Cannabis Bill Roundup: House Eyes Expanding Pot Research
By Sam Reisman (October 22, 2021, 8:32 PM EDT) — U.S. House members reintroduced a bipartisan bill this week to clear the way for cannabis researchers to study marijuana products sold legally in states, while legislators from Pennsylvania to Puerto Rico pursued...
Sale-Leaseback Versus Mortgage In The Cannabis Space
Which financing option is better for your business? By Scott Jordan When it comes to the topic of mortgage financing versus sale-leaseback financing in the cannabis space, emotions tend to drive the decision with people equally positioned on either side of the...
Growth in Cannabis Wellness Products: Is Your Business Protected from Product Liability Claims?
From anxiety to depression, inflammation to pain relief, health and wellness products containing CBD and other cannabis derivatives are part of a fast-growing industry aimed at helping people and animals feel better. In fact, according to a report by Quince Market...
UPDATE – Copperstate Farms Announces, “Your Bright Horizon” Social Equity Scholarship Program to Enable Cannabis Entrepreneurs
PHOENIX, Oct. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Copperstate Farms Management, LLC, a vertically integrated cannabis company based in Arizona, today announced the launch of Your Bright Horizon, a new scholarship program to enable cannabis dispensary ownership for...
Trulieve acquires Harvest, creating nationwide cannabis empire
The $2.1 billion acquisition of Harvest Health & Recreation by Florida cannabis behemoth Trulieve Cannabis Corp. has finally been consummated, creating the largest marijuana company in the U.S., with a combined 149 dispensaries and operations in 11 states. Harvest...
CBD Stocks Creating Opportunities – Established (BCCI), (STG), (WEED), (ACRGF), (RLTR), (CBMJ), and Newcomer (VAPR) Lead the Charge
You would have to be living in isolation to have not picked up on the hottest marijuana derivative consumable and therapeutic center isolate CBD. CBD “Cannabidiol” is the non-psychoactive full spectrum derivative of the hemp and marijuana plant largely credited for the majority of the medical beneficial attributes associated with marijuana.
How many dispensaries need to open – and by when – to meet NY’s cannabis tax revenue projections
Join NY Cannabis Insider at our next industry networking event on Aug. 15 at Madame Mikette’s in NYC. Tickets will sell out. This guest column is from Paula Collins, EA, Esq., a tax attorney dedicated to the cannabis industry and a co-founder of the NY Consortium of...
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Minnesota, but the state is still working out retail sales
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s legalization of recreational marijuana went into effect Tuesday, allowing people 21 and older to legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes, subject to limits as the state establishes a legal cannabis...
What’s Killing Social Equity In Cannabis? Lack Of Banking
Sean Berte and Armani White are the poster children for cannabis social equity businesses. Boston natives both, the duo set out to use the well intentioned social equity regulations to obtain a license and open a store in their hometown. Firehouse’s Sean Berte...
State seeks to shut down cannabis-related activities at local business, a first under a new law
State regulators want Sawmill Sweetleaf cannabis dispensary at 1501 Mountain NW to cease operations. Chancey Bush / Journal State regulators are asking a judge to shut down cannabis-related activities at a local business that is accused of selling out-of-state...
It’s never too early to start banking marijuana-related businesses
This year four states legalized adult-use (aka “recreational”) marijuana (New York, Virginia, New Mexico, Connecticut) and one legalized medical marijuana (Alabama), but passing a law is just the first step in a long process before customers and patients can buy...
Benzinga Cannabis Alliance: A Hub To Make Business Easier By Connecting Cannabis Companies and Industry-Leading Service Providers
Patrick Lane, SVP of Corporate Partnerships at Benzinga joined Ian Burnstein and Jessica Johnson at last week’s Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in New York to present the Benzinga Cannabis Alliance (BCA). The BCA is the leading...
Rantoul considering adult-use cannabis craft grower business
RANTOUL, Ill. (WAND) – Rantoul leaders are giving thought to a potential start-up adult-use cannabis craft grower business in the village. The News-Gazette reports Rantoul natives Dane Ehler, operator of Heartland Hemp Co., and Blake Schilb, shared a...
Residents, cannabis operators go head to head regarding business licenses in Santa Cruz County
© Provided by Santa Cruz Sentinel Greenhouses sit at the site of 110 Crest Drive in La Selva Beach. Nearby residents said the application under consideration from Merced Investment Company, LLC plans to grow non-retail commercial cannabis with the existing...
Washington, D.C. May See Recreational Marijuana Sales Under New Budget Bill
Legislation that has blocked adult-use cannabis sales in Washington, D.C. for seven years has been omitted from this year’s Senate appropriations bill in a move by lawmakers that could clear the way for sales of recreational marijuana in the nation’s capital. Ever...
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