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Week in Review: California cannabis designations, Supreme Court loss, union victories & more

A new state law lets California's outdoor marijuana growers claim a wine-like "appellation of origin" for their sun-and-soil-grown…

News October 17
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Schwazze scraps deal to purchase Colorado marijuana edibles maker

Schwazze added to its growing list of scuttled deals by terminating its planned acquisition of a fellow Denver-based…

News October 16
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New $102 million equity fund targets ancillary cannabis businesses

Pennsylvania-based Intrinsic Capital Partners said it raised $102 million in a fund that will invest in science and…

News October 16
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Advice for cannabis executives who want to address social justice

The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)’s new report about the responsible regulation of cannabis shines a light on…

News October 16
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Marijuana advocates seriously eye federal legalization after election

Federal marijuana legalization could be only months from becoming reality, spurring Washington DC-based MJ advocates to seriously consider…

News October 16
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Retail marijuana sales take a slight downturn in Colorado

Retail cannabis sales had been on a steady upward trend month-on-month in Colorado despite the coronavirus pandemic, but…

News October 15
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Scotts Miracle-Gro leads funding to legalize adult-use cannabis in NJ

Agricultural giant Scotts Miracle-Gro is the largest contributor so far to efforts to legalize recreational marijuana in New…

News October 15
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UFCW, medical marijuana grower ink labor contract in Rhode Island

Organized labor continues to make inroads into the cannabis industry with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union…

News October 15
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How the new California cannabis appellations law borrows from the wine industry

California’s marijuana industry has no further to look than the Napa Valley when establishing regional identities for its…

News October 15
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California outdoor marijuana cultivators to designate products by growing region

California’s marijuana market is borrowing a page from the state’s world-famous wine industry thanks to a new law…

News October 15
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