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CA enforcement actions on illicit marijuana firms net more than $1.2M in product

In the latest enforcement actions targeting California’s illicit cannabis businesses, state and local agencies recently seized more than…

News March 11
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Marijuana firm Cronos closes CA$2.4 billion investment from tobacco giant Altria

Altria Group's record-breaking investment of 2.4 billion Canadian dollars ($1.8 billion) in Ontario-based cannabis producer Cronos Group closed…

News March 8
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‘Forefront of consolidation’: Shareholders OK marijuana merger of Emblem, Aleafia

Shareholders of Ontario-based cannabis producer Emblem approved a 173 million Canadian dollar ($128 million) buyout from vertically integrated…

News March 8
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Colorado may soon allow its $1.5B marijuana industry to open to outside investors & more of the week’s top news (SLIDESHOW)

Colorado looks close to welcoming a surge of outside investors and capital to its marijuana markets, Hawaii kicks…

News March 8
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Cultivators use living soil to grow healthy cannabis without pesticides, fungicides

Marijuana cultivators who hope to graduate beyond premixed fertilizers and bagged dirt are increasingly moving toward an alternative…

News March 7
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Denver cannabis firm with franchise model to list on Canadian stock exchange

A Denver cannabis company that plans to help franchisees set up marijuana retail businesses is set to go…

News March 6
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Pennsylvania bans medical marijuana dispensaries, growers from 4/20 festival

A cannabis festival set for April 20 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, expects to draw a crowd of 10,000, but…

News March 6
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ME nixes contract with Metrc, opens bids for marijuana seed-to-sale software

Maine is withdrawing its $150,000 contract with Florida-based Franwell – the maker of cannabis seed-to-sale tracking software Metrc – because…

News March 4
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New Mexico relaxes medical cannabis plant limits, so prices should ease

New Mexico regulators enacted an emergency rule that more than quintuples the medical marijuana plant count limit to…

News March 4
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Chart: Farmer, rancher perceptions of cannabis reflect nationwide acceptance

As cannabis becomes more mainstream, there's increasing acceptance of growing and using the plant - even among conventional…

News March 4
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