Legal Affairs
The Intoxicating Hemp Ban Is About to Become Law — and It’s a Pyrrhic Victory for Cannabis
LOS ANGELES- The federal government just erased a $20-billion industry under the guise of “closing a loophole.” But rather than protecting consumers, Washington has dealt a crippling blow to both hemp and legal Cannabis — ...
Senate Spending Package Eyes Hemp THC Crackdown as Shutdown Continues, Trump Backs Restrictions
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan spending package drafted to end the nation's longest government shutdown now includes a provision that would sharply curtail sales of hemp-derived THC products, garnering White House endorsement and fierce opposition from ...
Week in Review: Cannabis & Psychedelics Industry Highlights
LOS ANGELES – Operators sharpened their focus on balance sheets and strategic footholds while policymakers grappled with regulatory gaps and emerging threats. Funding flowed into psychedelics innovation, MSOs reported Q3 2025 earnings, trimmed underperformers, and ...
NYC Near-School Cannabis Dispensaries Avoid Shutdown or Relocation
NEW YORK – A significant number of New York’s licensed Cannabis dispensaries, previously at risk of closure for being too close to schools, have received a lifeline from state regulators. The Office of Cannabis Management ...
Aurora Launches Whistler Brand in Australia
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced the introduction of its Whistler Cannabis Co. brand to the Australian market, marking a significant step in its international expansion strategy. The launch brings two high-potency cultivars, Ginger Breath ...
BREAKING: Trump Signals Possible Cannabis Reclassification Within Weeks
LOS ANGELES- President Donald Trump said Monday that his administration is actively considering shifting Cannabis to a lower-risk category under federal law — a move that could have sweeping implications for the industry. Speaking at ...
Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Cannabis Enters Ohio Market
COLUMBUS – Death Row Records Cannabis, the Cannabis brand launched by rapper and entrepreneur Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., commonly known as Snoop Dogg, has expanded into Ohio through a partnership with Pure Ohio Wellness. This ...
The Intoxicating Hemp Ban Is About to Become Law — and It’s a Pyrrhic Victory for Cannabis
LOS ANGELES- The federal government just erased a $20-billion industry under the guise of “closing a loophole.” But rather than protecting consumers, Washington has dealt a crippling blow to both hemp and legal Cannabis — ...
Senate Spending Package Eyes Hemp THC Crackdown as Shutdown Continues, Trump Backs Restrictions
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan spending package drafted to end the nation's longest government shutdown now includes a provision that would sharply curtail sales of hemp-derived THC products, garnering White House endorsement and fierce opposition from ...
Week in Review: Cannabis & Psychedelics Industry Highlights
LOS ANGELES – Operators sharpened their focus on balance sheets and strategic footholds while policymakers grappled with regulatory gaps and emerging threats. Funding flowed into psychedelics innovation, MSOs reported Q3 2025 earnings, trimmed underperformers, and ...
Tweed Brand Evolution Inspires Canadians to do “Whatever Feels Good”
SMITHS FALLS, ON - Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) (NASDAQ: CGC), a cannabis, hemp, and cannabis device company, unveils the next chapter of the Tweed brand with the launch of new products, formats, and a ...
Study: Medical Cannabis Treatment Reduces Daily Morphine Intake in Chronic Pain Patients
PITTSBURG– (NORML) The use of cannabis products is associated with a reduction in pain patients’ daily consumption of opioids, according to data published in the journal Pain Physician. A team of investigators affiliated with the Institute for Pain ...
Highly Capitalized Announces Its Support For Groundbreaking Women In Cannabis Study
LOS ANGELES– Highly Capitalized are proud to announce they are media sponsors of The WomenInCannabis.Study. The WomenInCannabis.Study is the most comprehensive primary research ever undertaken on women working in cannabis. This scientific, data-driven study is years in ...
BREAKING: California CBD extraction firm Leef Holdings acquired by Canadian company for $120M
VANCOUVER, BC–Icanic Brands Company, Inc. (CSE: ICAN, OTCQB: ICNAF) a multi-state brand operator of premium Cannabis brands in California and Nevada, is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a definitive agreement with ...
Trulieve Exclusively Brings Miami Mango Cannabis to South Florida Market
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF), a cannabis company in the U.S., announced a partnership with South Florida-based cannabis company, Miami Mango. The brand's popular Mango Haze will be the first ...
Insights on the CBD Consumer Health Global Market to 2027
Dublin - The "CBD Consumer Health Market Research Report by Product, by Distribution Channel, by Region - Global Forecast to 2027 - Cumulative Impact of COVID-19" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Global ...
Clever Leaves Enters US Consumer CBD Market
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Clever Leaves Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CLVR, CLVRW), a multinational operator and licensed producer of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids, announced its entrance to the U.S. CBD market through the launch of its consumer-oriented CBD ...
Nova Mentis and KGK Science Form Tactical Partnership
VANCOUVER, BC - Nova Mentis Life Science Corp. (CSE: NOVA) (FSE: HN3Q) (OTCQB: NMLSF), a biotechnology company announced that the Company has formed a tactical partnership with KGK Science Inc., which is a subsidiary of ...
