Sentences with phrase «recreational marijuana sales»

That's not the case with recreational marijuana sales, an industry that doesn't even exist yet.

That's not the case with recreational marijuana sales, an industry that doesn't even exist yet.

Dominic Rea reads a cannabis menu at The Apothecarium during the store's first day of recreational marijuana sales on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in San Francisco.

A shopper examines a cannabis display at Medithrive during the store's first day of recreational marijuana sales on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in San Francisco.

Here's what you need to know about the start of legal recreational marijuana sales in California:

That number would almost certainly get a boost in the coming years, as legal markets grow in California and other states, such as Nevada (where legal recreational marijuana sales kicked off over the summer) and Massachusetts (where the adult - use market is expected to open in July 2018).

Voters in Maine approved recreational marijuana sales in November 2016.

Legal recreational marijuana sales kicked off in California in January, giving a boost to cannabis company stocks while promising a massive industry in the state that could bring in $ 1 billion in annual tax revenue.

California governments are projected to take in as much as $ 1 billion annually in taxes and fees with recreational marijuana sales starting this year.

The National Bureau of Economic Research study looked at Washington, where recreational marijuana sales started in July 2014.

Massachusetts is moving ahead with regulating recreational marijuana sales, it's just taking a little more time than expected to get there.

Provincially owned cannabis stores are expected to begin sales in Nova Scotia once recreational marijuana sales are legalized, now expected in August or early September.

Customers wait for the opening of recreational marijuana sales at The Apothecarium on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in San Francisco.

California State Sen. Scott Weiner, right, celebrates the opening of The Apothecarium for recreational marijuana sales in San Francisco on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018.

The suit also notes cannabis» wide reach, and says products are finding their way into neighboring states, which do not allow recreational marijuana sales or possession.

However, where the majority voted in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana sales, medical marijuana dispensaries adopted marketing strategies that de-emphasized the medical orientation and sought to attract recreational customers.

I fought for it, I worked hard for it, and it actually worked — and my dispensary made the first recreational marijuana sale in the state of Colorado.

Gary Diehl shops for cannabis at Medithrive during the store's first day of recreational marijuana sales on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in San Francisco.

But, entrepreneurs hoping to land their own licenses will also have to make sure that they have the approval of their local county or municipality, and the Los Angeles Times notes that most of the cities in California have still not approved recreational marijuana sales.

The line outside of Patients Choice of Colorado's Edgewater location on Jan. 1, 2014, the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales.

JP Noda stocks cannabis at The Apothecarium shortly before the store opened for its first day of recreational marijuana sales on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in San Francisco.

But like Colorado and Oregon, the other two states with recreational marijuana sales, it has struggled to figure out how the best ways to regulate and test for pesticides.

Customers line up to buy cannabis at The Apothecarium during the store's first day of recreational marijuana sales on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in San Francisco.

Shoppers at Medithrive browse cannabis variants on an electronic display during the store's first day of recreational marijuana sales on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in San Francisco.

Customers line up outside The Apothecarium during the store's first day of recreational marijuana sales on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in San Francisco.

When voters in four U.S. states — Colorado, Washington, Alaska and Oregon — approved recreational marijuana sales, part of the appeal was the promise of a new revenue source to buoy cash - strapped cities and states.