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Splash Beverage Group Completes Strategic Investment in Avicanna, Transforms into Cannabinoid Healthcare
FORT LAUDERDALE – Splash Beverage Group Inc. announced the completion ...
Optimi Ships Psilocybin to the UK for Phase 2 Trial
VANCOUVER – Optimi Health Corp. announced it has completed its ...
Glass House Brands Opens New Equity Window With $100M ATM Program
LONG BEACHㆍTORONTO – Glass House Brands filed a new short ...
FundCanna: Institutional Money (Finally) Finds Cannabis
LOS ANGELES – For years, Cannabis operators have built real businesses without access to the financial infrastructure that real businesses normally rely on. That may finally be starting to change. A San Diego-based Cannabis lender ...
Cross-Border Deals Now Define Cannabis M&A
LOS ANGELES – The global Cannabis industry has entered a new phase, one where the most influential deals are no longer being struck in North America, but across continents. The month of June kicked off ...
Week in Review: Cannabis & Psychedelics Industry Highlights
LOS ANGELES – Highly Capitalized Network-HCN tracked meaningful steps in operational strengthening, capital readiness, and program performance across the Cannabis and Psychedelics sectors during the past two weeks. The capital markets finally spoke, and they ...
Abstrax Earns Spot on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List
IRVINE – Abstrax, the botanical flavor science company that built its foundation on essential oils and Cannabis terpene research, has been named to Fast Company's 2026 list of the World's Most Innovative Companies, placing fifth ...
AYR Wellness Hands Off Three More States to Arboretum
MIAMI – AYR Wellness Inc. has completed the transfer of its Cannabis operations in Florida, New Jersey, and Nevada to wholly-owned subsidiaries of Arboretum Bidco LLC, the entity established by its senior secured noteholders to ...
Vireo Growth Initiates Share Consolidation
MINNEAPOLIS – Vireo Growth Inc. continues to adjust its capital structure as it integrates recent acquisitions and positions itself among larger players in the U.S. Сannabis market. The company announced it will consolidate its multiple ...
Verano Consolidates Shares Ahead of U.S. Exchange Listing
CHICAGO – Verano Holdings Corp. announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 1-for-5 reverse stock split of the company's common stock, with the consolidation expected to take effect on or about June 11, ...
Young Japanese Are Turning to Cannabis at Record Rates
TOKYO – The numbers released by Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) are striking by any measure. Japanese police investigated a record 6,832 individuals in Cannabis-related cases in 2025, up 754 from the previous year. The ...
Kentucky Governor Expands Medical Cannabis Eligibility
FRANKFORT – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order directing the state's Office of Medical Cannabis to issue emergency regulations adding 15 new qualifying conditions to the program, more than doubling the original list ...
Abstrax Earns Spot on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List
IRVINE – Abstrax, the botanical flavor science company that built its foundation on essential oils and Cannabis terpene research, has been named to Fast Company's 2026 list of the World's Most Innovative Companies, placing fifth ...
Deutsche Bank AG Initiates Coverage of AtaiBeckley
NEW YORK – Deutsche Bank AG has begun formal research coverage of AtaiBeckley Inc., the Nasdaq-listed biopharmaceutical company created from the merger of atai Life Sciences and Beckley Psytech. David Hoang, a senior equity research ...
Vlasic Labs CBD Products Qualify for CMS Medicare Pilot Program
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – Vlasic Labs announced that its cannabidiol product line meets the qualification standards for a new federal pilot program run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Michigan company’s hemp-derived offerings ...
The Canadian Workaround: Why U.S. Cannabis Companies May Need a Canadian Entity to Restructure
NEW YORK- Cannabis has produced a workaround that shouldn’t exist—but now does. If you’re a U.S. Cannabis company in distress, you can’t reliably rely on U.S. bankruptcy courts. So an emerging playbook is taking shape: ...
Louisiana Bill Would Tap Opioid Settlement Funds for Psychedelic Therapy Studies
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana lawmakers have advanced legislation that would let the state direct money from opioid lawsuit settlements toward clinical research on psychedelic-assisted therapy. Senate Bill 43, sponsored by Sen. Patrick McMath (R), would ...
India Awards First Public Funding for Cannabis Research in More Than 50 Years
NEW DELHI – The Indian government has awarded public funding to a Cannabis genetics project, the first such grant to a private company since the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act took effect in 1985. ...
Charlotte’s Web Reaches Deal with BAT Unit to Convert Debt into Equity
LOUISVILLE – Charlotte’s Web Holdings Inc., the Colorado-based maker of CBD hemp extract products, announced it had reached an agreement with a subsidiary of British American Tobacco (BAT) to convert a large convertible debenture into ...
New York Celebrates the Five-Year Anniversary of Cannabis Legalization
ALBANY – Governor Kathy Hochul marked the five-year anniversary of New York’s Cannabis legalization measure, reporting $3.3 billion in total retail sales and more than 600 licensed dispensaries operating statewide. The Marihuana Regulation and Taxation ...
