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Charts showing the rise of marijuana concentrates in 2020.

Marijuana concentrate sales up 40% as more consumers turn to the product category

Cannabis concentrates are gaining a larger share of the overall market and increasing in price as consumers become more comfortable with the intricate process of dabbing and technology makes consumption…

News February 8
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Cannabis companies turning to mainstream marketing tactic to help hype new items

It’s every cannabis executive’s dream: a line that stretches out the door and down the block, full of customers eager to spend money on a new product. Social-media hype. Word-of-mouth…

News February 7
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Virginia lawmakers pass landmark recreational marijuana legalization bills

Virginia took a major step toward becoming the 16th state in the nation to legalize a recreational marijuana market and the first in the South after the House of Delegates…

News February 5
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Rhode Island medical marijuana program gets new regulatory chief

Rhode Island cannabis companies have a new regulatory chief to oversee the medical marijuana market.

News February 5
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California cannabis workers eligible for immediate COVID-19 vaccinations

The California Department of Public Health on Thursday issued an updated COVID-19 vaccination policy clarifying that cannabis industry employees are classified as health-care workers and therefore are immediately eligible to…

News February 5
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Scammers preying on Michigan marijuana businesses, regulator warns

Michigan’s marijuana regulatory agency is warning local cannabis companies that fraudsters are masquerading as regulators and industry executives in a bid to trick employees into sending money or security information…

News February 5
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Will GW’s multibillion-dollar sale ‘open floodgates’ to pharma-cannabis deal-making?

Jazz Pharmaceuticals' planned $7.2 billion takeover of United Kingdom-based GW Pharmaceuticals could kick off a wave of deal-making between pharma and medical cannabis companies, analysts and industry sources say.

News February 5
A map and chart showing the growth of cannabis businesses listed on the secondary market.

Market for licensed marijuana businesses heats up as buyers snap up retail stores, other properties

The market for buying and selling licensed cannabis businesses has perhaps never been hotter, with demand fueled by new entrants into the industry, hopes for federal marijuana reform and multistate…

News February 5
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iAnthus receives $11M loan, go-ahead to finish New Jersey cannabis facility

Cannabis multistate operator iAnthus said it has closed on $11 million of financing to complete a build-out and improvements of a cultivation and processing facility in New Jersey.

News February 4
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