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7 regulatory-related factors for marijuana companies to consider in a debt transaction

2020 saw several high-profile debt transactions in the cannabis industry, with major companies raising hundreds of millions of…

News January 6
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Massachusetts fills two open seats on state Cannabis Control Commission

The main body regulating legal marijuana in Massachusetts is gaining two more members.

News December 16
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Trials minorities face raising marijuana capital: Q&A with DC dispensary owner Linda Mercado Greene

Linda Mercado Greene, co-founder and CEO of Anacostia Organics, was already a successful businesswoman and a veteran political…

News December 6
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Los Angeles selects 200 social equity cannabis retail license finalists

Los Angeles regulators issued the much-anticipated list of 200 finalists in the contentious battle for social equity marijuana…

News December 3
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Cannabis SPAC acquires Caliva and Left Coast Ventures, hires Jay-Z

New York-based Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company, said it has acquired two California cannabis companies…

News November 24
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New Jersey recreational cannabis bill advances, but differences remain

Two key New Jersey legislative budget committees advanced a recreational cannabis implementation measure, but differences in the Assembly…

News November 20
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Two more lawsuits filed over L.A.’s social equity cannabis licensing

Lawsuits filed by two former social equity applicants brings the total to at least six that have been…

News November 18
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Marijuana multistate operators set to capitalize on new markets, but small firms face hurdles

Get insights on cannabis investing and what the post-election investment climate looks like during the Investor Intelligence Conference…

News November 12
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San Francisco cannabis market expands slowly but surely via social equity program

San Francisco is the birthplace of the modern medical marijuana industry. But the city's cannabis industry has been…

News November 11
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Uproar over ex-NBA star Kemp’s marijuana shop ownership highlights industry’s diversity woes

Former NBA star Shawn Kemp is not the first black owner of a Seattle recreational marijuana dispensary as…

News November 6
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