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Cannabis Companies Finally Gain U.S. Bankruptcy Access

(This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.) Bankruptcy has generally been off limits to cannabis companies. Time and time again,...

FDA approved cannabis: Why Schedule 3 means operators must prepare for pharmaceutical-grade MMJ now

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Expanded medical cannabis sales at Georgia pharmacies, dispensaries begin

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Trump marijuana rescheduling is ‘solely’ political, opponent claims as DEA hearings begin

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California marijuana grower fined nearly $2 million for environmental violations

A marijuana grower in Northern California agreed to pay $1.7 million in penalties to various state agencies for environmental violations.

News February 5

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Hemp nonprofits call on key House committee to weigh in on FDA regulation

A group of nonprofit and supplement organizations sent a letter pleading for the House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation of hemp…

News February 5

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Marijuana doesn’t enjoy free-trade protections, New York judge rules

A federal judge has rejected the latest effort by out-of-state applicants to stop New York state from licensing adult-use marijuana stores, ruling in part that constitutional free-trade protections don’t apply…

News February 5

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Akanda signs nonbinding deal to sell Portuguese cannabis firm for $2 million

International medical cannabis company Akanda Corp. has entered into an amended nonbinding letter of intent to sell RPK Biopharma Unipessoal, its Portuguese subsidiary, to Somai Pharmaceuticals.

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California marijuana company Blüm shuts Unrivaled grow facility

California marijuana company Blüm Holdings has closed the last cultivation facility owned by its Unrivaled Brands subsidiary as it shifts to focus on cannabis retail and brands after a corporate…

News February 5

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Israel’s new rules might spur growth in medical cannabis industry

New rules implemented in January by Israel's Ministry of Health to ease the path for physicians approving medical cannabis - along with further regulatory changes later this year - are…

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Michigan marijuana company buys 11 stores from in-state competitor

Stash Ventures, a vertically integrated marijuana company in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, acquired 11 stores from Cloud Cannabis Co. in Troy.

News February 2

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Malta’s first adult-use ‘cannabis club’ begins recruitment, sales

Malta's first adult-use "cannabis club" opened this week, a little more than two years after the European Union country adopted a law that liberalized its marijuana rules.

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