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Canopy Growth, others formed JV ‘solely’ to pump marijuana stock, refiled CA$500 million lawsuit alleges

A high-stakes lawsuit that Canopy Growth and other Ontario, Canada, cannabis companies had hoped would disappear along with their ill-fated PharmHouse joint venture has been revived and refiled.

News March 9
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Verano accused in lawsuit of illegal interstate marijuana trafficking

Illinois-based multistate operator Verano Holdings is accused in a lawsuit of illegally shuttling marijuana from its home state to Arkansas. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the allegations of illegal interstate…

News March 9
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Oklahoma’s medical cannabis dispensary licenses decline for the first time

Retail licenses for Oklahoma’s medical cannabis program declined 8% in 2020, the first contraction for the open-license market since MMJ sales began in 2018. Despite surging sales and patient numbers,…

News March 9
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Alaska cannabis grower, retailer face criminal charges in pesticide case

Alaska officials are pressing a criminal case against two associated cannabis businesses that are accused of falsifying business records, misusing pesticides, pesticide pollution and reckless endangerment. Ronald and Lacey Bass,…

News March 8
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Ontario Cannabis Store CEO: More stores needed in underserved markets

The chief executive of the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) said growing regulated recreational marijuana sales in Canada’s most-populous province depends on more brick-and-mortar stores opening in certain communities. OCS President…

News March 8
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Harborside enters $5 million ‘strategic investment’ with CA marijuana firm

Harborside said Monday that it has thrown $5 million in investment capital behind Loudpack, another well-known California marijuana business. According to a news release, Oakland-based Harborside provided the funding for…

News March 8
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Women’s History Month: Q&A with marijuana industry pioneer Greta Carter

“Everything I dreamt and hoped to have accomplished in this industry has come to fruition. I am truly living the dream.” That’s how marijuana-industry pioneer Greta Carter began a conversation…

News March 8
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Cannabis companies share how they launched social equity funding, programs

Marijuana companies face mounting pressure from advocates, consumers and regulators to address the lack of diversity within the cannabis industry.

News March 7
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Detroit sued over locals-preferred cannabis licensing rule

An aspiring cannabis business owner who says she has lived in or around Detroit most of her life is suing the city for allegedly discriminating against marijuana business license applicants…

News March 5
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