Legal Affairs
Delaware Announced the Launch Date for Legal Cannabis Sales
LOS ANGELES – The First State is about to make ...
The Hemp Surge: A Growing Challenge to Regulated Cannabis
NEW YORK — The legal line between hemp and cannabis ...
Navigating Local Cannabis Regulations: A State-by-State Guide
NEW YORK — Cannabis regulation in the United States functions ...
Opinion: The Hemp Industry Has Finally Split Into Two Lanes
LOS ANGELES- The word “hemp” can mean five different things depending on who is talking, that era is finally ending. The industry didn’t get simpler, federal policy is forcing it to. It’s something I have ...
Innovative Industrial Properties Reports Q4 FY2025 Financial Results
SAN DIEGO – Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc., the real estate investment trust specializing in properties leased to Cannabis operators, reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results for the period ended December 31, 2025. For the full ...
LRS Publishes First Cannabis Industry Retirement Report
SEATTLE – The Cannabis industry has taken a notable step toward standardizing employee benefits with the release of its first dedicated retirement report, shedding light on a benefit long limited by federal restrictions. Leading Retirement ...
Opinion: The Hemp Industry Has Finally Split Into Two Lanes
LOS ANGELES- The word “hemp” can mean five different things depending on who is talking, that era is finally ending. The industry didn’t get simpler, federal policy is forcing it to. It’s something I have ...
Innovative Industrial Properties Reports Q4 FY2025 Financial Results
SAN DIEGO – Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc., the real estate investment trust specializing in properties leased to Cannabis operators, reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results for the period ended December 31, 2025. For the full ...
LRS Publishes First Cannabis Industry Retirement Report
SEATTLE – The Cannabis industry has taken a notable step toward standardizing employee benefits with the release of its first dedicated retirement report, shedding light on a benefit long limited by federal restrictions. Leading Retirement ...
Gotham NYC Launches Accelerator for Black-Owned Cannabis Brands
NEW YORK – Gotham NYC, the city's first Cannabis concept store known for blending retail with art, design and culture, has rolled out a new business accelerator aimed at supporting growth-stage Cannabis consumer-product companies owned ...
Opinion: The Hemp Industry Has Finally Split Into Two Lanes
LOS ANGELES- The word “hemp” can mean five different things depending on who is talking, that era is finally ending. The industry didn’t get simpler, federal policy is forcing it to. It’s something I have ...
Innovative Industrial Properties Reports Q4 FY2025 Financial Results
SAN DIEGO – Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc., the real estate investment trust specializing in properties leased to Cannabis operators, reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results for the period ended December 31, 2025. For the full ...
LRS Publishes First Cannabis Industry Retirement Report
SEATTLE – The Cannabis industry has taken a notable step toward standardizing employee benefits with the release of its first dedicated retirement report, shedding light on a benefit long limited by federal restrictions. Leading Retirement ...
Opinion: The Hemp Industry Has Finally Split Into Two Lanes
LOS ANGELES- The word “hemp” can mean five different things depending on who is talking, that era is finally ending. The industry didn’t get simpler, federal policy is forcing it to. It’s something I have ...
Innovative Industrial Properties Reports Q4 FY2025 Financial Results
SAN DIEGO – Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc., the real estate investment trust specializing in properties leased to Cannabis operators, reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results for the period ended December 31, 2025. For the full ...
LRS Publishes First Cannabis Industry Retirement Report
SEATTLE – The Cannabis industry has taken a notable step toward standardizing employee benefits with the release of its first dedicated retirement report, shedding light on a benefit long limited by federal restrictions. Leading Retirement ...
Gotham NYC Launches Accelerator for Black-Owned Cannabis Brands
NEW YORK – Gotham NYC, the city's first Cannabis concept store known for blending retail with art, design and culture, has rolled out a new business accelerator aimed at supporting growth-stage Cannabis consumer-product companies owned ...
New York Bills Advance Low-THC Drinks in Liquor Stores
NEW YORK – A fresh legislative push in New York could soon let customers pick up low-dose Cannabis beverages at their neighborhood liquor store, blending two longstanding retail worlds under tight rules. State Senator Jeremy ...
Rubicon Completes First Harvest at New Cascadia Facility in British Columbia
VANCOUVER, BC – Rubicon Organics Inc. has reached a key operational step with the completion of its first harvest at the newly acquired Cascadia facility in Hope, British Columbia. The company announced this milestone the ...
GTI Secures $50M Credit Boost
CHICAGO – Green Thumb Industries Inc. has increased its syndicated credit facility by $50 million, raising the total borrowing capacity to $189 million. This incremental draw carries the same market-competitive terms as the original September ...
Obituary: Barbara Webb: A Leader in Cannabis
From the Editorial Team at Highly Capitalized Network OBITUARY- Barbara Lynne (Christenson) Webb passed away on November 23, 2025, in Traverse City, Michigan, surrounded by her close family. Within the Cannabis industry Barbara was known ...
