Curio Wellness launches $30M fund to help women and minorities own a cannabis dispensary
“We think of diversity as a keystone issue for the cannabis industry,” said Curio WMBE Fund managing director Jerel Registre in a conversation with TechCrunch. Registre’s conviction around this program is obvious as he explains the problem the fund is addressing. The new fund, started by the Maryland-based medical... Read more
CanBreed, an Israeli cannabis genetics seed company, announced this week its acquisition of a 3.5-acre hemp farm in San Diego. The company is part of the Smart-Agro R&D Partnership, a publicly traded firm on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Construction of new facilities and greenhouses on the San Diego... Read more
For the cannabis industry, Q3 2020 marked somewhat of a return to normalcy. Most multi-state operators (MSOs) saw an increase in both net and gross revenue, while also reigning in costs. And while a Democratic victory in November’s election is bringing some optimism to the field, experts and industry... Read more
For the cannabis industry, Q3 2020 marked somewhat of a return to normalcy. Most multi-state operators (MSOs) saw an increase in both net and gross revenue, while also reigning in costs. And while a Democratic victory in November’s election is bringing some optimism to the field, experts and industry... Read more
For the cannabis industry, Q3 2020 marked somewhat of a return to normalcy. Most multi-state operators (MSOs) saw an increase in both net and gross revenue, while also reigning in costs. And while a Democratic victory in November’s election is bringing some optimism to the field, experts and industry... Read more
Editor’s note: This is an updating story. The United Nations Commission for Narcotic Drugs (CND) voted narrowly Dec. 2 to remove medicinal cannabis from Schedule IV of a 1961 treaty on narcotic drugs. The CND, an organization based in Vienna with members from 53 different countries, voted on six... Read more
Gene-editing cannabis biotech to breed hemp seeds in San Diego
An Israeli company applying gene-editing tools to cannabis has bought a farm in San Diego and plans to start producing hemp seeds. CanBreed says it acquired 3.5 acres near San Diego. CanBreed is the first biotech in cannabis to commercially license a gene-editing technology called CRISPR. The technology was... Read more
BREAKING: European Commission reverses course, says CBD should not be regulated as a narcotic
Want to learn more about cannabis regulations in Europe? Check out the Europe Market Forum at MJBizCon, available on demand. Makers of CBD foods and supplements no longer face the prospect of a blanket ban in Europe after the European Commission revised its preliminary stance that CBD should be... Read more
Cannabis Trademark Protection in Brazil

An appeals court in Brazil is set to consider the issue of cannabis-related trademarks, and in particular their registrability under the country’s Intellectual Property Law (LPI), which forbids the registration of marks “contrary to morals and good customs” (Article 124, III). One of the key issues at the intersection of cannabis law and cannabis business

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What is the Right Way to Compensate Key Cannabis Executives and Employees? With Stock or Options?

This is the season of the year where cannabis business owners start to take a hard look at their end of year finances to decipher how profitable the company has been and whether and how their employees and other key personnel should share in that profit alongside the owners. Some marijuana and hemp employers do

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