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Cannabis-based packaging and paper could reduce waste, promote sustainability

Cannabis businesses have long struggled with the excessive packaging their products are required to use, employing extra layers of plastic and paper to ensure that flower or vape products are…

News September 20
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Week in Review: Congress delays marijuana vote, more record cannabis sales, Brazil nears legalization & more

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives decided this week to hold off on a floor vote for the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act until after the November…

News September 19
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Iowa awards two additional medical cannabis dispensary licenses

Iowa regulators awarded medical marijuana dispensary licenses to operators in Iowa City and Council Bluffs to replace two outlets that closed in March.

News September 18
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New Canadian cannabis flower now available in German pharmacies

Germany-based Four 20 Pharma and Northern Green Canada announced their first shipment of non-irradiated medical cannabis flower has reached German pharma

News September 18
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Canada’s recreational marijuana sales grow to record CA$231 million

Retail sales of adult-use cannabis in Canada grew yet again in July, increasing by 15.2% over June's record to another high of 231.6 million Canadian dollars ($175.6 million).

News September 18
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France urged to act on medical cannabis after falling ‘alarmingly behind’

A French parliamentary committee is urging the government to publish a decree needed to initiate a delayed medical cannabis experiment as industry and patient advocates say the country is falling…

News September 18
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Cannabis companies with specific plans for new funding find success at raising capital

Capital markets remain very tight, but they started to open up again for marijuana companies in the third quarter of 2020, as shown in Viridian Capital Advisors’ deal tracker.

News September 18
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Colorado, Illinois, Ohio set records for monthly marijuana sales

States continue to post record cannabis sales in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic downturn, further evidence the marijuana industry is capable of weathering the recession.…

News September 17
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Cannabis operator MedMen inks financing commitments near $20 million

Multistate marijuana operator MedMen Enterprises has raised roughly $20 million of financing, with $11.7 million committed now, in a series of complex transactions with existing lenders and institutional investors. The…

News September 17
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