Former Patron Spirits CEO Ed Brown Joins Surterra as Executive Director
Marijuana Industry News June 18, 2019
NEW YORK, June 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PRESS RELEASE — MTech Acquisition Corp., the first U.S.-listed Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) focused on acquiring a business ancillary to the cannabis industry, and MJ Freeway LLC, a seed-to-sale regulatory compliance technology provider and developer of the cannabis industry’s first... Read more
MTech Acquisition Corp. Raising $9.2 Million Amid MJ Freeway Merger
Marijuana Industry News June 17, 2019
The MJ Freeway-MTech Acquisition Corp. merger is buzzing along, and management provided an update this week and reported a $9.2-million raise ahead of closing. The deal was announced last fall, and the resulting business intends to trade on the Nasdaq. The new company will be named Akerna Corp. Jessica... Read more
Mississippi Medical Marijuana Initiative Closes In on Enough Signatures for 2020 Ballot
Marijuana Industry News June 17, 2019
The MJ Freeway-MTech Acquisition Corp. merger is buzzing along, and management provided an update this week and reported a $9.2-million raise ahead of closing. The deal was announced last fall, and the resulting business intends to trade on the Nasdaq. The new company will be named Akerna Corp. Jessica... Read more
Ohio Medical Board Delays Vote on New Conditions for Medical Marijuana
Marijuana Industry News June 17, 2019
The MJ Freeway-MTech Acquisition Corp. merger is buzzing along, and management provided an update this week and reported a $9.2-million raise ahead of closing. The deal was announced last fall, and the resulting business intends to trade on the Nasdaq. The new company will be named Akerna Corp. Jessica... Read more
The cannabis industry is and has been for decades an incredibly high-risk business, but that hasn’t been enough to keep investors away as medical and adult-use markets are developed around the country. While any investor in the space should know that returns cannot be guaranteed (and the laws regulating... Read more
The cannabis industry is and has been for decades an incredibly high-risk business, but that hasn’t been enough to keep investors away as medical and adult-use markets are developed around the country. While any investor in the space should know that returns cannot be guaranteed (and the laws regulating... Read more
The MJ Freeway-MTech Acquisition Corp. merger is buzzing along, and management provided an update this week and reported a $9.2-million raise ahead of closing. The deal was announced last fall, and the resulting business intends to trade on the Nasdaq. The new company will be named Akerna Corp. Jessica... Read more
Nevada Becomes First State to Ban Most Pre-Employment Cannabis Tests
Marijuana Industry News June 16, 2019
The MJ Freeway-MTech Acquisition Corp. merger is buzzing along, and management provided an update this week and reported a $9.2-million raise ahead of closing. The deal was announced last fall, and the resulting business intends to trade on the Nasdaq. The new company will be named Akerna Corp. Jessica... Read more
Even as 11 states, plus Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational cannabis, lawmakers have struggled to find consensus on the question of whether employers could reject an applicant over their pot use. Now Nevada has become the first to push through that protection. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed Assembly Bill... Read more
New Frontier Data published the Africa Regional Hemp & Cannabis Report this week, and the 83-page document reveals much about the accelerated activity on the continent in recent years. With a rapidly growing population and “soaring” infrastructure investment, according to New Frontier, the opportunities for cannabis seem boundless. In... Read more
