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Tilray acquires 8 brands in major deal Image Cannabis NewsAugust 9, 2023 Deal includes brands such as Blue Point and Shock Top. The Canadian cannabis company Tilray Brands announced on Monday that it had reached an agreement with brewing giant Anheuser-Busch to acquire eight beer and beverage brands. It is yet another bid by Tilray to expand its fo
Trulieve Cannabis posts wider Q2 loss on weak demand and higher expenses Image Cannabis NewsAugust 9, 2023 Pot firm Trulieve Cannabis on Wednesday posted a wider second-quarter loss on weak demand and higher expenses. Cannabis demand has taken a hit as persistently high inflation during the first half of the year forced customers to reduce spending
Cannabis dispensary owner given “second chance” Image Cannabis NewsAugust 8, 2023 From Conviction to Cannabis: Second Chance Entrepreneur Set to Open Adult-Use Dispensary in Wawayanda. WAWAYANDA – Howard Labron is excited about being given a second chance at a meaningful life now that he has been granted state permission to open an adult-use cannab
After long delays, new Cannabis businesses are opening in Illinois with a vow to help others along the way Image Cannabis NewsAugust 7, 2023 Five years after starting the process, Dan Pettigrew finally has opened his first cannabis store in Illinois. Pettigrew is the co-founder of Viola CHI with former NBA star Al Harrington, following years of ope
Dispensary’s Cannabis drive-thru proposal goes up in Smoke Image Cannabis NewsAugust 7, 2023 The Scottsdale City Council allows businesses to provide drive-thrus for pharmacies, alcohol, and tobacco… But they just voted against a drive-thru for cannabis. The drive-thru proposed by Harvest of Scottsdale dispensary went up in smoke at a city Planning
Connecticut Cannabis company emerges as multistate operator Image Cannabis NewsAugust 7, 2023 Alocally grown cannabis company is expanding its reach as a multistate operator. Hartford-based medical and adult-use cannabis retailer and grower Fine Fettle, which currently operates in Connecticut and Massachusetts, has its sights set on another emergin
$60m worth of Cannabis seized after police raid properties in rural Queensland Image Cannabis NewsAugust 4, 2023 Police have seized approximately $60 million worth of cannabis from two properties in rural Queensland. Officers allegedly found 11 greenhouses containing almost 5,000 cannabis plants, along with dried and drying cannabis, at Coonambula,
Florida attorney general targets company in Marijuana ballot fight Image Cannabis NewsAugust 4, 2023 Florida Attorney General exposes misleading tactics in proposed Marijuana amendment, alleging favoritism towards Trulieve. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office late Wednesday pumped up arguments against a proposed constitutional amendment
How Michigan's booming Marijuana industry is affecting customers and businesses Image Cannabis NewsAugust 4, 2023 The legalization of recreational marijuana in Michigan has had quite an impact. June was a record month with recreational sales of over $254 million, and medicinal sales close to $7 million. With all that cash flowing, the tax dollars f
Suspected Marijuana plants seized but company partner says seizure was unlawful Image Cannabis NewsAugust 4, 2023 The law remains murky over how those interested in growing marijuana can get their hands on a plant. A company in Faribault faced this first-hand. Their plants were seized. Matt Little, a partner for Midwest Extraction Services, express
58% of Cultivators feel ‘Bad’ or ‘Terrible’ about current state of Cannabis Image Cannabis NewsAugust 4, 2023 The survey included more than 400 growers across eight US states. While states throughout the U.S. continue to embrace the new legal wave of cannabis, it doesn’t eclipse the strife within the industry. Over the past few years, the industry
White Earth Nation to begin Recreational Marijuana sales Image Cannabis NewsAugust 3, 2023 Recreational marijuana sales will begin in Mahnomen on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota at 10 am Thursday, according to a late afternoon press release from the White Earth Reservation Business Committee. The White Earth Nation legalized adult
First-ever Bowling Green Hemp dispensary opens its doors Image Cannabis NewsAugust 3, 2023 Bowling Green had history mark its place on Tuesday after the city’s first hemp dispensary open its doors. The co-owners of One Love Hemp Dispensary, Lauren and Matthew Bratcher, have been advocates of adult-use cannabis, as they, and numerous studies, have f
Lack of banking services threatens Cannabis social equity Image Cannabis NewsAugust 3, 2023 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. White, 50% owner of
Is the Cannabis industry sitting on an untouched gold mine? Image Cannabis NewsAugust 3, 2023 Universities across the country are working in all areas of research and development to advance cannabis cultivation, medicine, drug delivery and technology. But these innovations are collecting dust because the universities are not in the business of comm
Legal Weed sales fall short of predictions Image Cannabis NewsAugust 3, 2023 As New York cracked down on unlicensed cannabis shops, sales of legal marijuana grew to reach a total of $33 million during the industry’s first six months, state records show. But the legal cannabis marketplace, which launched in January, remains far from realizing the lo
