Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Piqua to allow medical marijuana dispensaries

MMP News AuthorNovember 20, 2020

PIQUA — The Piqua City Commission recently passed an ordinance to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate within the city. The motion amended a chapter in the Piqua Code of Ordinances to allow for these dispensaries to be included as a defined use in the zoning code, also adding dispensaries ... Read More

Marijuana Dispensaries Will Remain Open at Level Red Restrictions

MMP News AuthorNovember 19, 2020

Marijuana dispensaries and businesses will remain open as Denver and fourteen other counties in Colorado move to Level Red on the Department of Public Health and Environment’s dial to help stop the spread of COVID-19 cases. Under Level Red restrictions, which take effect November 20, restaurants will be closed to indoor ... Read More

Indispensable: Why Marijuana Dispensaries Are Considered Essential During the Coronavirus Pandemic

MMP News AuthorNovember 18, 2020

Some people were shocked when a great many states and cities — at least those in which marijuana has been legalized — deemed pot dispensaries to be essential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. In this segment from Motley Fool Live, Healthcare and Cannabis Bureau Chief Corinne Cardina Jurney and longtime ... Read More

State lands 4 new cannabis dispensaries

MMP News AuthorNovember 18, 2020

Vireo Health International Inc. will open four new medical cannabis retail sites in Minnesota by the end of the year, bringing the company’s total number of dispensaries in the state to eight. Hermantown, Blaine, Woodbury and Burnsville will each be home to new sites. People enrolled in Minnesota’s medical cannabis ... Read More

Ohio medical marijuana officials deciding whether state needs more dispensaries

MMP News AuthorNovember 13, 2020

COLUMBUS — Ohio officials said Thursday they are examining the distance of medical marijuana dispensaries from patients’ homes to determine whether more retailers are needed. Forty-three percent of Ohio patients in a recent state survey said that they travel 10 to 30 miles to shop at a dispensary. Another 38.25% ... Read More

Michigan marijuana dispensaries saw an uptick in weed sales around the election

MMP News AuthorNovember 7, 2020

click to enlarge mikeledray / Shutterstock Amid the anxiety of the 2020 election, it looks like a lot of metro Detroiters are turning to weed for an escape. Jerry Millen, owner ... Read More