Crypto Cannabis Club Launches Cannabis Brand and Loyalty Program for NFT Owners
LOS ANGELES - Crypto Cannabis Club (CCC), the NFT collection and Metaverse community for crypto and cannabis enthusiasts, announced the launch of NFT-powered cannabis brand. Members of the CCC will receive significant discounts on premium ...
New Leafreport Pricing Report Shows 11,142% Price Difference Between the Cheapest and Most Expensive CBD Brands
TEL AVIV, Israel - Leafreport.com, the CBD industry's peer-reviewed watchdog website, announced the results of its comprehensive pricing review for cannabidiol (CBD) products from a variety of brands aimed at checking on prices across the ...
Schwazze Closes Acquisition of Drift
DENVER - Schwazze, (OTCQX:SHWZ), announced that it has closed the transaction to acquire the assets of BG3 Investments, LLC dba Drift which consists of two cannabis dispensaries located in Boulder, Colorado. This purchase continues Schwazze's ...
Medical Cannabis Bill Passes, Heads to Mississippi Governor
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi lawmakers are sending a bill to the governor that would establish a medical cannabis program for persons suffering from debilitating illnesses. Mississippi would join the majority of states that allow people ...
BioHarvest Sciences Inc. Projects 2022 Revenue to Grow 2.5X-3.5X to a Range of USD $5M-$7M
VANCOUVER, BC–BioHarvest Sciences Inc. (CSE: BHSC) announced that following the successful over-delivery of revenue targets versus guidance provided in 2021, the Company is estimating 2022 revenue to be between USD $5M-$7M, representing a significant growth ...
Hempcrete Submitted for Certification in US Building Codes
LOS ANGELES–The professional association representing the US hemp building industry announced that hemp and lime (hempcrete) insulation will be certified in US building codes. On Jan. 10, the US Hemp Building Foundation, the non-profit arm ...
Psyched Wellness Provides Update on Anti-Inflammatory Study with the National Research Council of Canada
TORONTO- Psyched Wellness Ltd. (CSE: PSYC) (OTCQB: PSYCF) (FSE: 5U9), a life sciences company focused on the production and distribution of artisanal functional mushrooms, is pleased to announce that the preliminary data from its study with ...
Numinus Wellness Inc. Graduates to the OTCQX Best Market
VANCOUVER, BC,- Numinus Wellness Inc. (TSX: NUMI) (OTCQX: NUMIF), a mental health care company advancing psychedelic-assisted therapies, is pleased to announce that it will commence trading on the OTCQX® Best Market in the United States when the market ...
New York Cannabis Industry Leaders Unveil Roadmap To Equitable Cannabis Marketplace
NEW YORK CITY- The New York Cannabis Growers and Processors Association is an industry association that represents farmers, processors and other businesses in cannabis. The NYCGPA represent growers, processors, retailers, prospective license-holders, sponsors, and other ...
Elevate Holistics Donates $70k to Treat Veterans and Medicare Members
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Elevate Holistics, a multistate solution provider in the medical marijuana industry, donated $70,000 in services to Veterans and Medicare members throughout 2021. "Medical marijuana is utilized as an effective treatment for ...
CERTIFi by Mercy College Partners with Green Flower to Offer Cannabis Certification Program
DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. - CERTIFi by Mercy College and Green Flower have announced a partnership that will provide two education tracks in the high-demand cannabis field. The eight-week and six-month certification offerings will allow students ...
Global CBD Brand Elixinol Wellness Introduces Two Sleep* Products
WESTMINSTER, Colo. - Elixinol, hemp-derived CBD brand and industry veteran, announced the launch of two new CBD products focused on supporting sleep*. Elixinol's Sleep Rapid Rest Liposome and Sleep Gummies, melatonin-free options for consumers to ...
Halo Collective Completes Acquisition of H2C Beverages and Securities Issuance to Independent Consultants and Related Parties
TORONTO - Halo Collective Inc. (NEO: HALO) (OTCQB: HCANF) (Germany: A9KN) has completed the previously announced acquisition of 1285826 B.C. Ltd. (dba H2C Beverages), a company focused on cannabinoids and non-psychotropic mushroom functional beverages. The ...
Akerna Releases 2021 Cannabis Industry Year-End Review
DENVER - Akerna (Nasdaq: KERN), an enterprise software company and the developer of the most comprehensive technology infrastructure, ecosystem, and compliance engine powering the global cannabis industry, announced the release of its annual Cannabis Industry ...
Announcing NWG AMPLIFY™ : A genetic trait that doubles hemp yields
FT. COLLINS, Colo. - New West Genetics announces AMPLIFY; a family of hemp varieties with a genetic trait that doubles grain and flower yields. This trait enables the transformation of hemp from a small acre ...
Compass Pathways Stock is Having a Bad Trip Despite Positive Psilocybin Trial Results
LOS ANGELES - Although Compass Pathways reported favorable findings in a depression trial last year, the company's stock plummeted late last year as investors presumably had already expected that result, and thus could be simply ...
Tilray Expands Medical Cannabis Product Offering in Australia
NEW YORK and SYDNEY - Tilray Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLRY; TSX: TLRY), a global cannabis-lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company announced the expansion of its medical cannabis product offering in Australia and a new medical ...
