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Aurora Cannabis Slashing Weed Capacity in Profitability Push

Aurora Cannabis  (ACB) – Get Aurora Cannabis Inc. Report needs to cut costs after going on a spending spree, and the company is willing to seriously reduce capacity to do so.  Two weeks after an...

Hollywood’s Three Greatest Contributions To The Fast Growth Of The Cannabis Industry

AUSTIN, TX – AUGUST 21: Rapper Snoop Dogg performs onstage during ‘The High Road Tour’ at Austin360 … [+] Amphitheater on August 21, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/...

With A $120 Million War Chest, Brightseed Is Unlocking The Fat-Fighting Power Of Hemp

The AI-powered company is unlocking the hidden healing potential of plants by finding active compounds that could target specific conditions. Next up: diabetes and sleep disorders. For six weeks in Ju...

Southern California Teamsters Local Award Scholarships For New Cannabis Training Program

A cannabis education graphic getty Exciting news coming out of Southern California’s Inland Empire region: The Teamsters Local 1932, a labor union that comprises over 14,000 members across this ...

Crypto, Cannabis and SAFE Banking

The U.S. Senate continues to deny the cannabis industry access to digital payments and banking, forcing retailers to endure increasingly deadly and more frequent armed robberies. Crypto payments offer...

Which Cannabis Stock Is a Better Buy Right Now?

There’s no doubt, the past year has been a massive disappointment for investors of cannabis stocks. Following Joe Biden’s presidential win and the Dems wrestling control of both houses of congress, ho...

9 Sin Stocks For Your Watchlist: Alcohol, Cannabis & Casinos

Playing cards near wineglass of whiskey and cigar getty One of the more fascinating — and perhaps ironic — facets of Wall Street is the ability to profit off some of life’s most notorious and lo...

Snoop Dogg Will Introduce Digital Cannabis Farms in the Form of NFTs

American rapper Snoop Dogg and his son Cordell Broadus (aka “ChampMedici”), in collaboration with MOBLAND, will create digital cannabis farms in the metaverse project. ?#420szn Announcement? .@SnoopDo...

Cannabis Company to raise funds by selling equity via Crypto

Global Cannabis Capital, a fund that invests in Latin American cannabis companies, is planning to raise funds to expand with the sale of security tokens to private investors.  As Cannabis users around...

Majority Of Heavy Cannabis Users Are Parents With Minor Children, Says New Study

A woman lights up a marijuana joint getty Just in time for 4/20, a day when the cannabis community celebrates its love of the plant, a new survey finds that one in five Americans consider themselves &...

Cannabis Company Fund Turns to Crypto to Raise Capital

A cannabis company fund is raising capital through the issuance of security tokens rather than a traditional offering of shares. Global Cannabis Capital, which invests in Latin American cannabis compa...

New Jersey To Start Selling Recreational Cannabis Legally On April 21

A rendering of a green road sign with marijuana leaf for Newark getty Next week, cannabis users in New Jersey will be doubling down on their usual 4/20 celebrations: On April 21, adults over 21 will b...

Weed is likely to remain federally illegal, but ‘cannabis banking’ could pass this year

Cannabis stocks climbed, then drifted in the days leading up to a House of Representative vote due this week on a bill to remove marijuana from the list of so-called controlled substances, effectively...

Cannabis company that DEA is allowing to grow for research purposes to list shares on Nasdaq

Bright Green Corp., a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company with conditional approval from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to produce federally legal cannabis, on Tuesday filed plans to d...

‘Contrary To Popular Beliefs, Bong Smoking Is Not Safe,’ Study Says

Topline Contrary to popular opinion, cannabis smoke from a bong is a potential health hazard for non-smokers, according to peer reviewed research published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open, as Congress ...

B Real’s New Line Of Cannabis Flower Rolls Into Dispensaries This Week

Dr. Greenthumb’s, the cannabis brand launched by legendary rapper and entrepreneur B Real, is releasing an eponymous line of marijuana flower in California this week with a launch in the company’s dis...

