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Stündenglass Partners with Be$os for Culture-Driven Collaboration
LOS ANGELES – Stündenglass, known for its gravity-powered infusion technology, has joined forces with Be$os, a Latino-rooted Cannabis lifestyle brand, centered on shared cultural values and heritage. The alliance pairs Be$os’ focus on Latino identity ...
Global Cannabis Packaging Market Size to Reach $12.8B by 2035, FMI Forecasts
LOS ANGELES – As legalization advances worldwide, Cannabis packaging has become a strategic priority. From rigid, child-resistant designs leading in North America to compliant, sustainable solutions gaining traction in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, this ...
BLAZE Launches Herbie AI Budtender for Cannabis E-Commerce
ANAHEIM – BLAZE, an AI-powered retail technology suite specifically designed for Cannabis dispensaries, delivery services, payments, and e-commerce has introduced Herbie AI Budtender – the virtual assistant providing personalized product guidance to customers shopping online. ...
Deutsche Bank AG Initiates Coverage of AtaiBeckley
NEW YORK – Deutsche Bank AG has begun formal research coverage of AtaiBeckley Inc., the Nasdaq-listed biopharmaceutical company created from the merger of atai Life Sciences and Beckley Psytech. David Hoang, a senior equity research ...
Vlasic Labs CBD Products Qualify for CMS Medicare Pilot Program
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – Vlasic Labs announced that its cannabidiol product line meets the qualification standards for a new federal pilot program run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Michigan company’s hemp-derived offerings ...
The Canadian Workaround: Why U.S. Cannabis Companies May Need a Canadian Entity to Restructure
NEW YORK- Cannabis has produced a workaround that shouldn’t exist—but now does. If you’re a U.S. Cannabis company in distress, you can’t reliably rely on U.S. bankruptcy courts. So an emerging playbook is taking shape: ...
Louisiana Bill Would Tap Opioid Settlement Funds for Psychedelic Therapy Studies
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana lawmakers have advanced legislation that would let the state direct money from opioid lawsuit settlements toward clinical research on psychedelic-assisted therapy. Senate Bill 43, sponsored by Sen. Patrick McMath (R), would ...
Stündenglass Partners with Be$os for Culture-Driven Collaboration
LOS ANGELES – Stündenglass, known for its gravity-powered infusion technology, has joined forces with Be$os, a Latino-rooted Cannabis lifestyle brand, centered on shared cultural values and heritage. The alliance pairs Be$os’ focus on Latino identity ...
Global Cannabis Packaging Market Size to Reach $12.8B by 2035, FMI Forecasts
LOS ANGELES – As legalization advances worldwide, Cannabis packaging has become a strategic priority. From rigid, child-resistant designs leading in North America to compliant, sustainable solutions gaining traction in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, this ...
BLAZE Launches Herbie AI Budtender for Cannabis E-Commerce
ANAHEIM – BLAZE, an AI-powered retail technology suite specifically designed for Cannabis dispensaries, delivery services, payments, and e-commerce has introduced Herbie AI Budtender – the virtual assistant providing personalized product guidance to customers shopping online. ...
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, ...
As November Looms, the Intoxicating Hemp Industry Carries On — Calmly, Confidently, and Perhaps Optimistically
NEW YORK - Across the United States, the intoxicating hemp sector is behaving as though November 2026 is just another month on the calendar — not a potential regulatory cliff. That’s when new federal restrictions, ...
OPINION: The Cannabis Industry That Left Black America Behind
LOS ANGELES- America’s legal Cannabis industry loves to tell a redemption story: a plant once criminalized is now regulated, normalized, and generating billions in tax revenue. But redemption for whom? Black History Month shouldn’t just ...
Week in Review: Cannabis & Psychedelics Industry Highlights
LOS ANGELES – The Cannabis and Psychedelics sectors remain in a state of flux, balancing regulatory progress, market milestones, and corporate maneuvers with persistent challenges. Mature markets posted impressive revenue numbers, major operators strengthened their ...
AULV Health Announces U.S. Launch to Advance Integrative Health and Longevity Innovation
LOS ANGELES — Feb. 11, 2026 — AULV (Australian Longevity Vitality), an integrative health and botanical therapeutics platform founded in Australia, today announced its official launch in the United States, establishing its U.S. headquarters in ...
Abandoned Fighter Jet Test Site Under Review for Cannabis Cultivation Facility
NEW YORK – A long-vacant former Grumman Aerospace complex in Calverton, NY, has become the subject of a preliminary proposal to repurpose its buildings for indoor Cannabis grow. The 20-acre property, which includes three office ...
Bioxyne Lands Initial Orders for GMP-Compliant Psilocybin Capsules
SYDNEY – Bioxyne Limited, an Australian life sciences and wellness products company, has received its first commercial orders for GMP-manufactured psilocybin capsules through its subsidiary Breathe Life Sciences (BLS). The capsules, branded BLSPSIL25, are intended ...
ANNOUNCING: ‘Future of Cannabis’ with Guy Rocourt Returns With Fresh Conversations on the Next Chapter of Cannabis
The fortnightly series brings a product-first, market-realistic lens to cannabis, covering regulation, capital, quality standards, and what real scale looks like as the industry matures. LOS ANGELES — February 12, 2026 — Highly Capitalized Network ...
Virginia Moves Closer to Cannabis Sales Launch
RICHMOND – Virginia's General Assembly moved forward with key Cannabis legislation, as committees approved measures to establish a regulated adult-use retail market and create a process for resentencing individuals convicted under older Cannabis laws. The ...
Former Navy SEAL Teams Up with THC-Infused Beverage Company
NEW YORK – Robert J. O'Neill, the retired Navy SEAL widely recognized for his role in the 2011 Operation Neptune Spear, has entered a partnership with hi Seltzer, a brand offering hemp-derived, THC-infused beverages with ...
Cannabis Tax Deduction Ban Bill Gains 15th Sponsor in Congress
WASHINGTON – A federal proposal to preserve strict tax restrictions on Cannabis businesses has picked up additional support in Congress. The bill that would block state-legal Cannabis businesses from claiming standard federal tax deductions, regardless ...
