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- Adult-Use
Cannabis legalization makes strange bedfellows
HOLD YOUR NOSE Strange bedfellows on legalization They say politics makes strange bedfellows, but few political issues draw more disparate bedfellows than cannabis legalization.
- Adult-Use
Florida is the freest state (except for cannabis)
THE FREEST STATE (BUT NOT FOR CANNABIS) Why is Florida Gov. DeSantis against legalization?
- Cultivation
A time for reflection, closures and controversy in cannabis
A TIME TO REFLECT Flow Cannabis Co. reflects on its long list of woes California’s Flow Cannabis Co., with its innovative business model and Flow Kana brand, was once one of the most-hyped companies in the industry.
- CBD Market
Now Amazon delivers support for cannabis legalization
AMAZON GOES GREEN Amazon throws support behind the States Reform Act It already had the support of Charles Koch’s Americans for Prosperity group, but now Amazon is also lending its support to Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace’s federal cannabis legalization bill, reports Forbes.
- CBD Market
Bay Staters love their bud
YOUR COUSIN FROM BOSTON Cannabis tax revenues exceed alcohol’s in Massachusetts Booze sales aren’t dropping, but regulated cannabis sales are skyrocketing in Massachusetts — so much so that for the first time, cannabis excise tax revenues exceeded alcohol’s, reports WCVB.
- Cultivation
The year mainstream companies enter cannabis?
GOING MAINSTREAM Will more mainstream companies invest in cannabis in 2022?
- Cultivation
Cannabis deals in the cannabis news
$$$ Deals, deals, deals US MSOs are already making (and terminating) big moves in 2022: Massachusetts-based Curaleaf closed its $211 million acquisition of Arizona dispensary chain Bloom, which operates 13 shops in the state.
- Pharmaceutical
Bringing blunt politics to the US Senate
BLUNT POLITICS US Senate candidate smokes weed in powerful campaign ad Longtime Louisiana cannabis advocate Gary Chambers is running for a spot in the US Senate.
- CBD Market
Battle of the brands, not easy being green and guess who’s back
???? BATTLE ROYALE Battle of the brands After a lacklustre year in federal cannabis legislation in the US, Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF manager Tim Seymour told CNBC that 2022 will be all about building brand awareness in the cannabis industry.
- Adult-Use
Extinction in CA, doomed in UK and plateauing in Germany
EXTINCTION EVENT? C4 Distribution shuts down after failing to raise money A memo signed by C4 CEO Eric Spitz says that due to lack of financing, California’s C4 cannabis company is ceasing operations, reports Insider.
- CBD Market
Cannabis, COVID and a very high flyer
ALWAYS A CANNA-ANGLE Can cannabis prevent COVID-19? Peer-reviewed research published in the Journal of Natural Products has identified three cannabis compounds that can effectively block SARS-COV-2 from entering healthy human cells, writes VICE.
