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Biden’s vaccine mandate expected to apply to marijuana industry

The marijuana industry should expect to feel the same impacts as other industries from imminent federal regulations requiring…

News September 10
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Cannabis companies considered ripe targets for ransomware attacks

Even as ransomware attacks on high-profile mainstream companies such as Colonial Pipeline and JBS Foods have grabbed headlines…

News September 10
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How cannabis growers can prepare for early season cold weather

Early snowstorms and freezes in September and October have plagued Colorado outdoor cannabis growers the past two years,…

News September 9
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Maine tops $10 million in recreational marijuana sales for August

Maine's recreational cannabis sales totaled $10.2 million in August, the first time the state's marijuana companies passed the…

News September 8
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Completion of Acreage’s NJ marijuana grow delayed by hurricane damage

Acreage Holdings’ under-construction cultivation facility in Sewell, New Jersey, suffered “extensive damage” from Hurricane Ida, the New York-based…

News September 8
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SpeakEasy’s BC cannabis crop ‘relatively unscathed’ by heat, fires

British Columbia cannabis cultivator SpeakEasy Cannabis Club said its 2021 outdoor crop survived this year’s heatwave and wildfires…

News September 8
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Nevada marijuana firms ready consumption lounges to serve tourist throngs

Nevada marijuana companies are mapping out plans to open consumption lounges next year under a new state law…

News September 7
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Washington state ends marijuana seed-to-sale contract, will launch own system

Washington state is scrapping its contract with a third-party, marijuana seed-to-sale traceability provider in favor of a more…

News September 3
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South Dakota legislators seek to make changes to medical cannabis law

A Republican-dominated panel of South Dakota lawmakers recommended several changes to the medical cannabis legalization measure that voters…

News September 2
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Planet 13 to enter Florida via $55 million purchase of cannabis operator

Las Vegas vertically integrated cannabis company Planet 13 has agreed to purchase a Florida medical marijuana subsidiary of…

News September 1
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