Legal Affairs
Cannabis Reform Stalls, Former Republican Calls for Action
LOS ANGELES - Former Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), renowned for his decades-long advocacy for cannabis reform, is sounding the alarm over the Trump administration’s failure to advance federal cannabis policy. The retired congressman, who co-founded ...
Rolling into Wellness 4 in 10 Californians Choose Cannabis, Study Reveals
LOS ANGELES - A comprehensive study conducted by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) reveals that 37% of California adults are current marijuana users, with the vast majority reporting significant health benefits. Published in ...
US Cannabis Industry Poised to Top $123 Billion Economic Impact in 2025
LOS ANGELES–Despite mounting challenges, the U.S. cannabis industry is on track to generate a staggering $123.6 billion in total economic impact in 2025, according to new projections from the MJBiz Factbook. That’s a 9% increase ...
Blueberries Medical Corp. Announces C$1 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement
LOS ANGELES- Blueberries Medical Corp., a Latin American licensed producer of medicinal cannabis and cannabis-derived products, has announced a non-brokered private placement to raise approximately C$1.05 million (approximately US$740,000). Offering Details Common Shares Issued: ...
TerrAscend Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results
LOS ANGELES- TerrAscend Corp., a cannabis company, has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2024. Fourth Quarter 2024 Highlights Net Revenue: $74.4 million, a 0.3% increase from ...
San Diego Evaluates Cannabis Business Tax Increase
LOS ANGELES- The San Diego City Council is considering a proposal to raise the tax rate on cannabis businesses from 8% to 10%, aiming to address a projected $258 million budget deficit for the upcoming ...
MindMed Reports 2024 Financial Results and Advances in Clinical Trials
LOS ANGELES- of December 31, 2024, MindMed reported cash and cash equivalents totaling $273.7 million, up from $99.7 million at the end of 2023. This increase is attributed to equity financings totaling approximately $250 million ...
Cannabis Reform Stalls, Former Republican Calls for Action
LOS ANGELES - Former Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), renowned for his decades-long advocacy for cannabis reform, is sounding the alarm over the Trump administration’s failure to advance federal cannabis policy. The retired congressman, who co-founded ...
Rolling into Wellness 4 in 10 Californians Choose Cannabis, Study Reveals
LOS ANGELES - A comprehensive study conducted by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) reveals that 37% of California adults are current marijuana users, with the vast majority reporting significant health benefits. Published in ...
US Cannabis Industry Poised to Top $123 Billion Economic Impact in 2025
LOS ANGELES–Despite mounting challenges, the U.S. cannabis industry is on track to generate a staggering $123.6 billion in total economic impact in 2025, according to new projections from the MJBiz Factbook. That’s a 9% increase ...
This Week: Major Cannabis Companies Plan To Announce Fourth-Quarter Results
NEW YORK – Major cannabis companies that are reporting their fourth-quarter results (after market closes on the following dates) include: TUESDAY 3/9 Curaleaf Holdings Inc. reports fourth-quarter results after the market closes. Acreage Holdings Inc. reports fourth-quarter earnings after ...
France Becomes The First Country to Ban All Five Pesticides Linked to Bee Deaths
PARIS – France, inadvertently, is now leading the world in saving the bees by setting a benchmark in the global effort to save the bees and prevent “ecological Armageddon.'' This is very relevant to cannabis. ...
Morocco: One Of Largest Cannabis Producers In World Set To Legalize Cannabis
RABAT – Morocco produces an estimated 70% of Europe’s cannabis products. Cannabis in Morocco grows in the rugged but fertile Rif Mountains. The local strain of cannabis is known as Beldiya, but it's gradually disappearing ...
Green Thumb Industries & Cannabis-Infused Beverage Cann Announce National Expansion
CHICAGO and VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Green Thumb Industries Inc. (CSE: GTII) (OTCQX: GTBIF), a leading cannabis consumer packaged goods company and owner of Rise™ Dispensaries, today announced an exclusive partnership with leading cannabis-infused beverage ...
COOKIES Retail Footprint Expands In Michigan With 7th Dispensary Opening
DETROIT – Gage Cannabis Co. a leading cannabis brand operator in Michigan, announced it will begin serving adult-use consumers at its second COOKIES provisioning center in Kalamazoo starting on Saturday, March 6; the announcement comes quickly after the COOKIES location ...
Cannabis Events Plan Comeback, Anticipating End of Pandemic
LOS ANGELES – The cannabis events circuit is coming back to life after the long hiatus because of the pandemic. Of the recent events announced, these include the annual Cannabis Business Summit & Expo is ...
Exploring Cannabis Funding Around the World — Africa
HCN Investigates – Africa has a long history of medicinal cannabis use. Find out how this continent’s modern entrepreneurs are finding funding for legal African cannabis ventures. Exploring Cannabis Funding Around the World — Africa ...
Columbia Care Announce Results For Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2020
NEW YORK – Columbia Care Inc. announce preliminary results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020. The Company is also issuing 2021 guidance. Below is their recent press release statements: “Our ...
