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What the changing face of financing means for US cannabis cultivation, retail sectors

As recently as 2018, cultivation- and retail-sector financing was almost exclusively the domain of private companies, according to…

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Marijuana REIT IIP provides $45 million in funding to PharmaCann in New York

Marijuana real estate investment trust Innovative Industrial Properties announced $45 million worth of funding to privately held multistate…

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As more states legalize marijuana, CBD retailers face an identity crisis

Legal and lightly taxed, CBD operators have enormous business advantages compared to their colleagues growing and selling high-THC…

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Michigan cannabis company Fluresh arranges $48M in new debt, refinancing

Vertically integrated Michigan cannabis operator Fluresh announced $25 million in new debt from an unspecified "federally regulated commercial…

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New Jersey shoppers spend $1.9 million on first day of adult-use marijuana sales

Customers who stood in long lines for the start of adult-use marijuana sales in New Jersey on April…

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Kentucky governor OKs cannabis research center, weighs MMJ legalization

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear broadened the scope of a cannabis research center approved by lawmakers while still…

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Denver marijuana company’s dispute with union highlights PR pitfalls

A new Colorado law that allows agricultural workers, including cannabis grow employees, to unionize has led to a…

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Canadian cannabis retailer Choom granted creditor protection

Struggling Canadian cannabis retailer Choom Holdings and its subsidiaries received an order for creditor protection from the Supreme…

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Louisiana medical marijuana expansion seen as unlikely this year

Louisiana has only two medical marijuana growers and nine dispensaries, and it doesn’t look as if that’s going to…

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Georgia company files lawsuit over medical cannabis licensing process

Medical marijuana business Cumberland Curative filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) over…

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