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Illinois-Based Cannabis Company Raises $90M

Grassroots Cannabis has completed its first capital raise of $90 million to expand its operations, the company announced on Tuesday.… Read More

Florida Gov. Signs Bill Allowing Smokable Cannabis Products

Florida medical cannabis patients are officially able to buy and consume smokable cannabis products after Republican Gov. Rick DeSantis signed… Read More

Cannabis Industry Employment Grew 44% in 2018 and Is Only Getting Started

A report released by Leafly and Whitney Economics shows that the U.S. cannabis industry added more than 64,000 jobs in… Read More

Harvest Health Acquires Verano Holdings, Becomes Largest U.S. Cannabis Operator

Harvest Health and Recreation has acquired Verano Holdings for an $850 million all-stock deal that will make the combined companies… Read More

Bill Legalizing Cannabis Hospitality Businesses Introduced in Colorado

House Bill 19-1230 has been introduced into the Colorado legislature and if passed into law it would create regulated cannabis… Read More

Facebook Continues Fumbling Enforcement of Cannabis Ads

Facebook’s ad policies continue to be unevenly enforced when it comes to cannabis-related organizations, according to a story by Global… Read More

Headset and Nielsen Team Up On Consumer Packaged Goods Analytics

Headset is teaming up with consumer research firm Nielsen to provide more data offerings to Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies,… Read More

Cannabis Should Be Sold in Grocery Stores, Says Whole Foods CEO

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey told reporters last week that once cannabis is legalized in Texas, Whole Foods and other… Read More

Colorado’s Cannabis Industry May Soon Be Publicly Tradeable

A bill has been advanced out of the Colorado House Finance Committee that, if signed into law, would allow for… Read More

Raphael Mechoulam Joins Israeli Cannabis Company

Raphael Mechoulam, the organic chemist best known for the first isolation and synthesis of THC, has joined Israeli medical cannabis… Read More

New Mexico Raises Grower Plant Limit from 450 to 2500

The New Mexico Department of Health has filed an emergency rule change that raises the plant-per-grower limit from 450 to… Read More

Martha Stewart & Canopy Growth Form CBD Partnership

Lifestyle celebrity Martha Stewart is teaming up with Canadian licensed producer Canopy Growth to produce a line of CBD products… Read More

FDA Commissioner to Host Public Meeting Covering CBD Regulation in April

The Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration announced there will be a public meeting in April with the goal… Read More

Massachusetts Cannabis Regulators Consider Business Loans to Boost Diversity

Members of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission discussed methods of increasing inclusivity and diversity in the state’s cannabis industry, including… Read More

Tilray Acquires Hemp Company for $317 Million

Canadian Licensed Producer Tilray has acquired Manitoba Harvest, a large hemp food maker, for $317 million in the LP’s largest… Read More

Acreage Holdings Expands Retail Footprint to Queens, NY

A new medical cannabis dispensary in Queens, New York — The Botanist Queens — is the latest entity to open… Read More

New York Bodega Mini-Mart Owners Want to Sell Cannabis

An association of bodega or small convenience store owners in New York City want the right to sell cannabis once… Read More

California Regulators Shut Down Two Unlicensed Cannabis Companies

According to an announcement from the Bureau of Cannabis Control, two businesses in Sacramento and Los Angeles County have been… Read More

Cannabis Workers Earn 11% More Than U.S. Median

An analysis by Glassdoor has revealed that workers in the cannabis industry earn 11% more than the median U.S. wage… Read More

Boston Considering Proposal to Prefer Local Residents for Cannabis Licenses

The city of Boston, Massachusetts is considering changing regulations for cannabis business licenses to favor awarding them to local residents,… Read More

Study: Oregon Has 6.5 Years of Cannabis Oversupply

A study completed last week by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and submitted to state legislators shows that the level… Read More

Canadian Producer Profit Projections Are Falling Significantly

In the last 90 days, Wall Street analysts have significantly lowered their projections of earnings-per-share for several major publicly-traded cannabis… Read More

Washington’s Top Cannabis Regulator: Growers Could Soon Sell Direct to Consumers

At a conference last week, the director of the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) said that the state is… Read More

California May Cut Cannabis Taxes Soon

California lawmakers have announced a bill that would reduce cannabis excise taxes and eliminate cultivation taxes, The Sacramento Bee reports. Assembly Bill… Read More