Is multistate cannabis operator Ascend Wellness up for sale?

Abner Kurtin, a former CEO of multistate cannabis operator Ascend Wellness Holdings, is no longer giving interviews since transitioning to the executive chair role only days before a battery charge was dropped against him late last month.

But in a statement sent to MJBizDaily via text, he made it clear that shareholder value is top of mind.

Image of an Ascend Wellness store in downtown Boston