Weedmaps To Roll Out New Docu-Series That Celebrates Cannabis Culture In Four Major U.S. Cities

Killer Mike of Run The Jewels performs live on stage at Finsbury Park on June 30, 2018 in London, … [+] England. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images) Getty Images As more states continue to legaliz...

How High Can Cannabis Stocks Go From Here?

Cannabis stocks have been on fire over the past couple of days and when we look around the market, it’s not too surprising. For starters, the stock market has done pretty well. The S&P 500 has wav...

Rick Flair To Partner With Mike Tyson On New Cannabis Line, Their ‘Common Passion’

(Original Caption) Uniondale, New York: Mike Tyson, a heavyweight contender, warms up before a … [+] fight. Bettmann Archive Ric Flair and Mike Tyson first met in the 1980s. “It was as coo...

Cannabis Stocks Are Surging Ahead Of House Vote On Marijuana Legalization Next Week

Topline Shares of cannabis companies jumped on Friday, capping off a week of monumental gains after the House of Representatives said it will soon vote on a bill to decriminalize marijuana—and althoug...

Pot Stocks Surge As Marijuana Legalization Bill Nears House Vote

Updated at 9:55 am EST U.S.-listed cannabis stocks surged higher Friday following a report that suggested lawmakers could vote on legislation that would legalize the use of marijuana nationwide as ear...

B2B Cannabis Platform LeafLink Taps Former WeWork Co-CEO For Leadership Team

Artie Minson, incoming president and COO of LeafLink Courtesy of LeafLink LeafLink, the national wholesale marketplace for the cannabis sector, has expanded its leadership team with a pivotal hire: Te...

U.S. Cannabis Sales Could Top $72 Billion By 2030, Says Leading Researcher

A cannabis leaf is draped over a dollar bill. getty U.S. cannabis sales is estimated to rack up a whopping $57 billion by 2030, according to a top researcher. But hold up: That figure could top a whop...

Stifel reiterates sell rating on Aurora Cannabis after its acquisition of TerrFarma

Stifel analyst W. Andrew Carter on Wednesday reiterated his sell rating for Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB, +6.87% ACB, +0.66% after the Canadian cannabis company announced plans to buy TerraFarma Inc., the...

Aurora Cannabis to acquire TerraFarma, parent of Thrive Cannabis

Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB, -1.37% ACB, -2.40% has reached a deal to buy Thrive Cannabis’ parent company, TerraFarma Inc., seeking to strengthen its business in market and expand focus on premium produc...

Cannabis Mega-Merger: Cresco Is Buying Columbia Care

Text size Marijuana products are displayed at the Cresco Labs Sunnyside Lakeview dispensary in Chicago. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Cresco Labs reached an agreement to acquire Columbia Care, a fellow Canad...

U.S. listed cannabis stocks are trading up this morning: how come?

U.S. listed cannabis stocks are in the green this morning on reports of two new acquisitions. Tilray jumped 11% in premarket trading, Sundial 8.6%, and Canopy Growth about 5.0%. Cresco Labs to buy Col...

Yes, Cannabis Banking Liberalization — SAFE Banking Act — Would Indeed Make U.S. More Competitive

As war continues in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, interest by policymakers and the media has spiked in the America COMPETES Act, legislation that would purportedly help the U.S. bette...

Peel Group’s John Whitaker hopes to set up Isle of Man cannabis farm

Cannabis leaves sit on plants growing in a greenhouse in the GW Pharmaceuticals Plc facility in Sittingboune, U.K. on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images A vast marijuana far...

CannaDAO launches first decentralized cannabis platform

CannaDAO has launched the first decentralized, member-governed platform for cannabis growing and operations in the world, Invezz learned from a press release. The DAO launch will be on April 20. The A...

Low start for high stocks: cannabis stocks plummeting at start of 2022

Weed might be green, but their candles aren’t always. Cannabis stocks haven’t had the best new year kick-off, according to new data from the New Cannabis Ventures Global Cannabis Stock Index, a platfo...