Case Studies
Ascend Wellness Reports Q3 2026 Financial Results
NEW YORK – Ascend Wellness Holdings Inc. reported third quarter ...
Green Wednesday 2026: Is your Dispensary Ready to Outperform Black Friday?
LOS ANGELES – For Cannabis operators across the United States, ...
SNDL Secures EU-GMP Certification for Atholville Facility
EDMONTON – SNDL Inc. has received European Union Good Manufacturing ...
SNDL Secures EU-GMP Certification for Atholville Facility
EDMONTON – SNDL Inc. has received European Union Good Manufacturing Practice (EU-GMP) certification for its Atholville, New Brunswick, cultivation facility. The approval authorizes the site to produce and package medical Cannabis flower for regulated international ...
MariMed Reports Q3 2026 Financial Results
NORWOOD – MariMed Inc. reported a record revenue of $44.2 million for the third quarter, up 8.5% from a year earlier and 5.5% from the second quarter. The multustate Cannabis operator beat Wall Street consensus ...
HCN Live! CannaPitch Takes the Innovation Stage at MJBizCon 2026
Six women founders. Nine Sharks. HCN Live! CannaPitch brings live pitches, audience voting and a $10,000 business support prize package to MJBizCon 2026.
HCN Live! CannaPitch Takes the Innovation Stage at MJBizCon 2026
Six women founders. Nine Sharks. HCN Live! CannaPitch brings live pitches, audience voting and a $10,000 business support prize package to MJBizCon 2026.
The Dreamer and the Skeptic: Why a Sound Business Plan Needs Both
By Peter Ingersoll, CCIM, CEO of Safe Harbor Equity Inc., for HCN Media Group SAN DIEGO- Every business begins with a story. An entrepreneur imagines a product customers will embrace, a service that solves a ...
Four Ways to Raise Capital in Cannabis. Only One Comes With a Wedding Registry.
By Peter Ingersoll, CEO of Safe Harbor Equity Inc., for HCN Media Group SAN DIEGO- Raising capital will humble you. After more than four decades in finance, I can tell you it usually happens about ...
Loud Spectrum Introduces Flower Derived Terpenes
SANTA ANA – Loud Spectrum, a terpene formulator, announced the launch of Flower Derived Terpenes (FDT). The first product, named Alive, is made only from Cannabis flower and extracted within an hour of harvest. The ...
SNDL Secures EU-GMP Certification for Atholville Facility
EDMONTON – SNDL Inc. has received European Union Good Manufacturing Practice (EU-GMP) certification for its Atholville, New Brunswick, cultivation facility. The approval authorizes the site to produce and package medical Cannabis flower for regulated international ...
MariMed Reports Q3 2026 Financial Results
NORWOOD – MariMed Inc. reported a record revenue of $44.2 million for the third quarter, up 8.5% from a year earlier and 5.5% from the second quarter. The multustate Cannabis operator beat Wall Street consensus ...
HCN Live! CannaPitch Takes the Innovation Stage at MJBizCon 2026
Six women founders. Nine Sharks. HCN Live! CannaPitch brings live pitches, audience voting and a $10,000 business support prize package to MJBizCon 2026.
Alberta Regulator Sides with Aurora, Dismisses Curaleaf’s ATM Challenge
EDMONTON – The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) dismissed Curaleaf Holdings' application to halt Aurora Cannabis's at-the-market (ATM) share-sale program, delivering a regulatory setback to the American Cannabis company's hostile takeover campaign. The ruling confirmed that ...
Safe Harbor and Opifex Media Set Terms for a Shared Nasdaq Future
DENVER — SHF Holdings, Inc., which operates as Safe Harbor Financial, has signed a non-binding term sheet with Opifex Media Inc. to combine the two companies under one publicly traded parent. Opifex, a Beverly Hills-based ...
New Mexico Pushes to Open Medical Psilocybin Program
SANTA FE – When Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 219 into law in April 2025, New Mexico became the third U.S. state to authorize medical psilocybin, with a statutory deadline of December 31, ...
DEA Judge Admits GAO Report, Rejects Prohibitionists’ Attempt to Reopen Cannabis Rescheduling Hearings
WASHINGTON – Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek Julius admitted a Government Accountability Office report into the DEA's marijuana rescheduling record and turned down the other requests opponents had filed to slow the case. Opponents had ...
DEA Calls Cannabis Rehearing Bid a Prohibitionists’ “Fishing Expedition”
WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration submitted a new brief, urging Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek C. Julius to reject a request to reopen the federal marijuana rescheduling hearing, calling the demand an "obvious fishing ...
November Midterms: Cannabis at the Ballot Box
LOS ANGELES – NuggMD conducted the survey, drawing on interviews with 654 Cannabis consumers across states with existing legal markets. Here’s what the numbers say: 78% of respondents surveyed stated that a candidate's position on ...
PROFILE: Jonathan Jacobsen: Building The Export Bridge To Europe
LOS ANGELES - Many cannabis businesses were created to grow more cannabis Jonathan Jacobsen is pursuing a more complicated objective: building the regulated infrastructure required to move medical cannabis between countries. After acquiring High Ground ...
North Carolina Voters Overwhelmingly Support Cannabis Legalization
RALEIGH – A SurveyUSA poll found that nearly three-quarters of North Carolina adults support legalizing medical Cannabis, while a clear majority backs adult-use reform as well. The survey covered 900 registered voters with a credibility ...