Tryp Therapeutics Announces Listing On OTCQB
LA JOLLA, California – Tryp Therapeutics (CSE: TRYP) a pharmaceutical company focused on identifying and developing clinical-stage compounds for diseases with high unmet medical needs, announced today that it has submitted its application for a ...
Massachusetts Legislators File New Bills Decriminalizing Drug Possession & Use
BOSTON – Massachusetts state legislature's decriminalization bill was introduced in the House by Representatives Liz Miranda and Mike Connolly with a virtually identical bill in the Senate by Julian Cyr. If passed, this bill would ...
BDSA Reports Global Cannabis Sales Exceeded $21 Billion in 2020; Forecasts $56 Billion by 2026
BOULDER – BDSA announced today the release of its 2020 cannabis sales data and forecast future sales by region. Global cannabis sales reached nearly $21.3 billion in 2020, an increase of 48% over 2019 sales ...
France Begins Research This Month Into Medical Cannabis
PARIS, France – Decree 2020-1230 which allows the launch of a new broad-based research into the therapeutic benefits of cannabis among the French, has finally been published in the French Official Journal; a typical step ...
Report: Cannabis Consumers Spending 25% More During Covid-19 Pandemic
DENVER – Business intelligence from Akerna (Nasdaq: KERN), shows how the Covid-19 pandemic has altered daily lives of North Americans, with cannabis shoppers and patients spending about 25-30% more per purchase and are increasingly purchasing ...
IMCC Becomes First Israeli Cannabis Company To List On NASDAQ
GLIL YAM, ISRAEL – IM Cannabis Corp., a multi-country operator ("MCO") in the medical cannabis sector with operations in Israel and Germany, is pleased to announce that the Company's common shares will commence trading today ...
Psychedelic Company Delic Holdings Announce New Appointment to Board of Advisors
LOS ANGELES – DELIC Holdings Inc. (CSE: DELC) (OTCQB: DELCF), a psychedelic wellness-focused company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kyle Snook, former COO of Actify Neurotherapies, to the Board of Advisors of the ...
Eaze Releases Annual State-Of-Cannabis Review: How Cannabis Consumers Responded to COVID-19
SAN FRANCISCO – Eaze, California’s largest legal cannabis marketplace, today released its sixth annual Eaze Insights State of Cannabis Report. The 2020 report, “How Cannabis Consumers Responded to Crisis”, looks at aggregate consumer trends driving the ...
Schwazze Completes Acquisition of Five Remaining Star Buds Dispensaries in Colorado
DENVER – Schwazze, formerly operating as Medicine Man Technologies Inc. (OTCQX: SHWZ) ("Schwazze" or “the Company"), today announced that it has closed on the asset purchase of the five Star Buds dispensaries located in Colorado ...
Berlin Psychedelics Startup Atai Raises $157 Million & Eyes IPO
BERLIN – Biotech startup Atai Life Sciences, which is exploring the use of psychedelic treatments for depression, anxiety and addiction, on Wednesday said that it had raised $157 million from investors to develop its drugs ...
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Releases Large Group Of Cannabis-Law Violators
Gov. Tom Wolf has signed off on 310 pardons, 69 of them impacting the lives of nonviolent cannabis law violators, whom criminal justice advocates say face a lifetime of for a crime that now is on ...
Highly Capitalized Celebrates Women’s History Month With A Salute To The Legendary Brownie Mary
SAN FRANCISCO – Brownie Mary (born Mary Jane Rathbun December 22, 1922 – April 10, 1999) was an American rights activist specializing in cannabis reformation, who became a face of rationale and perspective amongst heavily ...
Could Clubhouse Be The Next Big Thing In Cannabis Networking?
SAN FRANCISCO – For a heavily networked industry like cannabis, the lack of in-person events due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating. Virtual trade shows and Zoom mixers have sprouted up here and there, ...
UPS Prohibits Shipments of Vaping Products throughout U.S.A.
ATLANTA – UPS is prohibiting the shipment of Vaping Products throughout its U.S. network (including import and export). For the purpose of this prohibition, Vaping Products includes any and all noncombustible liquid or gel, regardless ...
Mydecine Fully Completes the First-Ever International Export of Psilocybin Mushrooms
DENVER – Mydecine Innovations Group (CSE: MYCO) is a biopharma company in the life sciences category committed to the research and development, production, and acceptance of alternative nature-sourced medicine for mainstream use, has completed the ...
MariMed Secures $46M In New Funding For Expansion Purposes
NORWOOD, Mass., – MariMed, Inc. (OTCQX: MRMD) a leading multi-state cannabis operator focused on health and wellness, today announced the closing of a $46 million financing facility with Hadron Healthcare Fund ("Hadron") pursuant to the ...
Cannabis Medication Over-Use Disorder Identified in Migraine Patients
MINNEAPOLIS – Using cannabis for relief from migraine headache may be associated with developing "rebound" headache, or medication overuse headache, which occurs when pain medication is overused by patients who have an underlying primary headache ...
