California awards $15 million more in cannabis social equity grants
California is handing out $15 million in grant money to 10 cities and counties that have adopted social equity programs to help get […]
Category: Recreational Marijuana News
New marijuana group, including tobacco and alcohol firms, pushes for reform
The major stakeholders pushing Congress to enact sweeping federal marijuana reform just got bigger with the formation of a new band of […]
Hundreds in Arizona spend $25,000 each to enter cannabis license lottery
Nearly 400 hopeful cannabis entrepreneurs ponied up $25,000 apiece for a shot at an upcoming business license lottery, which will determine the […]
Outages involving California’s traceability system ‘causing a lot of heartburn’ for cannabis companies
Problems with the state-contracted traceability system in California is causing cannabis companies to spend thousands of dollars in extra time and money […]
Garland’s confirmation as AG could change Feds’ marijuana views
President Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. attorney general, Merrick Garland, was confirmed easily by a 70-30 vote in the Senate on Wednesday, […]
Canada’s Aurora Cannabis files $1 billion shelf prospectus
Aurora Cannabis filed a preliminary short-form base shelf prospectus to raise up to $1 billion by issuing securities over a 25-month period. […]
Curaleaf enters European cannabis market with $286 million acquisition of Emmac Life Sciences
Curaleaf Holdings said Tuesday it signed a $286 million definitive agreement to acquire London-based medical marijuana company Emmac Life Sciences, giving the […]
Verano accused in lawsuit of illegal interstate marijuana trafficking
Illinois-based multistate operator Verano Holdings is accused in a lawsuit of illegally shuttling marijuana from its home state to Arkansas. According to […]
Harborside enters $5 million ‘strategic investment’ with CA marijuana firm
Harborside said Monday that it has thrown $5 million in investment capital behind Loudpack, another well-known California marijuana business. According to a […]
Ontario Cannabis Store CEO: More stores needed in underserved markets
The chief executive of the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) said growing regulated recreational marijuana sales in Canada’s most-populous province depends on more […]