The governor of Michigan says she has ordered the state’s health department to put out emergency rules banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in both brick-and-mortar stores and online for six months. She also announced plans to prevent companies from marketing the products as “clean,” “safe,” “healthy,” and with... Read more
President Trump announced on Wednesday that the federal government would award nearly $2 billion in grants to state and local governments to help fight the opioid epidemic. The funding to improve access to treatment and support a system to collect near real-time data on the nation’s ongoing drug overdose... Read more
Aurora Cannabis Announces Sale of Remaining Shares in The Green Organic Dutchman Sale of Non-Core Holdings Raises Gross Proceeds of $86.5 Million EDMONTON, Sept. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Aurora Cannabis Inc. (“Aurora or the “Company”) (NYSE | TSX: ACB), the Canadian company defining the future of cannabis worldwide, announced today that on September... Read more
Medicine Man Technologies to Bolster Retail Distribution Channels with Planned Acquisition of Colorado Harvest Company Colorado Harvest Company operates three retail centers in the Denver Metro area and is the Company’s ninth proposed acquisition in 2019 Company will benefit from added retail scale and cross-selling opportunities given its current... Read more
U.S. attorneys, federal regulators, cannabis businesses and the nation’s leading prohibitionist group will convene for a behind-closed-doors marijuana summit on Thursday. The invite-only event, hosted by Oregon’s U.S. attorney, is being held at the federal courthouse in Portland and will feature “short presentations, moderated discussion and Q&A,” according to... Read more
A major U.S. university announced on Wednesday that it will be launching the nation’s first center devoted exclusively to researching psychedelic drugs. Johns Hopkins University said that it received $17 million in private funding to make the facility possible. A team of six researchers and five postdoctoral scientists will... Read more
U.S. attorneys, federal regulators, cannabis businesses and the nation’s leading prohibitionist group will convene for a behind-closed-doors marijuana summit on Thursday. The invite-only event, hosted by Oregon’s U.S. attorney, is being held at the federal courthouse in Portland and will feature “short presentations, moderated discussion and Q&A,” according to... Read more
(Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series on California’s hemp industry. To read the previous installment, click here.) (This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Cecilia Aguiar-Curry’s name.) California’s long-awaited legislation to legalize hemp-derived CBD in foods, beverages and cosmetics has been put on hold, rendering it... Read more
