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Cresco’s marijuana asset sales could hit $500 million after Columbia Care deal, analysts say

Cresco Labs is expected to sell off $250 million-$500 million worth of marijuana cultivation and retail licenses largely…

News March 29
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Opinion: Marijuana momentum in 2022? Look to the Midwest

Everyone in the cannabis business has their eyes on the Northeast, and for good reason. But cannabis multistate…

News March 28
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How living soil can reduce marijuana growers’ impact on the environment

Maintaining healthy soil can help cannabis cultivators reduce their impact on the environment by using less water and…

News March 24
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UT bars smokable hemp, CBD in food, gives hemp oversight to US

Utah banned smokable hemp and CBD in food under a new law that also shifts oversight of the…

News March 23
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Texas hemp companies ask state’s high court to toss smokable-hemp ban

Four Texas hemp companies on Tuesday asked the state's high court to throw out a statewide ban on…

News March 22
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Metrc secures Minnesota’s medical cannabis track-and-trace contract

Florida-based seed-to-sale traceability company Metrc signed a contract to provide track-and-trace services to Minnesota's medical cannabis program.

News March 17
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Colorado recalls some contaminated cannabis flower products

Some cannabis flower sold by major Colorado retailer LivWell Enlightened Health is being recalled over mold and yeast…

News March 15
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Scotts warns of sales reduction in cannabis grow-supply segment

Scotts Miracle-Gro issued a new sales reduction estimate for its indoor cannabis cultivation supply segment, the Hawthorne Gardening…

News March 9
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Illinois craft cannabis grower bill highlights tension between big companies, minority entrepreneurs

Back in 2019, many marijuana industry experts trumpeted Illinois as setting a new bar for social equity; State…

News March 8
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Washington state to require pesticide testing for adult-use cannabis products

Washington state regulators will finally require pesticide testing of adult-use cannabis products, which nearly all other markets with…

News March 3
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