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Abstrax Earns Spot on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List
IRVINE – Abstrax, the botanical flavor science company that built ...
REVIEW: CannBev Summit-Recap from Brandon Bobart
MIAMI - The CannaBev Summit in Miami Beach took place ...
What’s it Like Being a Black Entrepreneur in Cannabis?
COLUMBUS, OHIO- Although I was born and raised in Cleveland, ...
Week In Review: Cannabis & Psychedelics Industry Highlights
LOS ANGELES – Wrapping up September 2025, it's clear the U.S. Cannabis sector is buzzing with a mix of encouraging expansion signs and sobering challenges, ranging from record-breaking sales in emerging markets to the frustrating ...
Colorado Wholesale Cannabis Prices Hit Record Low
DENVER – Wholesale prices for Cannabis flower in Colorado have sunk to $649 per pound, matching the state's lowest level on record, even as the number of licensed growers has shrunk by a quarter over ...
Washington State Regulators Plan to Label Cannabis with Harvest & Processing Dates
OLYMPIA – State regulators in Washington are advancing a proposal to reinstate harvest and processing dates on labels for recreational Cannabis products, a requirement that could equip buyers with clearer indicators of freshness amid concerns ...
Ohio’s Cannabis Revenue Trends Offer Strategic Guide for Pennsylvania
LOS ANGELES- As Pennsylvania moves closer to legalizing adult-use cannabis, Ohio’s first-year revenue data and regulatory experiences offer critical insights. Since launching sales in August 2024, Ohio has generated approximately $540 million in cannabis revenue ...
Rose Hill Apothecary Completes First Research-Grade Psilocybin Export to Brazil
LOS ANGELES- Rose Hill Apothecary, the research-grade psilocybin arm of Rose Hill Life Sciences, has executed its inaugural international export deal, shipping 18 kilograms of dried psilocybin-containing mushrooms to Biocase Brasil Importação e Comércio de ...
Emerging Programs Aim to Democratize Cannabis Cultivation
LOS ANGELES- Governments, industry groups, and educational institutions are launching a wave of initiatives aimed at lowering barriers to entry in cannabis cultivation and production—efforts collectively referred to as “democratizing cannabis production.” These programs focus ...
Planet 13 Reports Shareholder Decisions at Annual Meeting
LOS ANGELES- Planet 13 Holdings Inc. multi-state cannabis company headquartered in Las Vegas, disclosed the results of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on June 10, 2025. The meeting addressed key matters related to corporate ...
Trump’s Tariffs Drive Up Costs for U.S. Cannabis Businesses
LOS ANGELES – President Donald Trump's expanded tariff regime, rolled out in stages since February, is delivering a sharp cost increase to the U.S. Cannabis sector, which depends heavily on imported components for cultivation, packaging, ...
Jushi Secures $4M in Revised FVCBank Loan
BOCA RATON – Jushi Holdings Inc. has adjusted the terms of its secured loan with FVCBank, gaining an extra $4 million in funding while pushing back the repayment deadline and trimming interest costs. The changes, ...
Grown Rogue Takes Full Ownership of Illinois Cultivation Project
MEDFORD – Grown Rogue International Inc. has acquired the remaining 30% stake in its Illinois subsidiary, Rogue EBC LLC, for $1.5 million. The transaction, announced Sunday, brings the company's ownership to 100% and clears the ...
Charlotte’s Web Appoints Former Canopy Growth Executive, Tim Saunders, to Board of Directors
DENVER–Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. (TSX: CWEB) (OTCQX: CWBHF), a market leader in hemp CBD extract products, announced the appointment of Tim Saunders to its Board of Directors. Tim Saunders was Chief Financial Officer of Canopy Growth ...
Cannabis Website Leafly To Raise $30 Million In Fresh Funding
LOS ANGELES–Cannabis marketplace Leafly is raising $30 million in a fresh funding round, it said in a filing on Wednesday, as the world’s biggest cannabis-related website taps strong investor appetite for companies in the burgeoning ...
Yooma to Cease Operations in China Due to New CBD Regulations
TORONTO–Yooma Wellness Inc. (CSE: YOOM), a Toronto-based vertically integrated global wellness platform that develops and markets a portfolio of wellness brands, today announced that it will be discontinuing its operations in China, effective immediately. The decision comes ...
New Female-founded Wellness Brand, House Of Wise, Raises $2M
MIAMI–Today, new female-founded CBD brand House of Wise announces a $2M seed funding round to improve the lives of women everywhere through community, content, and trustworthy CBD products. Building a brand in the face of adversity, House of ...
CannaCraft Launches Gem + Jane in California
SANTA ROSA, Calif.,–CannaCraft, a large-scale cannabis manufacturer and innovator in beverage and cannabis emulsion technology, has launched its new brand Gem + Jane: the women-focused sparkling botanical beverage that blends simple ingredients with microdoses of rare ...
Little Green Pharma Accelerate Growth With Acquisition of World-Class Production & Manufacturing Facility in Denmark
PERTH, Australia–Little Green Pharma Ltd (ASX: LGP) has acquired a world-class, fully-operational, GMP medicinal cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility in Denmark from Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:WEED, NASDAQ: CGC). The facility, located in Northern Odense, has the capacity to produce in excess ...
A LIFE IN A DAY: Jeffrey Welsh: Cannabis Industry Personalities
JEFFREY WELSH is a partner at Vicente Sederberg LLP, the main attorney group in cannabis. For over 10 years, Vicente Sederberg LLP have been at the cutting edge of cannabis laws. Vicente Sederberg are also ...
