Aurora Cannabis Provides Corporate Update for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2019 EDMONTON, Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Aurora Cannabis Inc. (“Aurora” or the “Company”) (NYSE | TSX: ACB), the Canadian company defining the future of cannabis worldwide, today provided a corporate update on selected financial metrics for the fourth quarter of... Read more
Green Growth Brands Extends Rapid Roll-Out of CBD Stores
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Green Growth Brands Celebrates Opening More Than 100 CBD Shops In Seven Months Total shop locations expected to reach 105 on Thursday, August 8th COLUMBUS, OH, Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Green Growth Brands Inc. (CSE: GGB) (OTCQB: GGBXF) (“GGB” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it... Read more
Iowa Adds Chronic Pain As Condition for Medical Cannabis, Rejects Opioid Addiction
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On Friday, Iowa’s Medical Cannabidiol Board voted to add chronic pain to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana, substituting it for the previously approved condition of “untreatable pain.” The edit is expected to expand access to the program, but many who are involved with the cannabis industry... Read more
Vermont Town May Vote to Ban Medical Cannabis Dispensaries
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The town of Killington, Vermont is mulling a proposed ordinance that would ban medical cannabis dispensaries from locating there. The proposal would also set penalties for the use of marijuana in a public place within city limits. “The purpose of this dispensary ordinance, there’s been some discussion about the... Read more
GOP Lawmaker Blames Latest Mass Shooting on Cannabis and Same-Sex Marriage
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It’s an all-too-familiar pattern in American public life: when a mass shooting occurs, Republicans and conservatives strain to avoid talking about guns, instead offering up explanations and prescriptions that conveniently sidestep the millions of firearms in circulation. Following this weekend’s twin massacres in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio,... Read more
Global Cannabis Stock Index Extends Correction in July While Retaining 13.4% Ytd Gains
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After a 57.4% gain in Q1 followed by a 28.0% pullback in Q2, Cannabis stocks, as measured by the Global Cannabis Stock Index, moved sharply lower in July, declining 13.8%: The index, which had 52 qualifying members during the month following the quarterly rebalancing at the end of June, declined... Read more
A Closer Look at Aphria’s Reported Profit
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This is a copy of the August 4th edition of our weekly Newsletter, which we have been publishing since October 2015. Friends, After months of disappointing developments in the roll-out of cannabis legalization in Canada, Aphria delivered strong revenue in its final quarter of its fiscal 2019, breaking a... Read more
CEO Ben Ward Out as Wayland Negotiates Sale of Canadian Operations to Publicly-Traded Cryptocurrency Miner
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Wayland Enters Non-Binding LOI to Sell Canadian Business to Cryptologic Corp. Obtains Commitment for Cdn$5 million Bridge Loan From Cryptologic Negotiating Second Phase of Transfer of International Business to ICC International Cannabis Corp. Intends to Distribute Cryptologic and ICC Shares to Wayland Shareholders on Closing; Aggregate Ownership Interest of... Read more
New Law in Colorado Allows Doctors to Recommend Cannabis Over Opioids
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Starting on Friday, doctors in Colorado will be able to legally recommend medical cannabis for patients who might otherwise get prescribed opioids. That’s thanks to a new law signed in May by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis that makes Colorado the third state in the country (New York and Illinois... Read more
More Than One Billion Euros of Cocaine Seized in Historic German Drug Bust
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German law enforcement officials are preening their feathers today after the country’s biggest cocaine bust in history. But don’t get too excited, because they also say that the size of the haul means that South American drug cartels are getting ballsier about the quantity of controlled substances they’re smuggling... Read more