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Marijuana MSO Holistic Industries raises $55 million for expansion

Holistic Industries, a vertically integrated multistate marijuana company operating in six U.S. markets, secured a $55 million convertible note, nearly doubling a $30 million fundraising goal the company set in…

News May 11
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Cannabis firm Tilray reports $341 million net loss in last stand-alone quarter

Tilray’s recreational and medical cannabis revenue plunged in the final quarter before its merger with Aphria went into effect May 3, and the company recorded a net loss of nearly…

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Canada’s role in making hemp viable in car-building: Q&A with Aptera’s Nathan Armstrong

It’s common lore in the hemp industry: Henry Ford made a car out of hemp, but then anti-cannabis hysteria and a malevolent steel industry squashed the plant’s potential as an…

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Marijuana industry expected to add $92 billion to US economy in 2021

From jobs to tax revenue to commercial real estate, the marijuana industry has a large – and growing – impact on the broader economy in the United States. The total…

News May 11
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Two California officials sentenced to two years in marijuana corruption case

Two former California city officials were each sentenced to two years in prison for accepting $35,000 in cash bribes in January 2020 in exchange for ensuring that a marijuana dispensary…

News May 10
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Marijuana legalization outlook: Alabama yes, but Kansas unlikely

Alabama is poised to become the 39th state in the nation to legalize a medical cannabis market after lawmakers in the Deep South state passed a landmark but restrictive measure…

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Cannabis firm Cronos’ CEO gets CA$12 million-plus in partial-year pay

Canadian cannabis producer Cronos Group paid CEO Kurt Schmidt more than $10 million (12.2 million Canadian dollars) in salary and other compensation in 2020, according to the Toronto-based company’s recently…

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Marijuana MSO Trulieve buying Harvest Health in $2.1 billion mega-deal

Florida-based Trulieve Cannabis announced an agreement to acquire Arizona-based Harvest Health & Recreation in an all-stock deal valued at about $2.1 billion and touted as the largest U.S. marijuana transaction…

News May 10
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California marijuana firm settles false-claims lawsuit for $300,000

California-based marijuana company CannaCraft agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Sonoma County authorities over allegedly false claims that some of its products could have beneficial health…

News May 10
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