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Cowen downgrades Columbia, Cresco over lack of marijuana banking reform

Investment bank Cowen has downgraded its outlooks for major cannabis multistate operators Columbia Care and Cresco Labs after…

News December 21
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Opinion: How to boost cannabis cultivation revenue with young-plant sales

Cannabis cultivation businesses can buffer themselves against fluctuating wholesale flower prices by producing and selling young plants.

News December 21
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Florida to issue more medical marijuana business licenses, will increase fees

Florida regulators announced that 22 new medical marijuana business licenses will be awarded that "could double the size"…

News December 20
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Cannabis wholesale platform LeafLink lays off 80 workers

New York-based LeafLink, a cannabis wholesale tech platform, cut 80 employees earlier this month.

News December 20
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Publicly funded marijuana research center launching in Chicago

A little more than a month after President Joe Biden signed a new marijuana research bill into law,…

News December 20
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Cannabis MSO earnings resilient through third quarter of 2022

U.S. cannabis multistate operators weathered a storm of challenging economic factors through the third quarter of 2022, with…

News December 20
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Marijuana banking reform dead in Congress as industry stakeholders seethe

The nation's biggest marijuana industry voices begrudgingly acknowledged on Monday what Capitol Hill insiders believed for weeks was…

News December 19
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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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Maryland switches medical marijuana oversight to alcohol and tobacco agency

The medical marijuana industry in Maryland will be regulated by the state's Alcohol and Tobacco Commission starting in…

News December 19
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Washington state cannabis sales decline for first time since adult-use legalization

Washington state's cannabis sales slowed this year for the first time since the state began legal adult-use marijuana…

News December 19
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