Case Studies
Bipartisan Poll Signals Growing Momentum for Federal Legalization
LOS ANGELES – A fresh survey of registered voters reveals ...
California Allocates $30M in Cannabis Research Grants
SACRAMENTO – California's Department of Cannabis Control has disbursed nearly ...
Cresco Labs Exits California Cannabis Market in Bold Strategic Pivot
LOS ANGELES – Cresco Labs Inc. (OTCQX: CRLBF), a multistate cannabis operator, announced its withdrawal from California, the world’s largest cannabis market. This move aligns with the company's broader strategic restructuring aimed at stabilizing its ...
Arkansas Activists Blaze Trail for Psychedelic Reform
BENTONVILLE – In the heart of Northwest Arkansas, a group of dedicated activists is pushing to reshape the legal landscape for psychedelics. Decriminalize Nature NW Arkansas, founded in 2023, is leading the charge to decriminalize ...
Kentucky Governor Urges Trump to Honor Campaign Promise on Cannabis Rescheduling
FRANKFORT – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) has stepped into the national spotlight, urging President Donald Trump to oppose congressional efforts that would halt the federal rescheduling of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III ...
Trump Administration Attributes D.C. Disorder to Cannabis Decriminalization
LOS ANGELES- President Donald Trump has signed an executive order titled "Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful," establishing the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force. This initiative aims to address public safety and ...
Florida Appeals Court Reduces Drug-Trafficking Conviction to Possession
LOS ANGELES- A Florida appeals court has overturned a drug-trafficking conviction, reducing it to a possession charge due to the inability to distinguish between illegal cannabis and legal hemp. The Second District Court of Appeal ...
Psilocybin Law Reforms Gain Momentum Across the United States
LOS ANGELES- Efforts to reform psilocybin laws are accelerating nationwide, with several states making significant strides toward decriminalization or legalization of the psychoactive compound found in "magic mushrooms." In Colorado, voters approved Proposition 122 in ...
HYTN Innovations Secures Cannabis Supply Agreements for German Market
LOS ANGELES- HYTN Innovations Inc., a pharmaceutical company specializing in cannabis-derived products, has entered into strategic supply agreements and completed vendor qualifications with two cannabis cultivators, securing a minimum of 4,000 kilograms of cannabis for ...
Cresco Labs Exits California Cannabis Market in Bold Strategic Pivot
LOS ANGELES – Cresco Labs Inc. (OTCQX: CRLBF), a multistate cannabis operator, announced its withdrawal from California, the world’s largest cannabis market. This move aligns with the company's broader strategic restructuring aimed at stabilizing its ...
Arkansas Activists Blaze Trail for Psychedelic Reform
BENTONVILLE – In the heart of Northwest Arkansas, a group of dedicated activists is pushing to reshape the legal landscape for psychedelics. Decriminalize Nature NW Arkansas, founded in 2023, is leading the charge to decriminalize ...
Kentucky Governor Urges Trump to Honor Campaign Promise on Cannabis Rescheduling
FRANKFORT – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) has stepped into the national spotlight, urging President Donald Trump to oppose congressional efforts that would halt the federal rescheduling of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III ...
Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. Reports 4th Quarter & Full Year 2020 Financial Results
PHOENIX–Harvest Health & Recreation (CSE: HARV, OTCQX: HRVSF), a vertically integrated cannabis company and multi-state operator in the U.S., today reported its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended 2020. All ...
GrowFlow Insights Launches Providing More Management Data for Retailers and Wholesalers in Cannabis
SEATTLE – Growflow a business management and compliance solution for cannabis wholesalers and retailers, today announced the launch of GrowFlow Insights, a powerful and easy-to-use analytics tool that provides comprehensive and actionable cannabis data and market ...
Fluresh Invests In Next Generation Cannabis With Launch Of ‘Fluresh Accelerator’ Program
GRAND RAPIDS– Fluresh, a Michigan-based cannabis cultivator and processor, is ushering in the next wave of cannabis professionals with the launch of its new business incubator, the Fluresh Accelerator. In an effort to create a ...
CBD of Denver Becomes One of the First CBD Companies to Accept Bitcoin and Other Crypto Currencies
DENVER– CBD of Denver, Inc. (OTC: CBDD), a full-line CBD and Hemp oil company and a producer and distributor of Cannabis and CBD products in Switzerland, Europe, and the US, closed its first deals paid ...
Eighty Six Brand Breaks Down What a Delta-8 THC High Feels Like
SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif., – So you've heard that Delta-8 THC products allow you to get high, legally, nationwide. And as the minor cannabinoid continues to blow up in the country, the questions on everyone's mind ...
Sweet Flower Announces Close of $15 million Series A investment
LOS ANGELES–Investment gives Sweet Flower funding to rapidly expand across California, launch manufacturing and distribution verticals and new retail brand. Sweet Flower, Southern California's leading cannabis retailer announced today that the Company has successfully raised ...
Woman CEO’s Top 3 Tips for Success in the Cannabis and Hemp CBD Industry.
PORTLAND– Rowshan Reordan is the founder and CEO of Green Leaf Lab, one of the nation's top cannabis and hemp CBD testing labs. Established in 2011, Green Leaf Lab is the 1st woman owned cannabis and ...
