MMJ Business Daily

Greek cannabis bill passes key hurdle as Canadian producer eyes investment

International investors are eyeing Greece as a draft bill on medical cannabis moved out of committee this week, positioning the country to be the next to ride the European Union’s medical cannabis wave. Parliamentary committees approved the government&…

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Canopy, world’s biggest marijuana company, hopes for Nasdaq listing

Canopy Growth, the largest medical cannabis company in the world by sales, is planning to list its shares on the Nasdaq, a move that would make it only the second vertically integrated MMJ business to be traded on a top American stock market. CEO Bruce…

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Canopy, world’s biggest marijuana company, hopes for Nasdaq listing

Canopy Growth, the largest medical cannabis company in the world by sales, is planning to list its shares on the Nasdaq, a move that would make it only the second vertically integrated MMJ business to be traded on a top American stock market. CEO Bruce…

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Hemp State Highlight: Kentucky invests in hemp but wonders if peak has passed

Kentucky checks all the boxes for nourishing a hemp revival.
Climate suited to the plant? Check. Friendly regulations from a state willing to experiment and invest in hemp? Check.
Lots of cheap land and a processing infrastructure that includes in-stat…

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Hemp State Highlight: Kentucky invests in hemp but wonders if peak has passed

Kentucky checks all the boxes for nourishing a hemp revival.
Climate suited to the plant? Check. Friendly regulations from a state willing to experiment and invest in hemp? Check.
Lots of cheap land and a processing infrastructure that includes in-stat…

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Washington state extends contingency plan for marijuana tracking

Washington state’s new seed-to-sale marijuana tracking system is up and running, but complications with the program have spurred regulators to extend a traceability contingency plan through March. “Since some licensees have had difficulties…

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Canadian cannabis company faces investigation from stock regulator

A Canadian cannabis company is being investigated by a securities regulator after two of its directors sold millions of dollars worth of shares only days before it announced a large equity financing. The licensed producer, Maricann Group, also failed t…

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Marijuana Business Daily parent company, former publisher settle lawsuit

The parent company of Marijuana Business Daily and its former publisher have settled an employment-related lawsuit. Rhode Island-based Anne Holland Ventures filed a lawsuit in June in Denver County District Court alleging that George Jage violated the …

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Publicly traded plant-touching marijuana companies: Q&A with Terra Tech CEO Derek Peterson

One arena in which the cannabis industry has struggled to make serious gains is the stock market. Most plant-touching companies that are also publicly traded still live on the over-the-counter markets, dreaming of the day when they’ll graduate to…

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Aurora Cannabis clears final regulatory hurdle in CA$1.2B CanniMed acquisition

Aurora Cannabis received the green light from Canada’s Competition Bureau to proceed with its acquisition of CanniMed Therapeutics, clearing the way for the creation of the second-largest marijuana company in the country. The acquisition puts the Alber…

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