Cannabis-Infused Products Market to Reach $41B Billion in 2026, Research and Markets Reports
LOS ANGELES – Research and Markets has published its latest report on the Cannabis-infused products sector, forecasting the global market to grow from $33.62 billion in 2025 to $41.44 billion this year, a compound annual ...
Curaleaf Completes $500M Debt Refinancing, Extends Maturity to 2029
STAMFORD – Curaleaf Holdings Inc. has finalized a $500 million private placement of 11.5% senior secured notes maturing on February 18, 2029. The company announced the closing, marking what it describes as the largest bond ...
Virginia Medical Cannabis Generated Over $15M in January
RICHMOND – Virginia's medical Cannabis market reaped $15.1 million in sales during January, according to a report published by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The figure, drawn from 126,706 transactions across the state's licensed pharmaceutical ...
New Study: Medical Cannabis Linked to Measurable Sleep Improvements
NEW YORK- A newly published observational study in PLOS Mental Health adds real-world data to the ongoing discussion around Cannabis and sleep therapeutics. Researchers analyzed outcomes from 124 patients enrolled in the UK Medical Cannabis ...
Single DMT Dose Shows Promise in Cutting TRD Symptoms
NEW YORK – A single intravenous dose of the psychedelic compound dimethyltryptamine (DMT), combined with psychological support, produced rapid and sustained reductions in depressive symptoms among adults with moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder, according to results ...
Massachusetts Tops $9 Billion in Cannabis Sales, Eyes Cultivation License Freeze
BOSTON – Massachusetts adult-use Cannabis retailers have surpassed $9 billion in gross sales since the market launched in late 2018, according to the state's Cannabis Control Commission. The milestone was reached on February 4, driven ...
What is Cannabis 3.0? From Brand Expansion to Platform Discipline
LOS ANGELES- If Cannabis 1.0 was legalization and survival, and Cannabis 2.0 was scale and brand proliferation, Cannabis 3.0 is something far more structural. It is the shift from product velocity to process discipline. From ...
Organigram Strikes Deal to Acquire Sanity Group
TORONTO-BERLIN – Organigram Global Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the remaining shares of Berlin-based Sanity Group GmbH that it does not already hold. The transaction builds on Organigram's earlier minority stake and ...
Innovia Consulting Acquires 365 Cannabis
ONALASKA – Innovia Consulting, a longtime provider of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central services, has acquired 365 Cannabis along with its sister entity 365Vertical. The deal brings in two Microsoft partners that focus on customized ...
New 2026 Farm Bill Draft Targets Industrial Hemp Burdens
WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson (R-PA) introduced a new Farm Bill draft (Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026), proposing changes that would ease certain federal requirements for industrial hemp growers. ...
Compass Pathways Advances in Second Phase 3 Trial for Psilocybin-Assisted TRD
LONDON – Compass Pathways PLC ADR, a UK-based mental health biotech company, announced that its second Phase 3 trial met the primary endpoint in evaluating COMP360, a synthetic formulation of psilocybin, for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). ...
350 Retail Cap and Tier V Cultivation Limits: What Virginia’s Scarcity Model Means for License Strategy
RICHMOND- Virginia’s adult-use design is built on scarcity and structural oversight. The 350 retail cap materially limits market density, shaping site selection and long-term valuation models. Tier V cultivation remains limited to five large operators. ...
Virginia Adult-Use Applications Expected in 2026: Operators Should Begin Structuring Now
NEW YORK- Virginia’s adult-use Cannabis legislation is now in reconciliation after both the House (HB 642) and Senate (SB 542) advanced competing sales frameworks. For operators, the question is no longer whether retail will launch—but ...
SAM in Action: How Dark Money Fuels Prohibitionists Attacks
LOS ANGELES – A noticeable uptick in anti-Cannabis content has appeared on social platforms lately, flooding threads with posts on scromiting, schizophrenia, psychosis risks, outdated research, recycled study headlines, and new ballot proposals surfacing in ...
CMS Finalizes Rule for Medicare CBD Coverage Pilot
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized regulations enabling a pilot program for federal health insurance coverage of hemp-derived CBD products, according to a recent statement from an executive at ...
Missouri Cannabis Sales Hit Record $1.5B in 2025
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri's regulated Cannabis market posted its strongest year yet in 2025, with retailers recording approximately $1.5 billion in total sales, according to figures from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. ...
New Hampshire House Advances Bill to Regulate Medical Psilocybin Use
CONCORD – The New Hampshire House of Representatives has given initial approval to a bipartisan measure that would establish a state program allowing supervised therapeutic access to psilocybin for qualifying medical conditions. House Bill 1809, ...
