
New York tribe opens applications for adult-use marijuana retail licenses
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, which has a reservation near the Canadian border in Akwesasne, approved recreational marijuana in a community referendum in December 2019 and is keen on launching sales as soon as possible.

NJ approves new cannabis grow site, but 24 other weed business licenses continue to languish
New Jersey’s cannabis regulators on Tuesday moved to streamline the licensing of new weed businesses and approved another marijuana grow site — but it did not announce the recipients of some two dozen businesses that have sat in limbo for nearly two years.

Medical marijuana dispensary license approved for Iowa City
The Iowa Department of Public Health announced Thursday it plans to award two new medical marijuana dispensary licenses – one to the Iowa Cannabis Company East in Iowa City and one to the Cannabis Patient Network in Council Bluffs.
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