The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve an amendment to a defense spending bill that prohibits the federal government from spending money on investigating and prosecuting cannabis activities that are legal under state or tribal law. The wide-ranging amendment, proposed by Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer of... Read more
A study from researchers at the University of New Mexico has found that more than nine out of 10 migraine patients reported that inhaled cannabis provided relief for their symptoms. A report on the research, titled “Alleviative effects of cannabis flower on migraine and headache,” was published this month... Read more
The Public Cannabis Company Revenue & Income Tracker, managed by New Cannabis Ventures, ranks the top revenue producing cannabis stocks that generate industry sales of more than US$10 million per quarter (C$13.3 million). This data-driven, fact-based tracker will continually update based on new financial filings so that readers can stay... Read more
Liberty Health Sciences Reports Fiscal Year 2021 First Quarter Financial Results *Note: All references to dollar values refer to Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated. TORONTO, July 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Liberty Health Sciences Inc. (CSE: LHS) (OTCQX: LHSIF) www.libertyhealthsciences.com (“Liberty” or the “Company”), a provider of high-quality cannabis, announced... Read more
Emerald Health Therapeutics and Quinto Resources Enter into Share Purchase Agreement for Sale of Quebec Cannabis Business Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – July 31, 2020) – Emerald Health Therapeutics, Inc. (TSXV: EMH) (“Emerald”) and Quinto Resources Inc. (“Quinto”) (TSXV: QIT) today announced that they have entered into a share... Read more
Delegates of the Democratic National Committee voted down a proposal to include the federal legalization of cannabis in the party’s 2020 platform on Monday. Platform committee delegate Dennis Obduskey of Colorado had introduced an amendment to include marijuana legalization in the platform, but the proposal was rejected by the... Read more
Chauncey Hawkins, the Harlem-based former Bad Boy Records rapper—aka Loon—was released from Florida’s FCI Coleman Low on June 29 after serving nearly nine years on a drug conspiracy charge. Although a series of letters and petitions signed by celebrities and musicians had circulated over these past nine years, the... Read more
Maine announced this week that the state is on track to be able to offer legal, recreational cannabis to those 21 and over by the end of the fiscal year. This past Tuesday, the Office of Marijuana Policy announced that they had 27 businesses in the final phase of... Read more
Intangible Assets in the Cannabis Industry – Measuring the Success of Acquisitions Guest Post by Noam Hirschberger, CFA, CVA, Principal, Co-Lead of Cannabis Practice at PKF O’Connor Davies In the last year, a lot of attention has been given to the amount of goodwill on cannabis companies’ balance sheets. Several... Read more
Exclusive Interview with SLANG Worldwide CEO and President Chris Driessen Chris Driessen recently stepped up as the new President and CEO of cannabis CPG company SLANG Worldwide (CSE: SLNG) (OTC: SLGWF), with Peter Miller becoming Chairman. We had interviewed Miller at the beginning of 2019, ahead of the company... Read more
