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Weekly Wrapup: Medical Cannabis Funding Climate Improving Amid New Deals, Developments

The medical marijuana industry may have finally turned a corner on the financing front, as evidenced by two…

News May 6
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Medical Marijuana Inc. on the Defensive After Outside Criticism Sets Shareholders on Edge

One of the more prominent publicly traded cannabis companies has come under fire recently in blogs and stock…

News May 3
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Angel Investors to Pump $1 Million into 5 Cannabis Startups as Marijuana Investment Activity Picks Up

Five startup cannabis firms have received commitments for a combined $1 million in financing from angel investors, providing…

News May 2
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Massachusetts Marijuana Advocates Decry ‘Nasty’ Bill That Would Severely Limit State’s MMJ Program

Massachusetts lawmakers are set to begin debating a bill that would cap the number of dispensaries in the…

News May 1
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Private Equity Firm Offering $250 Million in Cash Advances to Marijuana Businesses

By Anne Holland [Updated 5/2/13] Another crack has appeared in the wall of financial services firms refusing to…

News April 30
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Weekly Wrapup: MMJ Dispensary Progress Hits ‘Yellow Lights’ in CA, MD, IL and CT

In the week after federal authorities moved against all 63 marijuana retailers in Santa Ana CA, politicians across…

News April 29
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83% of Existing Medical Marijuana Businesses Were Funded by Founders’ Own Wallets

By Anne Holland   As new-to-dispensaries states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut propose requiring dispensary founders to fund huge…

News April 26
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Exclusive: Cannabis Clone Business Data & Insights from a Top CA Nursery

By Anne Holland   A top executive from Dark Heart Nursery, one of the largest medical cannabis clone nurseries…

News April 25
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AZ’s MMJ Dispensary Revenues Projected to Reach $440 Million by 2016

By Anne Holland According to an economic impact study of the nascent AZ MMJ dispensary industry, retail sales of…

News April 24
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