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Chart showing the decline of gram-sized flower sales in the US and Canada in 2020

1-gram cannabis flower sales fell in 2020 amid pandemic, but don’t write off the small packet

Sales of 1-gram cannabis flower packages tumbled in multiple North American marijuana markets last year, likely related to…

News January 14
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Colorado hits $2B for 2020 marijuana sales – with December still to count

The oldest adult-use marijuana market in the United States, Colorado, hit a milestone in 2020 when sales surpassed…

News January 13
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Chart showing Illinois first year recreational marijuana sales and how it might be underperforming

Are recreational marijuana sales in Illinois underperforming given the state’s large population?

While Illinois topped $1 billion in total cannabis sales in 2020 as consumers scooped up adult-use products, the…

News January 12
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California marijuana regulatory merger on track for July

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2020 proposal – to merge the three regulatory agencies that oversee the state’s marijuana…

News January 11
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CA Legislature might ban smokable hemp, permit hemp food, drinks

California lawmakers will be faced again with the long-debated question of whether to allow hemp extracts in food…

News January 11
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Chart showing the Michigan marijuana market share by category in 2020

Edibles outperform cannabis industry growth in 2020 on COVID-spurred sales surge

Cannabis edibles sales grew at a rate exceeding the overall growth of the marijuana industry in 2020, prompting…

News January 11
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Some cannabis growers still counting cost of wildfires, but most say industry dodged a bullet

Although the West Coast wildfire season has been over for months, some marijuana companies are still picking up…

News January 8
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Columbia Care to acquire San Diego marijuana retailer for $15 million

New York-based multistate marijuana operator Columbia Care announced Thursday it struck a deal to acquire Southern California cannabis…

News January 7
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L.A. marijuana businesses seek hearings over expired city permits

A small band of the roughly 57 companies whose marijuana business permits expired on New Year’s Eve filed…

News January 6
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7 regulatory-related factors for marijuana companies to consider in a debt transaction

2020 saw several high-profile debt transactions in the cannabis industry, with major companies raising hundreds of millions of…

News January 6
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