Week in Review: Cannabis & Psychedelics Industry Highlights
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Cannabis sector has settled into a phase defined by operational discipline rather than continued expansion. While mature markets continue to generate reliable revenues, wholesale price compression and margin erosion have ...
From Survival to Execution: Hall of Flowers Ventura Reflects an Evolving Cannabis Industry
LOS ANGELES- Hall of Flowers Ventura continues to set the standard for what a modern Cannabis industry event should look and feel like—focused, curated, and highly effective. Hall of Flowers Ventura this past March 18 ...
Updated: Europe’s Cannabis Business Events 2026
BERLIN- Europe’s Cannabis market is moving from theory to execution. And the clearest signal is the event calendar. From Berlin to London to Prague, the sequence of events tells a story—not just of geography, but ...
Prohibition Partners Releases Global Medical Cannabis Market Review 2026
LONDON – With medical Cannabis exports increasingly concentrated among a small number of large-scale producers and patient markets advancing at different rates depending on local rules and access models, Prohibition Partners has released its Global ...
Element 7 Schedules Receivership Auction for its Dispensary Portfolio
LOS ANGELES – Element 7 is heading into a court-ordered receivership auction for its portfolio of seven dispensary locations after a breach-of-contract lawsuit. Court-appointed receiver Kevin Singer will conduct the sale on April 1 at ...
LEEF Brands Reports Q4 and FY 2025 Financial Results
VANCOUVER – LEEF Brands Inc. released its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 financial results, showing the first clear effects of its shift to in-house cultivation at the Salisbury Canyon Ranch in California. In an industry still ...
M&A Heats Up: Kiva Sales & Service and Petalfast Sign LOI to Combine Operations
LOS ANGELES- Kiva Sales & Service (KSS) has signed a letter of intent to combine with Petalfast, marking another consolidation move in California’s Cannabis distribution and sales infrastructure. The proposed transaction would bring together two ...
Georgia Expands Medical Cannabis Program with SB 220: What It Means for Patients and Operators
ATLANTA- The state of Georgia is on the verge of a meaningful shift in its medical Cannabis program. Legislation passed by the Georgia General Assembly—Senate Bill 220—would significantly expand the types of Cannabis products available ...
Cheech and Chong Ink Distribution Deal with Breakthru
LOS ANGELES – Cheech and Chong’s Global Holding Company has entered a strategic partnership with Breakthru Beverage Group to bring its line of hemp-derived THC drinks to a much broader audience across key U.S. markets. ...
C-Stores Press Ahead with Hemp-Derived Products as Regulations Tighten
LOS ANGELES – Major convenience store operators keep stocking hemp-derived THC beverages and related items on shelves in states where sales remain legal, even as a federal overhaul set to take effect in November 2026 ...
Auxly Reports Q4 and FY 2025 Financial Results
TORONTO – In the Canadian Cannabis industry that continues to reward discipline and brand strength, Auxly Cannabis Group Inc., known for its focus on consumer-packaged goods and leading brands, has posted solid results for the ...
Gilgamesh Pharma Raises $60M to Fund Its Remaining Neuropsychiatric Assets
NEW YORK – Gilgamesh Pharma, the clinical-stage neuroscience company formed last year after AbbVie acquired its predecessor’s lead psychedelic-derived program, announced it had completed an oversubscribed $60 million Series A financing. The round was led ...
The ROI Investors Are Ignoring Within the Cannabis Industry
LOS ANGELES- Industrial hemp has more ROI potential than the medicinal and intoxicating side for a simple reason: industrial hemp is a raw material that can be swapped into enormous existing markets, while medicinal products ...
The 2nd Annual Cannalaugh Kicks Off March 28 in Chicago
CHICAGO- CannaLaugh, a live event series combining nationally touring stand-up comedians with cannabis education, will host its second annual event on March 28. The event, scheduled to take place at the Galleria Chicago at 9 ...
Glass House Brands Reports Q4 and FY 2025 Financial Results
LONG BEACH – In a sector still adjusting to ongoing wholesale pricing pressures in California, Glass House Brands Inc. has released its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings, showcasing the effects of deliberate operational decisions and ...
Legal Cannabis Sales Are on Track to Rebound in 2026, Whitney Economics Forecasts
NEW YORK – After a year that delivered the first outright decline in nationwide legal Cannabis revenue since the modern regulated market took shape more than a decade ago, the industry is receiving a measured ...
Rubicon Organics Reports Q4 and FY 2025 Financial Results
VANCOUVER – In a Canadian Cannabis market that continues to reward quality and consistency, Rubicon Organics Inc. has posted a solid set of full-year results that underscore its position as a leader in the premium ...
Cannabist Strikes Deals to Exit Ohio and Delaware
CHELMSFORD – The Cannabist Co. Holdings Inc. signed definitive agreements to sell its Cannabis businesses in Ohio and Delaware and has started voluntary proceedings under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) to support those deals ...
