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Cannabis MSO MedMen loses chief revenue officer

The chief revenue officer has resigned at California-based cannabis multistate operator MedMen, a little more than a year…

News February 14
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California localities detail plans to spend $100 million to fix marijuana licensing logjam

California’s Department of Cannabis Control has started to disperse $100 million to 17 municipalities and counties to help them…

News February 14
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Marijuana operator Harborside closes first tranche of $77.3M debt financing

Oakland, California-based vertically integrated marijuana firm Harborside closed the first tranche of a $77.3 million debt financing deal.

News February 11
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Cannabis REIT closes on $40 million sale-leaseback in New Jersey

Innovative Industrial Properties (IIP) acquired a marijuana property in New Jersey from Ascend Wellness for $35.4 million and…

News February 11
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Why IIP canceled a cannabis notes issue + NY adult-use permits in jeopardy

Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE: IIPR), the largest REIT focused on the cannabis industry, on Feb. 1 announced a…

News February 9
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Lighting considered key to making cannabis cultivation operations more sustainable

Cannabis cultivators seeking to make their operations more sustainable should begin with their lighting systems. 

News February 9
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Weedmaps Super Bowl TV ad for cannabis rejected by NBC, report says

A television commercial from cannabis e-commerce and advertising platform Weedmaps was rejected for Super Bowl airtime by the…

News February 7
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Flower still king of US marijuana market, though supremacy waning

Flower remains by far the most sought-after product in the U.S. cannabis market, but that dominance is slipping…

News February 7
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The state of cannabis research: Q&A with Emerald keynote speaker Daniele Piomelli

For the past three decades, Daniele Piomelli has worked on understanding how the compounds in our bodies that…

News February 7
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California credit union to reward cannabis clients with dividend

A California credit union made a splash with its cannabis clients by saying it will be splitting a…

News February 2
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