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Grön Scatters Pearls Over Four States at Once
PORTLAND – Grön officially announced that its flagship Pearls line is now available in California, Colorado, Michigan, and Nevada – the company's largest simultaneous multi-state rollout to date. The expansion places Grön inside some of ...
Headset Settles Federal PPP Loan Claims
SEATTLE – Headset Inc. agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle claims that it improperly received a Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loan in February 2021, according to an announcement from First ...
Oregon Consolidates Psilocybin and Medical Cannabis Under One Regulator
PORTLAND – The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) officially completes its administrative consolidation of Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS) and the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP), giving rise to a unified oversight body formally called the Oregon ...
California Tightens Rules on Cannabis Packaging Attractive to Kids
LOS ANGELES – California's effort to draw a sharper legal line around child-appealing Cannabis packaging has cleared the legislature, sending AB 2249 to Gov. Gavin Newsom for final action. The measure, sponsored by Assemblymember Jacqui ...
Massachusetts Opens New Round of Social Equity Applications for Cannabis
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission will begin accepting new applications for its Social Equity Program on September 1, with the intake period running through November 30. The commission will also hold four virtual ...
Fewer Americans Drink Alcohol as Cannabis Shows Up to the Party
LOS ANGELES – For generations, alcohol held an unquestioned place at the center of adult social life. A drink after work. Beer at the game. Wine with dinner. That relationship is now under measurable pressure: ...
Aurora Disputes the Narrative Behind Curaleaf’s Hostile Bid
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. fired back at Curaleaf Holdings Inc., rejecting the claims the Connecticut-based MSO has been advancing to Aurora shareholders to justify its unsolicited takeover bid. In a statement issued today, Aurora's ...
Grön Scatters Pearls Over Four States at Once
PORTLAND – Grön officially announced that its flagship Pearls line is now available in California, Colorado, Michigan, and Nevada – the company's largest simultaneous multi-state rollout to date. The expansion places Grön inside some of ...
Headset Settles Federal PPP Loan Claims
SEATTLE – Headset Inc. agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle claims that it improperly received a Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loan in February 2021, according to an announcement from First ...
Oregon Consolidates Psilocybin and Medical Cannabis Under One Regulator
PORTLAND – The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) officially completes its administrative consolidation of Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS) and the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP), giving rise to a unified oversight body formally called the Oregon ...
Viridian Reports a Substantial Increase in Cannabis M&A Deals
LOS ANGELES – Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the legal Cannabis sector posted a notable year-over-year increase in Q1 2026, according to the Q1 2026 Cannabis Deal Tracker Report published by Viridian Capital Advisors, ...
Cannabis B2B Gets a Credit Layer: FundCanna Plugs BNPL Into Apex Trading
SAN DIEGO – FundCanna, the largest dedicated provider of working capital to operators in the regulated Cannabis industry, announced a strategic partnership with Apex Trading, one of the fastest-growing B2B marketplaces in Cannabis. The deal ...
Aurora Cannabis Reports FY and Fiscal Q4 2026 Financial Results
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. reported its financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. For the full fiscal year, net revenue rose 11% to CA$321 million, exceeding ...
Optimi Ships Psilocybin to the UK for Phase 2 Trial
VANCOUVER – Optimi Health Corp. announced it has completed its first export of naturally derived psilocybin to the United Kingdom, with the material earmarked for a planned Phase 2 clinical trial whose partner and therapeutic ...
Glass House Brands Opens New Equity Window With $100M ATM Program
LONG BEACHㆍTORONTO – Glass House Brands filed a new short form base shelf prospectus with securities regulators across all Canadian provinces and territories, replacing an earlier version that was due to expire on June 17. ...
Global CBD Isolate Market Set to Nearly Triple by 2033
LEWES – The global market for CBD isolate, the purified form of cannabidiol that contains no THC or other cannabinoids, stands out for its versatility in product formulation. According to the latest analysis by Verified ...
Seed Junky Genetics Enters European Medical Cannabis Markets
LOS ANGELES – Seed Junky Genetics, the Cannabis genetics and intellectual property (IP) company, announced a licensing partnership with Green Success Group to enter the European medical Cannabis market, with a coordinated launch across Germany ...
Trulieve Announces Share Buyback Program
TALLAHASSEE – Trulieve Cannabis Corp. announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program, allowing the company to buy back up to the lesser of $50 million in aggregate value or 8,495,038 ...
Michigan Cannabis Wholesale Tax Falls Short of Early Expectations
LANSING – State officials hoped the 24% wholesale tax on adult-use Cannabis, which took effect January 1, would deliver steady money for road repairs. Initial collections tell a different story. The tax generated nearly $34 ...
Village Farms Launches Cultivation at Its Second Dutch Facility
GRONINGEN – Village Farms International, Inc. recently announced the commencement of cultivation at its Phase II cultivation and processing facility in Groningen, the Netherlands, after receiving all required regulatory approvals. The Groningen facility aims to ...
Cresco Labs Secures $50M Revolving Credit Facility
CHICAGO – Cresco Labs Inc. announced the closing of a credit agreement with Needham Bank, giving the company access to a $50 million revolving credit facility. The facility carries a fixed interest rate of 7.99% ...
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 ...
Trulieve Approved to Uplist to NYSE in Historic Milestone for U.S. Cannabis Industry
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — June 5, 2026 — In a landmark moment for the U.S. Cannabis industry, Trulieve Cannabis Corp. announced today that it has received approval to list its subordinate voting shares on the New ...
