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Marijuana Business This Week: A look at upcoming stories and events in the cannabis industry

Here are some of the notable stories and events in the cannabis industry to watch for in the…

News March 25
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Decision day for New Jersey? $1.5 billion recreational cannabis market at stake

New Jersey lawmakers could vote as soon as Monday on whether to legalize adult-use marijuana, with hundreds of millions of…

News March 24
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California state marijuana excise tax could go up July 1

Although the California marijuana industry has hoped for tax relief as it struggles to compete with a thriving…

News March 23
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Louisiana medical cannabis grower OK’d to up production; no start date for sales

Louisiana’s agriculture department and a state-sanctioned medical marijuana grower broke through one of the key regulatory logjams keeping…

News March 22
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Maine appoints head of adult-use marijuana program

Maine hired Scott Lever, the state’s deputy commissioner of Health Services, to oversee its recreational cannabis program. In…

News March 22
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Cannabis group Cansortium raises $56 million-plus ahead of IPO

Miami-based Cansortium, a vertically integrated cannabis operator, said it raised just over $56 million in funds ahead of…

News March 22
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BlackRock discloses $11M investment in medical marijuana firm Curaleaf

BlackRock, one of the world’s largest money managers, disclosed in regulatory filings that its funds have an $11…

News March 22
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Cannabis financier Gotham Green Partners to invest up to $250 million in MedMen

MedMen, a California-based multistate marijuana operator, said it will receive an investment of up to $250 million from…

News March 22
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CBD set for sale at drugstore giant CVS & more of the week’s top cannabis business news (SLIDESHOW)

CVS emerges as a new sales outlet for Curaleaf hemp-derived CBD topicals, Florida medical marijuana patients can buy…

News March 22

New Jersey governor: Push to legalize recreational marijuana is short on votes

Days ahead of a planned vote in the Legislature that would make New Jersey the 11th state to…

News March 21
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