CFOs depart Trulieve, Weedmaps at tough time for cannabis

The departures of chief financial officers at Trulieve Cannabis Corp. and Weedmaps’ parent company come at a challenging time for the marijuana industry, which is dealing with high interest rates, low share prices and the slow pace of federal reform in the United States.

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Marijuana companies lay off hundreds, retrench amid economic woes

While business around the world shuttered as COVID-19 spread, the marijuana industry was deemed “essential” in nearly 30 states and stood to gain from the pandemic.

But more than two years later, amid rising inflation and fears of a recession, North American cannabis companies are cutting hundreds of jobs, closing retail outlets and cultivation facilities or shuttering altogether.

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