After closing the Agential Cannabis conference in Bangkok last month, Stephen Murphy, founder and CEO of Prohibition Partners, considers how medicinal cannabis in the Asia-Pacific region is taking shape and what will determine leadership in the region over the next five years.
The M&A scramble for Europe has continued at a fearsome pace over the last few weeks.
The third annual Business of Cannabis Awards ceremony is fast approaching, and with submissions closing on May 13, time is running out to complete your submissions.
Late last month, NASDAQ-listed cannabis operator Flora Growth, which once operated one of Colombia’s largest outdoor cultivation facilities, became the latest to exit the cannabis industry, rebranding as an AI-focused digital asset firm ZeroStack Corp.
Next Thursday, 6 November 2025, Business of Cannabis: New York returns to The Wythe Hotel, Williamsburg, uniting more than 300 leaders from across the cannabis ecosystem for a day of strategic dialogue, networking, and market insight.
The European medical cannabis industry is continuing to mature, seeing companies focused on science-based research push the boundaries of our understanding of its use cases, and more importantly, fill the long-maligned gap in clinical evidence.
Tilray Tilray has enjoyed a series of significant bumps in stock price over the last couple of weeks, driven largely by last week’s fervent speculation over the President’s social media posts.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have allowed certain cannabis microbusinesses to ship medical products directly to patients using common carriers such as FedEx and UPS, citing concerns that the proposed system would be ‘burdensome and overly complex to administer’.
A new phase of cannabis enforcement is underway—and few in the industry are prepared. In this guest post, activist and cannabis business and political consultant Deb Tharp lays out a compelling case that recent raids, regulatory pivots, and conservative policy blueprints like Project 2025 are not isolated events but part of a broader, coordinated shift. Her warning to operators? The trap has already been set.
