An Arkansas judge has temporarily blocked the state from issuing licenses to five companies to grow medical marijuana in response to complaints about the state’s process for reviewing applications for the facilities. Pulaski County Circuit Judge …
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After Attorney General Jeff Sessions ripped up the Cole Memo and gave U.S. attorneys greater leeway to prosecute marijuana businesses, many industry executives and experts wondered whether the days of the federal government leaving legal cannabis alone…
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The venture capital firm founded by rapper Snoop Dogg to invest in ancillary cannabis companies has closed its inaugural fund after securing $45 million from investors, making it one of the larger raises in the marijuana industry. Casa Verde Capital, b…
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The number of applicants to cultivate medical cannabis in Canada has grown to a record number. But the number of “fully licensed” companies – those permitted to cultivate and sell dried cannabis, as well as produce and sell cannabis oils – …
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After the Greek parliament approved a law for the cultivation and sale of medical cannabis this month, five international companies already have expressed interest in pumping over 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) into the country’s burgeoning sector. How…
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A landlocked nation in southern Africa is on the cusp of opening major medical cannabis opportunities both domestically and internationally, provided government and businesses overcome near-term obstacles. The opportunity for Lesotho’s economy is…
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A landlocked nation in southern Africa is on the cusp of opening major medical cannabis opportunities both domestically and internationally, provided government and businesses overcome near-term obstacles. The opportunity for Lesotho’s economy is…
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The new leader of Ontario’s opposition party, the Progressive Conservatives, will consider giving the free market a greater role in recreational marijuana sales if he wins the June 7 provincial election. Such a move would be a major boon for entr…
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A Canadian medical marijuana grower is launching a joint venture in Denmark with its eye on meeting MMJ demand throughout Europe, becoming the latest Canadian cultivator to establish a presence in the Scandinavian country. Ontario-based CannTrust Holdi…
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Arkansas regulators are receiving challenges in response to their licensing of the state’s first medical marijuana growers. Challenges of this type filed by unsuccessful applicants are a common occurrence in the industry after a state rolls out i…
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