The Emerging ”Export Bridge” Between Canadian Cannabis and European Medicine
LOS ANGELES- Canada has no shortage of cannabis. Europe has no shortage of demand. The difficult part is connecting the two through a pharmaceutical supply chain that can satisfy regulators, protect product quality and deliver ...
Rubicon Secures Strategic Capital to Upgrade Pacifica Facility
VANCOUVER – Rubicon Organics Inc. has closed a non-brokered strategic private placement with Siwash Rock Investments, Inc. Under the terms of the transaction, Siwash Rock Investments acquired 6,666,667 common shares at $0.45 per share, yielding ...
Curaleaf Accuses Aurora of Locking Out Its Highest Bidder
STAMFORD – Curaleaf Holdings Inc. came out swinging Monday morning, publicly challenging Aurora Cannabis's latest recommendation that shareholders REJECT its enhanced takeover proposal. In a statement, outlined in the official press release, Curaleaf Chairman and ...
Seed Junky Partners with Trulieve to Bring Premium Genetics to Pennsylvania
LOS ANGELES – Seed Junky Genetics announced the expansion, confirming a new exclusive licensing agreement that covers Pennsylvania. The companies had already collaborated in Florida for several years. Under the updated terms, Trulieve Cannabis Corp. ...
Pre-Rolls and Multipacks Gain Momentum Across the US, BDSA Finds
LOUISVILLE – According to BDSA's latest retail tracking, U.S. pre-roll sales reached $4.4 billion over the 12 months ending July 2026, up 13% year over year, outpacing vape (up 6%) and flower by a wider ...
Cronos Closes Dutch Cannabis Deal, Claims European Market Lead
TORONTO – Cronos Group Inc. completed the acquisition of CanAdelaar B.V., securing the undisputed market-share leader inside the Dutch Wietexperiment – a government-designed, closed-loop Cannabis supply pilot. The base purchase price stands at €57.5 million ...
Aurora Cannabis Stands Its Ground as Curaleaf’s Sweetened Bid Falls Short
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. confirmed that its board, acting unanimously on the recommendation of its Special Committee of independent directors, is advising shareholders to REJECT the revised hostile takeover offer from Curaleaf Holdings Inc. ...
A $31.8 Million Cannabis Verdict Vanished in Federal Court. Some California Harvest Contracts Could Face the Same Test
LOS ANGELES- A licensed Michigan grower contracted to sell its harvest to a Curaleaf subsidiary, grew product that passed testing, and watched the buyer refuse further deliveries when prices fell. A jury awarded the grower ...
Khalifa Kush Enters NY Legal Market in Skyworld Cannabis Deal
LOS ANGELES – Khalifa Kush announced that Skyworld Cannabis will handle the brand's cultivation and distribution within the state. Products are scheduled to reach shelves beginning October 31. The initial lineup includes two strains, KK ...
Glass House Brands Achieves GACP Certification for California Farms
LONG BEACH – Glass House Brands Inc. has secured third-party certification under the PJRFSI Cannabis Safety Standard for Good Agricultural and Collection Practice (GACP) across its primary Southern California cultivation infrastructure. The certification confirms the ...
Compass Builds a Commercial Case for COMP360
NEW YORK – Compass Pathways is advancing COMP360, its proprietary synthetic psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), through a rolling FDA New Drug Application, with a commercial launch targeted for H1 2027. Alongside the regulatory push, ...
Illinois Legal Cannabis Sales Hit New Highs While Tax Revenues Drop
SPRINGFIELD – When Illinois released its annual Cannabis report this month, the numbers looked troubling on the surface. Total reported retail sales dropped to about $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2026, down from nearly $2 ...
Cantourage Locks In Green Karat as EU-GMP Certified Supplier
BERLIN – Cantourage Group SE has announced an expanded supply agreement with Canadian craft producer Green Karat, following the company's receipt of EU-GMP certification, effective October 1, 2026. Under the arrangement, Cantourage serves as Green ...
Dutch Medical Cannabis Giant Bedrocan Goes Bankrupt
GRONINGEN – The District Court of Northern Netherlands officially declared Bedrocan bankrupt, after the company sought a suspension of payments in late September, ending a more than two-decade run as the country's sole licensed medical ...
PharmAla Biotech and Rua Bioscience Partner to Supply Medicinal MDMA to New Zealand
TORONTO - TAIRĀWHITI – PharmAla Biotech and Rua Bioscience announced they have signed a distribution and licensing agreement under which Rua will import, distribute, and sell PharmAla’s pharmaceutical-grade LaNeo™ MDMA capsules to authorized prescribers (APs) ...
Decibel Partners with Hilltop Leaf to Scale Medical Cannabis in UK
CALGARY – Decibel Cannabis Co. Inc. announced it has signed a brand licensing agreement with UK-based Hilltop Leaf Ltd., granting the pharmaceutical cannabinoid company a limited license to distribute its General Admission and Standard Issue ...
Aurora Rebrands German EU-GMP Production Hub, Doubles Flower Output
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced the completion of a major expansion at its EU-GMP manufacturing facility in Leuna, Germany. The company is projecting annual flower output at the site to more than double as ...
