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Cresco Labs to buy rival marijuana MSO Columbia Care in $2 billion deal

Major multistate cannabis operators Cresco Labs and Columbia Care said Wednesday they have agreed to combine in a…

News March 23
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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…

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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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Raids in Southern California net 73 arrests, 156,000 cannabis plants

Southern California officials conducted a wide-ranging, multiweek crackdown in desert communities between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, resulting…

News March 22
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Georgia retailers win restraining order over hemp-derived THC products

Cannabis retailers in Georgia won at least a temporary legal victory against an Atlanta-area district attorney who had…

News March 21
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Opinion: 2022 could be the year for pharmaceutical marijuana

Despite the success of adult-use marijuana, 2022 is looking like the year pharmaceutical cannabis becomes a major market…

News March 21
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Amid transformation push, marijuana producer Hexo posts CA$690.3M Q2 loss

Major Canadian marijuana producer Hexo Corp. posted a net loss of nearly 690.3 million Canadian dollars ($547 million)…

News March 18
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‘Diamonds in the rough’: How to hire cannabis workers with criminal records

"Social equity" is the legal cannabis industry's biggest buzzword these days, with governments and companies of all sizes…

News March 18
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Disagreements among lawmakers stall delta-8 THC ban in Washington state

Last-minute disagreements about the rise of hemp-derived THC products in Washington state derailed legislative proposals to ban the…

News March 17
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How US cannabis industry weathered two years of pandemic upheaval

For many cannabis industry executives, it's been a white-knuckle ride since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19…

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