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Howard Dean, Lloyd Axworthy join marijuana firm’s International Advisory Board

Amid growing scrutiny of cross-border deals in the marijuana industry, Nanaimo, British Columbia-based Tilray has formed an International Advisory Board consisting of global government and business leaders to provide guidance…

News December 13
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Final California marijuana regulations: ‘Wins, losses and more ambiguity’

The recently released final drafts of California's marijuana industry rules received mixed reviews from some cannabis experts.

News December 13
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Hemp legalization clears House, off to president for final approval

Hemp legalization awaits the pen of President Donald Trump after the U.S. House on Wednesday followed the Senate and approved a 2018 Farm Bill that removes hemp from the U.S.…

News December 12
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Utah aims to hire cannabis czar to oversee MMJ, hemp and CBD

Utah state regulators are advertising for a program manager to oversee the newly formed medical cannabis market in the state, industrialized hemp and CBD regulations. The cannabis program manager job…

News December 12
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Lack of capital biggest barrier to entry for minority-owned cannabis firms: Q&A with NuLeaf’s Jeannette Ward Horton

To help people of color gain entry into the cannabis market, one marijuana industry veteran has developed a grant-funding program to give them a leg up.

News December 12
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Connecticut regulators double medical marijuana dispensaries to 18

Connecticut regulators approved nine medical marijuana dispensary licenses, doubling the current number. The new dispensaries were selected from 73 applications as part of a competitive scoring process. The additional licenses come…

News December 12
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Nevada approves 61 more cannabis stores, nearly doubling existing number

Nevada issued 61 additional provisional recreational marijuana retail licenses, which would nearly double the number of stores serving the fast-growing market, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. But not everyone was…

News December 12
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Marijuana sector needn’t fear Big Alcohol, Tobacco – yet

There has been a flurry of business activity this year by several multibillion-dollar companies in the alcohol and tobacco space looking to capitalize on opportunities in legal marijuana.

News December 12
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Marijuana firm Cresco Labs posts $3.9 million net income in third quarter

Chicago-based Cresco Labs posted $3.9 million in net income in its fiscal third quarter, reversing its year-ago loss of $200,000. The multistate cannabis operator saw revenues spike 335% in the quarter…

News December 11
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