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Canada’s discount cannabis segment heats up with competing value brands

High prices were a regular consumer complaint when Canada legalized recreational cannabis in October 2018.

News June 24
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Prosecutor: AG Barr ordered politically motivated probes of marijuana mergers

A federal prosecutor will testify before members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday that U.S. Attorney…

News June 23
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Initial closing of $61.5 Harvest-High Times cannabis retail deal completed

Multistate operator and vertically integrated marijuana company Harvest Health & Recreation finalized a deal to sell eight California…

News June 23
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Chart: Tepid adult-use cannabis sales in Massachusetts for first week of reopening

Recreational marijuana stores reopened in Massachusetts in late May after a state-mandated, two-month shutdown in response to the…

News June 23
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Oregon mulls banning additives in marijuana vaping products

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which regulates marijuana in the state, took its first step toward adopting rules…

News June 22
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Los Angeles proposes ‘major course change’ for cannabis business licensing, social equity

In a series of recommendations to the Los Angeles City Council, L.A.’s Department of Cannabis Regulation proposed an…

News June 22
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High Times’ cannabis retail bid complicated by web of owners, social equity partners

The owner of pioneering High Times magazine is scrambling to close a marijuana retail acquisition in California that…

News June 22
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Week in Review: Acreage cannabis loan’s steep interest rate, Big Tobacco-MJ bankruptcy, Missouri cultivation & more

Cannabis multistate operator Acreage Holdings obtained a $15 million short-term loan with an eye-popping 60% yearly interest rate.…

News June 20
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Bierman and Modlin leave board of cannabis firm MedMen

The co-founders of California-based multistate marijuana operator MedMen are completely out of the company, having relinquished their roles on…

News June 18
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Marijuana firm Acreage gets $15 million loan at 60% interest rate

Marijuana multistate operator Acreage Holdings has secured a $15 million short-term loan with a whopping 60% yearly interest…

News June 17
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