Marijuana Business Magazine April 2019

New Mexico State regulators enacted an emergency rule to more than quintuple the medical marijuana plant count limit to 2,500 per grower, a development that is expected to lower MMJ prices and increase supplies and sales. The 180-day emergency rule came in response to a November court ruling, in which a district judge struck down the state’s 450-plant limit. The emergency rule expires Aug. 28. North Dakota The state’s first medical marijuana dispensary—The Botanist, operated by New York-based Acreage Holdings—opened for business March 1 in a Fargo mini-mall. Acreage, a multistate marijuana operator, said initial products on the shelves were flower, concentrate and shatter. The Botanist is getting its product from a Bismarck processing facility. Patients in North Dakota eventually will be able to buy products in six forms, including dried leaves and flower, concentrates, tinctures, capsules, topicals and transdermal patches. Industry Developments | International & State