Month: May 2018 (Page 31)

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Rep. Reggie Jones-Sawyer says public officials need to start doing their part to destigmatize the drug, whether that means talking about personal use or—in this case—openly consuming. The post California Assemblyman Shares Vape Pen With Melissa Etheridge appeared first on Leafly. Read More: California Assemblyman Shares Vape PenContinue Reading

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Dallas-based marijuana investment firm Cresco Capital Partners has launched a second fund and plans to raise $50 million to pump into cannabis companies. Cresco Managing Partner Matt Hawkins said the firm has raised $10 million to date, attracting investment dollars from wealthy family offices in Dallas, according to the Dallas BusinessContinue Reading

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The transition to a fully regulated cannabis industry in California seems to be under an elastic deadline. The first 120-day temporary permits for cannabis businesses granted in January are now set to lapse, but state regulators are preparing to extend them. The permanent annual permits have yet to be issued.Continue Reading

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British Columbia-based cultivator Emerald Health Therapeutics inked a deal worth 90 million Canadian dollars ($70 million) to buy rival cannabis producer Agro-Biotech. The agreement, worth $70 million in U.S. dollars, expands Emerald’s (TSXV: EMH) footprint into Quebec, Canada’s second largest province. Based in Saint-Eustache, Agro-Biotech is one of six licensed marijuanaContinue Reading

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From the Committee on Aboriginal Peoples to the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, the factions of the Senate opposed to cannabis legalization are making themselves heard. The post Canada’s Cannabis Act Faces Renewed Opposition in the Senate appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Canada’s Cannabis Act FacesContinue Reading