Horizons ETFs Rebalances Cannabis-Focused Index ETFs
TORONTO–Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. has completed the quarterly rebalances of the constituent holdings of the Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF (TSX: HMMJ) and the Horizons US Marijuana Index ETF (NEO: HMUS). HMMJ is ...
CBSA Sets Penalties for Crossing Canadian Border with Cannabis
OTTAWA– On October 17, 2018, the Cannabis Act came into force, introducing a strict framework for controlling cannabis within Canada. While cannabis was legalized, it does remain illegal to carry cannabis across the border without a valid ...
Germany’s Supreme Court Green Lights Hemp Product Sales
BERLIN – The 6th Criminal Senate of the German Supreme Court (BGH) handed down a judgement that the sale to end consumers of hemp flowers and leaves is not prohibited. This ruling effectively overturned a ...
Willow Biosciences Reports Fourth Quarter and 2020 Year End Results
CALGARY, AB –Willow Biosciences Inc. (TSX: WLLW) (OTCQX: CANSF) is pleased to announce its financial and operating results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2020. Statement from the CEO "We are very pleased with all ...
Charlotte’s Web Holdings Reports Q4-2020 Results
BOULDER – Charlotte's Web Holdings, (TSX: CWEB) (OTCQX: CWBHF), a maker of full spectrum cannabidiol (CBD) hemp extract wellness products and a certified B Corp, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ...
Vireo Health Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Financial Results
MINNEAPOLIS–Vireo Health International, Inc. (CSE: VREO; OTCQX: VREOF), the leading physician-led, science-focused multi-state cannabis company, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020. All currency figures referenced in ...
National Hispanic Cannabis Council Launches, Advancing Cannabis Education & Entrepreneurship
DENVER– The National Hispanic Cannabis Council launched Thursday, aimed at empowering the U.S. Hispanic community through education, entrepreneurialism, and economic opportunity. With 36 states, having already legalized cannabis for medical use, the new national nonprofit organization aims ...
Pure Craft CBD Launches Nano CBD Water Soluble + Melatonin Tincture, Quick Absorption Promotes Rest & Relaxation
SAN DIEGO–Pure Craft CBD, which creates premium, bio-available CBD products, recently launched its Nano CBD Water Soluble + Melatonin tincture. One of the most absorbable CBD tinctures on the market, this supplement works in perfect ...
Moon Mother Hemp’s Commitment to the Health of the Planet Becomes Game Changer for Local Youth
BOULDER– At the height of the pandemic in 2020 one of the country's leading Hemp Brands Moon Mother Hemp Company joined 1% for the Planet. It wasn't a time when most companies had profits to spare, but climate ...
Inner Spirit Holdings Announces Year-End 2020 Financial Results
CALGARY, AB–Inner Spirit Holdings Ltd. (CSE: ISH), a Canadian company that has established a national network of Spiritleaf retail cannabis stores, today announced it has filed its Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and corresponding Management's Discussion ...
”3D” Virtual Cannabis Conference Dates Announced
DENVER– Cannabis and Tech Today, publishers of content for cannabis technology, trends, and investments, announced the spring EMERGE Virtual Cannabis Conference will be held March 30-April 1, 2021. With a focus on cultivation and sustainability, EMERGE will feature tracks ...
Medterra Supports First-Ever Consumer Clinical CBD Study in the U.S.
IRVINE, California – Medterra, a major CBD company, reports the results of participating in Validcare's seven-month clinical study. The study was in response to requests by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for scientific ...
Akerna Flash Report: Stimulus Checks Landing on St. Patrick’s Day Prompt Largest Cannabis Sales Day of 2021
DENVER– Business intelligence from Akerna (Nasdaq: KERN), an enterprise software, compliance technology provider, and developer of the cannabis industry's first seed-to-sale enterprise resource planning/ ERP software technology, MJ Platform, shows that Wednesday, March 17th, St Patrick's ...
Green Thumb Industries to Open 55th ”Rise” Dispensary, in Illinois
CHICAGO and VANCOUVER, BC – Green Thumb Industries Inc. (CSE: GTII) (OTCQX: GTBIF), a national cannabis consumer packaged goods company and owner of Rise Dispensaries (example in photo), today announced Rise Lake in the Hills, ...
Empire State on Verge of Legalizing Recreational Cannabis
NEW YORK – On Wednesday this week, Governor Andrew Cuomo said New York were close to an agreement legalizing recreational cannabis, and that it’s one of New York's key budget priorities. State Senator, Liz Krueger ...
Zenabis Announces Launch of Re-Up Pre-Roll Multipacks
VANCOUVER, BC– Zenabis Global Inc. (TSX: ZENA) announced the launch of pre-roll multipacks as well as new distribution agreements. Zenabis' continues to expand on the popularity of its value-oriented Re-Up portfolio with the launch of its new 10 ...
Cannabis Funding Around the World: A Focus on Germany
HCN Investigates – Germany is one of the wealthiest European nations. It also has some of the world’s most progressive politics, making Deutschland a good fit for the global cannabis industry. In the first two ...
