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Marijuana firms main funders of recent legalization efforts, overtaking advocacy groups

Cannabis companies provided nearly all the money behind the five legalization initiatives in last November's midterm elections, representing…

News January 12
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2023 offers business opportunities in several new state cannabis markets       

Opportunities in the U.S. cannabis industry continue to expand, despite some notable setbacks in the November 2022 elections…

News January 9
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Florida adult-use marijuana legalization petition garners nearly 150K signatures

Florida adult-use marijuana legalization advocates have collected almost 150,000 valid signatures in an effort to include the issue…

News January 4
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Florida adult-use cannabis legalization petition gathers 50,000+ signatures

An attempt to put adult-use cannabis legalization directly to Florida voters in 2024 has gathered more than 50,000…

News December 19
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Marijuana industry hopeful for federal reform during lame-duck Congress

Marijuana industry entrepreneurs and investors, exhausted and eager to catch a break after a difficult year of declining…

News November 17
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MJBizCon kicks off in Las Vegas amid economic turmoil, hopes of marijuana reform

MJBizCon, the oldest and largest trade show in the cannabis industry, officially opens Wednesday amid growing economic challenges and…

News November 16
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California voters approve a dozen cannabis ballot measures to expand retail

California voters approved 12 local ballot measures in the 2022 midterm elections that will either expand or create…

News November 14
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Legalization, cannabis industry win in Michigan, Rhode Island, Wisconsin

Retail cannabis bans failed in Michigan and Rhode Island, while local voters in Wisconsin voiced support for marijuana…

News November 10
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Election results mixed for marijuana allies in US House

A look at how marijuana allies in the U.S. House of Representatives fared in their bids to win…

News November 9
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US marijuana stocks up in early trading on midterm election results

Shares of publicly traded U.S. marijuana companies mostly gained value Wednesday morning after the 2022 midterm elections, despite…

News November 9
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