Connecticut to Legalize Regulate And Tax Cannabis For Adult Use
HARTFORD, Conn. — State lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis for adult use. Gov. Ned Lamont (Democrat) said he will sign S.B. 1201 into law, making Connecticut the 19th state ...
Plant&Co Announces Uplisting to OTCQB Market
TORONTO–Plant&Co. Brands Ltd. (CSE: VEGN) (FSE: VGP) (OTCQB: VGANF), a health and wellness company curating plant-based foods, announced that its common shares will commence trading on the OTC Markets Group's OTCQB Venture Market in the ...
Cannabis Agricultural Workers at Tikun Olam CA Vote to Join Teamsters
ADELANTO, Calif.,– On Monday, cannabis agricultural workers at Tikun Olam California's Adelanto facility voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 1932. The results mark the first Agricultural Labor Relations Board election victory for cannabis workers in ...
Berlin’s Cantourage Provides Fast Track Access To European Medical Cannabis Market For International Cultivators
BERLIN–European medical cannabis company Cantourage today launched its new and innovative platform, enabling cultivators from across the world to bring their product into the growing and profitable European market more quickly and cheaply. Already a ...
Wake Network Retains CRO Santé Cannabis to Conduct Clinical Trials in Psilocybin Therapies
TORONTO–Wake Network Inc., a global leader in psilocybin and medicinal mushroom production and developer of genomics-based integration therapies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Santé Cannabis for consultation and clinical ...
Demeetra AgBio Advances Major Pipeline for Therapeutic Cannabinoid Development; Invites Collaborations
LEXINGTON, Ky.,–Demeetra AgBio, Inc., a pre-clinical therapeutics development and genetic engineering company, announced that it is advancing a broad pipeline for therapeutic cannabinoids and expects to file an Investigational New Drug Application for its lead ...
Creso Pharma and Red Light Holland Merge to Introduce The HighBrid Lab, a Leading Global Psychedelics x Cannabis Company
TORONTO–Creso Pharma Limited (ASX: CPH) (FSE: 1X8) (OTCQB: COPHF), a producer of cannabis products designed to better the lives of people and animals, and Red Light Holland Corp. (CSE: TRIP) (FSE: 4YX) (OTC Pink: TRUFF), ...
Entheon Biomedical’s Subsidiary HaluGen and Silo Wellness Announce Psychedelics Genetic Test Kit Partnership
VANCOUVER, B.C.–Entheon Biomedical Corp. (CSE: ENBI) (OTCQB: ENTBF) (FSE: 1XU1), a biotechnology company focused on developing psychedelic medicines to treat addiction, and Silo Wellness Inc. (CSE: SILO) (OTC: SILFF) (FSE:3K70), a functional and psilocybin mushroom company ...
Alabama Could Add +$600,000,000 To Its GDP In First 3 Years Of Medical Cannabis Sales
DENVER–Business intelligence from Akerna (Nasdaq: KERN), an enterprise software, compliance technology provider, predicts that Alabama will make $600,146,880 in its first three years of medical retail cannabis sales. In May, Alabama became the 36th state to legalize medical cannabis, marking the second ...
Passive CBD Vending Announces Distribution Agreements with Major Property Management Companies
DOVER, Del.,– CBD Zero, a leading non-THC brand of CBD products, announces vending distribution agreements with JLL Properties and Spinoso Real Estate. Through CBD Zero's partnership with Passive CBD Vending, LLC., these locations will expand ...
AWH Deepens Commitment to Last Prisoner Project to Aid in Cannabis Criminal Justice Reform
NEW YORK–Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. (CSE: AAWH.U), a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis operator, today announced its enhanced commitment to Last Prisoner Project, a cannabis criminal justice-focused nonprofit organization. The pledge, which is part of a partnership with ...
Kadenwood Achieves Largest US CBD Retail Distribution Networ With Acquisition of Social CBD
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.,–Kadenwood, a leading CBD consumer packaged goods company dedicated to fostering trust and transparency in the mainstream wellness category, announced the acquisition of the Social CBD brand. With this acquisition, Kadenwood will create ...
Viola Announces Mezz Brands As The Newest Incubator Partner
LOS ANGELES– Viola, the leading and only Black-owned multinational cannabis brand rooted in social equity, today announced a deal with Mezz Brands, the herbal culture lifestyle brand, making them the latest partner and inductee into ...
Trulieve Announces Expungement Clinics in Pittsburgh During the 2021 WPA Juneteenth Freedom Days Festival
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.,–Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF), a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the United States and its dispensary group Solevo Wellness, today announced the sponsorship of expungement clinics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as well as additional initiatives ...
Greenrose SPAC Announces Delisting on NASDAQ
NEW YORK–Cannabis-focused blank-check company Greenrose Acquisition Corp. has announced it plans on delisting its shares from the Nasdaq later this month, in anticipation of closing deals that would qualify it as a ''plant-touching'' business in ...
Weedmaps Lists on NASDAQ Under Ticker Symbol ‘MAPS’
IRVINE, Calif.,–WM Holding Company, LLC, a leading technology and software infrastructure provider to the cannabis industry, announced that it has completed its previously announced business combination with Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. The transaction was unanimously ...
Major Hemp CBD Expo Returns to Dallas
DALLAS–Lucky Leaf Expo is coming back to Dallas for its second annual Hemp CBD Expo. With the passing of House Bill 1325 Texas is poised to be the largest Hemp producing state in the nation. ...
Trait Biosciences Closes Series A C$31 Million Financing
VANCOUVER, BC–Trait Biosciences Inc.-- a cannabinoid research company focused on developing technologies that enable the production of safe, high-quality, predictable, and efficacious CBD products -- today announced the completion of a C$31 million Series A financing ...
