Day: September 9, 2020

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The long-awaited recreational marijuana industry in Maine took another step toward launching this week when regulators began issuing business permits. By Wednesday, the state’s Office of Marijuana Policy had upgraded six licenses to “active” for two retailers, three grow facilities and a testing lab. The two stores have been approvedContinue Reading

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More than 60% of Ohio residents are dissatisfied with the state’s medical cannabis program, citing high prices as the No. 1 reason, according to a recent study. The study, conducted by Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, showed perceptions of the medical marijuana program’sContinue Reading

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Village Farms International is acquiring all of the outstanding shares of cannabis producer Pure Sunfarms it does not already own. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Village Farms, which controls 58.3% of Pure Sunfarms, has reached a definitive agreement to buy the remaining stake from Emerald Health Therapeutics. After the deal closes –Continue Reading

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Employees at a Massachusetts marijuana cultivation and processing facility ratified their first collective bargaining agreement, 10 months after being the first cannabis workers in the state to vote to unionize. The three-year labor contract at Sira Naturals in Milford will cover about 120 workers, said Gabriel Camacho, organizing/political director forContinue Reading

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Cronos Group has become the latest Canadian cannabis company to shake up its top ranks, replacing former CEO Mike Gorenstein with experienced consumer packaged goods executive Kurt Schmidt. The announcement comes one day after major Canadian producer Aurora Cannabis appointed its new CEO. Schmidt’s appointment was the result of aContinue Reading

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Cannabis activists in Israel recently went high-tech as well as extremely brazen and deployed a drone of drop hundreds of bags of their favorite controlled substance over Tel Aviv’s central Rabin Square. Cannabis is widely used in Israel and the aerial drop sparked a frenzy on the ground once onlookersContinue Reading