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Criticism Mounts Over New York’s Social Equity Cannabis Fund for High Costs and Limited Impact
LOS ANGELES- New York’s Social Equity Cannabis Investment Fund, a public-private initiative launched to support individuals disproportionately affected by cannabis prohibition, has faced growing criticism over its high operating costs and limited results. Since its ...
Delaware Awards First Cannabis Cultivation and Manufacturing Licenses in Initial Lottery
LOS ANGELES- Delaware has initiated its adult-use cannabis licensing process, awarding the first cultivation and manufacturing permits through a lottery held on October 24, 2024. This inaugural lottery, organized by the Office of the Marijuana ...
Cybin Secures Patent for CYB005 Program in Push for New CNS Disorder Treatments
LOS ANGELES- Cybin Inc., a neuropsychiatric biopharmaceutical company, announced that it has secured a U.S. patent (No. 12,122,741) covering the composition of matter for key molecules in its CYB005 program. This patent represents a strategic ...
Cookies Expands Influence in Florida Cannabis Market
LOS ANGELES- Cookies, a player in the cannabis industry, has recently enhanced its footprint in the Florida market, a move that comes on the heels of favorable legal advancements in the state. This strategic expansion ...
Minnesota’s Strategic Early Cannabis Licensing Initiative
LOS ANGELES- Minnesota lawmakers are evaluating a measure to issue some cannabis cultivation licenses prematurely to circumvent delays in the upcoming adult-use cannabis program. The move, reported by the Star Tribune, aims to utilize existing ...
DEA Reschedules Cannabis, Boosting Industry and Sparking Calls for More Reform
LOS ANGELES- This week, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made a significant policy shift by reclassifying cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), moving it from Schedule I to Schedule III, alongside drugs like Tylenol ...
Public Safety and Inclusivity Drive Support for Cannabis Banking Legislation
LOS ANGELES- A recent poll by Morning Consult indicates that 64% of Americans support allowing cannabis businesses access to traditional banking services, suggesting such measures could enhance public safety. The poll aligns with growing legislative ...
Criticism Mounts Over New York’s Social Equity Cannabis Fund for High Costs and Limited Impact
LOS ANGELES- New York’s Social Equity Cannabis Investment Fund, a public-private initiative launched to support individuals disproportionately affected by cannabis prohibition, has faced growing criticism over its high operating costs and limited results. Since its ...
Delaware Awards First Cannabis Cultivation and Manufacturing Licenses in Initial Lottery
LOS ANGELES- Delaware has initiated its adult-use cannabis licensing process, awarding the first cultivation and manufacturing permits through a lottery held on October 24, 2024. This inaugural lottery, organized by the Office of the Marijuana ...
Cybin Secures Patent for CYB005 Program in Push for New CNS Disorder Treatments
LOS ANGELES- Cybin Inc., a neuropsychiatric biopharmaceutical company, announced that it has secured a U.S. patent (No. 12,122,741) covering the composition of matter for key molecules in its CYB005 program. This patent represents a strategic ...
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 ...
