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New York became the 17th state to regulate cannabis, paving the way for a potential $4.20 BILLION industry, creating jobs and becoming one of the largest markets in the country.

The deal would allow …

Since 2015 we've been hearing something along the lines of "beverages are about to take off." Yet over the last five years the beverage market share has maintained about 1% of total recreational cann…

2021 has seen a record amount of capital raised by cannabis companies, with cash funding an acceleration of M&A activity. US companies have been the targets of 41 of the 56 closed transactions tracke…

The fiercely anti-marijuana South Dakota Republican governor attempted to delay the state’s MMJ program, now is trying to add restrictions to the voter-approved law.

New Mexico's governor, however, i…

#consolidation #capitulation The smaller, less-covered MSOs have outperformed their larger counterparts by approximately 9%, however the gap has been as wide as 22%.

Smaller MSOs are more volatile, g…

Green Health Colombia is a company from Colombia dedicated to sustainable agriculture and to promote research for the development of new products.

Their goal is to structure and develop a high-perfor…

Dozens of White House staffers have been suspended, relocated, or asked to resign over past cannabis use. Staffers were initially told the administration would likely overlook past marijuana use, onl…

North American legal sales of cannabis are estimated to reach US$39.1 billion by 2025, with adult-use cannabis sales reflecting a growth rate of 144% between 2020 and 2025. The projected is primarily…

While everyone will have an opinion on what will or will not happen in the future regarding smoking weed, as opposed to eating it, vaping it, drinking it, or putting it under our tongues, the Cannabi…

Pre-rolls have become the second-fastest-growing product category, with pre-roll sales increasing by 47% from $640M in 2019 to $941M in 2020. In 2020, pre-rolls had a 10% category market share by tot…

Grassroots grows, processes and sells medical cannabis products through its vertically integrated business model in Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio and North Dakota.

Curaleaf acquired …

California is still leading the pack with $400.5MM in total monthly sales and a 37% YOY growth compared to Michigan at 154%. 6.1MM of CA customer's purchased on average $65.57 of cannabis per visit v…

Based in Denver, CO the American Cannabis Company was founded to meet the needs of the rapidly developing regulated cannabis industry. Their cannabis industry specific advisory and consulting service…

$4.3 billion of total capital was raised in 2020 with election producing the turnaround spark. Newly legalized states created capital needs to stand up grows and roll out dispensaries, and most impor…

Caution~ do not watch this podcast. It may cause you to want to try this product, which we can safely say is THE worst cannabis product we've ever reviewed!

Once a month the Chronic Club meets up to …

#PSA Federal prosecutors charged former Eaze CEO, who allegedly duped banks into processing $100 million in credit card-based cannabis sales.

In 2019, Eaze was sued by another in-state delivery brand…

Jay Caauwe survived the Black Monday crash, the Asian debt crisis, the dotcom bubble, and the financial crisis of '08. Jay's extensive experience in financial product development includes VIX options…

Increasing cannabis stock prices have caused issuers to raise greater amounts of equity capital and less debt. Debt issuance declined steeply from its peak of $1.4 billion in Q2:19 to an average of u…

The Fresh Toast is an award-winning lifestyle & health platform with a side of cannabis. They work hard each day to bring uplifting and informative information about culture, weed, celebrity, tech an…