Red tape hampers Peru’s medical cannabis market, but new products expected soon
Medical marijuana companies seeking to serve patients in Peru have been stymied by government red tape, but that appears to be slowly […]
Month: September 2020
Cannabis companies secure fresh funding deals as investors wade back into capital markets
Marijuana businesses have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in recent months, a trend that is expected to continue as an investment […]
Massachusetts credit union partners with marijuana payment processor
The GFA Federal Credit Union, which said in 2018 that it would serve Massachusetts marijuana companies, announced a new partnership this week […]
Canopy confirms layoffs at Niagara-on-the-Lake cannabis facility
Cannabis producer Canopy Growth has implemented more layoffs, this time at its operation in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the company confirmed. “Canopy Growth did […]
California city rejects MedMen application for cannabis store license
Troubled multistate marijuana operator MedMen Enterprises was rejected for a conditional-use permit needed to open a planned retail outlet in Pasadena, California […]
CBD Watchdog Finds Beverage Labeling Inaccuracies
According to a press release published in late August, CBD watchdog Leafreport found a large number of inaccuracies when testing CBD-infused beverages […]
Aurora Cannabis faces lawsuit over sublingual-strip licensing agreement
Aurora Cannabis is being taken to court by CTT Pharma, a Canadian developer of drug-delivery technologies that alleges the marijuana giant is […]
4% of Canadian cannabis licensees Indigenous-affiliated, with systemic barriers ‘baked into system’
Just over a dozen Indigenous-affiliated cannabis companies have wound their way through Health Canada’s marijuana licensing process in the past 18 months, […]
Massachusetts leads in giving social equity applicants exclusive access to cannabis delivery licenses
The pathway that Massachusetts regulators developed for minority cannabis business owners allows them to own delivery businesses and protects those licenses for […]
New lawsuit filed over Los Angeles’ marijuana social equity licensing
The city of Los Angeles and its cannabis regulators are facing yet another lawsuit over the city’s controversial and much-delayed social equity […]