiously waited to see if they were the lucky ones to receive a golden ticket to Arizona’s billion-dollar pot industry. Read more…

BRT S03 EP13 (112) 3-27-2022 – Business Roundtable with Matt Battaglia Cannabis Supply Chain & License Structure in AZ w/ Demitri Downing of Marijuana Industry Trade Association Things We Learned This Week Need for Strong State Level Associations in Cannabis industry AZ Cannabis License Structure of vertical integration should be broken up Read more…

Author: CYRUS GUCCIONE A new bill sponsored by Arizona Speaker of the House Russell “Rusty” Bowers that aims to put in place a new department of marijuana regulation has stalled without a hearing. That has raised questions about why it was even introduced. Read more…

By Rob Kuvinka, Manager, Data Science, New Frontier Data Since California legalized cannabis five years ago, public acceptance has grown exponentially. With MSOs having gained greater market share in newer legal markets (Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania) than established markets in the West, industry stakeholders are taking note of the differentiating characteristics