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The division gave its final OK for the manufacturing facility to begin operations on Jan. 2.

Covered in white protective clothing, Wendy Bronfein stepped into a long, sterile hallway of closed doors. Everything down to the wheels on the carts at the new marijuana manufacturing facility in St. Louis County gets scrubbed regularly.

Maryland-based Curio Wellness is set to take over for VMO-Ops, the state’s only Black-owned vertically integrated license holder.

When Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James made a playful gesture of puffing on an imaginary joint after missing a layup in a Sunday game against the Houston Rockets and then sharing it with teammate Christian Wood, it sparked a wave of speculation and humor. 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and former NBA player Al Harrington, who is also the CEO of cannabis producer Viola Brands, spoke with Yahoo’s Marquise…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and former NBA player Al Harrington, who is also the CEO of cannabis producer Viola Brands, spoke with Yahoo’s Marquise Francis about federal cannabis legalization and banking reform for the industry.

More than 50 years after the so-called “war on drugs” ravaged Black and brown communities, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is hopeful that a bipartisan bill that would give the cannabis industry access to banking services can bring some restitution to the communities most negatively impacted and create a pathway to make cannabis federally legal.

Five years after starting the process, Dan Pettigrew finally has opened his first cannabis store in Illinois. Pettigrew is the co-founder of Viola CHI with former NBA star Al Harrington, following years of operation by Viola Brands in Colorado, Michigan and other states. But Illinois was much harder to break into.

Viola Brands is launching in Pennsylvania and of course, Allen Iverson will be a part of the celebration hosting a pop-up in Philly.

The NBA legend reportedly plans to disrupt the Pennsylvania cannabis industry with the partnership.