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- CBD Market
Oklahoma is ‘committed to eradicating’ illegal cannabis businesses
SETTING AN EXAMPLE Oklahoma lawyers charged with helping non-residents set up cannabis businesses Lawyers Logan Jones and Eric Brown have been charged by Oklahoma’s attorney general with a list of charges relating to their alleged involvement in helping non-local cannabis entrepreneurs skirt laws so they could open businesses, per MJBizDaily.
- Policy & Regulation
What’s in a name? Cannabis strain labels aren’t reliable, according to May study
A STRAIN BY ANY OTHER NAME Study shows the same strain name doesn’t mean the same cannabis.
- Cultivation
Hexo announces it will be laying off 450 people after revenue fall
LOSSES AND LAYOFFS Hexo to cut 450 jobs, failed to meet Q3 projections Despite having the largest segment of market share in Canada, Quebec-based Hexo Corp. announced it will be laying off 450 people after revenue fell 14% in Q3 from the previous quarter, per BNN Bloomberg.
- Markets & Stocks
Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia has been extended until at least July 2
STILL NOT FREE Brittney Griner will remain detained in Russia until at least July 2 WNBA player Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia has been extended until at least July 2, according to Russian state news, per CNN.
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The story behind Beau Wrigley’s ‘messy’ foray into the cannabis industry
STICKY SITUATION Wrigley’s cannabis company sued by investors Ten years after selling the Wrigley gum empire to Mars in 2008 for $23 billion, Beau Wrigley invested $65 million in Surterra Wellness, a medical cannabis company with dispensaries in Florida.
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Bipartisan legalization discussions are ‘tentative,’ but hopeful
TENTATIVE TALKS Lawmakers to debate a “marijuana omnibus bill.”
- Data & Analysis
A look at legal vs illegal recreational cannabis spending
The CCSI was assessed at C$5.14 per gram this week, up 0.7% from last week’s C$5.11 per gram.
- Cultivation
Schumer working toward compromise on banking reform and expungements
HOPE FOR REFORM Schumer is pushing to progress the SAFE and HOPE acts.
- Cultivation
Even legal cannabis use can stop you working at the White House
JUST SAY NO Want to intern at the White House? Legal cannabis use could disqualify you The White House’s FAQ page for potential interns says all applicants will have to fill out a Standard Form 86, which in addition to vetting for criminal records and taxes owed, asks about prior drug use—including cannabis, reports Forbes.
- Cannabis Daily News
Cannabis banking reform could be passed before midterm elections in November
A SAFE BET? Could SAFE banking ‘be passed before midterms’?
- News
Reef Organic goes further than a rainbow logo and launches the True Colours Initiative
Reef Organic™, an adult-use consumer brand, is launching the True Colours™ Initiative, a social and environmental impact campaign focused on supporting organizations that facilitate diversity, inclusion, sustainability and innovation.
- CBD Market
Some conservatives are using cannabis to deflect from calls for gun control
GUNNING FOR CANNABIS Wall Street Journal op-ed argues that cannabis is linked to violent crime While TV host Bill Maher suggested Republicans would support more of the Democrat efforts to federally legalize cannabis if there was less of an emphasis on social equity, a Wall Street Journal op-ed shows some conservatives in the US are…
