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US marijuana firm Vireo Health launches on Canadian exchange

Vireo Health, a Minnesota-based multistate operating cannabis company, started trading Wednesday on the Canadian Securities Exchange. Vireo has growing, dispensary and processing operations in six states. Vireo is trading under…

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Marijuana growers find alternative to cloning – tissue culture

Marijuana growers historically have turned to cloning to propagate plant inventory and perpetuate plant genetics. But the art of cloning, where a cultivator takes a rooted cutting of a mother plant…

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US House committee poised to consider cannabis banking bill next week

A bill to provide federal protection for banks serving state-legal marijuana businesses is scheduled for markup by a congressional committee next week, a notable development for cannabis banking legislation. Maxine…

News March 19
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Amyris closes on potential $300M cannabinoid deal with biotech firm

Amyris, a California-based company focused on wellness products, said it has closed a deal potentially worth $300 million with biotech startup Lavvan to research and develop synthetic cannabinoids.

News March 19
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Ascent to sell Canadian cannabis assets for CA$41 million

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has approved the sale of financially troubled cannabis firm Ascent Industries for 41.5 million Canadian dollars ($30 million), comprising CA$29 million in cash and the…

News March 19
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Illinois marijuana firm Grassroots closes $90 million raise to expand operations

Chicago-based Grassroots Cannabis said it completed a $90 million capital raise designed to expand the company’s footprint and operations. Grassroots, a vertically integrated cannabis company that operates in 11 states,…

News March 19
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Insurance-covered cannabis in Germany tops 70 million euros in 2018

Statutory health insurers in Germany covered 73.7 million euros ($83.7 million) worth of medical cannabis products in 2018, according to new data published by German health insurance agency GKV-Spitzenverband. Pharmacies…

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NJ adult-use cannabis bill heads to final vote after key committee OKs

New Jersey took another major step Monday toward legalizing recreational marijuana when Senate and Assembly committees approved an identical measure and sent it to the full Legislature for a vote.…

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California environmental regulations and marijuana: Q&A with Green Wise’s Pamela Epstein

Before joining the cannabis industry as an attorney and business consultant, Pamela Epstein practiced environmental law. Epstein, founder of Los Angeles-based Green Wise Consulting, specialized in the California Environmental Quality…

News March 19
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