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Curaleaf, Surterra among big spenders on federal marijuana lobbying

The marijuana industry has spent about $2 million so far this year lobbying for federal cannabis reform in Washington DC, and more than half that money has come from individual…

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Global Cannabis: Q&A with Kim Campbell

As the first country to regulate medical and adult-use cannabis at a federal level, Canada has an opportunity to be the leading force in setting standards for other nations to…

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Global Cannabis: Q&A with Vicente Fox

For years, former Mexican President Vicente Fox was bullish on launching a legal medical marijuana market in the country he led for half a decade. And now? He’s less optimistic.…

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New Zealand’s marijuana legalization referendum picks up major backer

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is supporting the nation’s binding 2020 referendum on ending cannabis prohibition. In an opinion piece published in the United Kingdom’s Guardian newspaper titled…

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New Hampshire medical marijuana market plagued by slow patient processing

New Hampshire’s small, highly regulated medical cannabis market is being hampered by delays in registering patients, according to a new report. Virtually all qualified patients don’t receive their cards to…

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TruTrace Technologies, Deloitte ink cannabis tracking deal

Toronto-based TruTrace Technologies, which registers and tracks intellectual property in the marijuana industry, has formed an alliance with consulting giant Deloitte to ensure product safety and efficiency. TruTrace will use…

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California county shutters record illegal grow with 63,000 marijuana plants

Authorities in the famed wine country of Sonoma County, California, shut down the largest illegal marijuana grow operation in the county’s history, seizing roughly 63,000 unlicensed cannabis plants. County inspectors with…

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Aurora Cannabis sells remaining stake in Green Organic Dutchman

Aurora Cannabis, one of Canada’s largest marijuana companies, sold its remaining stake in Toronto-based The Green Organic Dutchman for 86.5 million Canadian dollars ($64.9 million). The sale, which gave Aurora…

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Medicine Man Technologies’ acquisition of CO marijuana firm its ninth this year

A buying spree by Denver-based Medicine Man Technologies continues, with a deal announced Wednesday to buy Colorado Harvest Co. and its three cannabis storefronts for $12.5 million. Medicine Man Technologies…

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