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This was a very active week in the cannabis capital markets, with Cronos Group reporting earnings, Canopy Growth applying to trade on the NYSE, Aurora Cannabis acquiring MedReleaf in the largest cannabis deal in history and GTI announcing intentions to go public in Canada. The news drove the United...

Almost every week, an American or Canadian cannabis company announces a large overseas investment. And it's no longer just Germany, Israel and Australia that are piquing investors’ interest. Emerging markets like Jamaica are also turning heads. The largest investment opportunities might...

Shares of GW Pharmaceuticals PLC- ADR (NASDAQ: GWPH) were halted Thursday, ahead of a Food and Drug Administration vote on the company's cannabis-derived drug Epidiolex. Trading resumed after the FDA advisory panel voted unanimously in favor of approving the medicine for the treatment of two...

January was a great month for the cannabis industry, despite Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to rescind the Cole Memo, an Obama-era memorandum that essentially protected state-legal cannabis businesses from federal prosecution. Marijuana companies received more than $1.2 billion in...

Interest in who is investing in the marijuana industry is mounting rapidly, and not without a reason. Over the first five weeks of 2018, the Viridian Cannabis Deal Tracker registered $1.23 billion in investments in the cannabis industry, Viridian Capital President Scott Greiper told Benzinga....

Despite strong opposition from former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and the overall limitations imposed by federal illegality in the U.S., 2017 is shaping up to be a great year for the North American cannabis industry. As more institutional investors...

It was the year 2000. "The Montel Williams Show," one of the longest running talk shows in television history, was at its prime, making millions for CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS). Montel was on a plane flying to Utah to record a guest part for "Touched by an Angel," when he felt...

Earlier this month, cannabis-focused financing and advisory firm iAnthus Capital Holdings Inc (CNSX: IAN) (OTC: ITHUF) announced it acquired Westchester-based Valley Agriceuticals, LLC, gaining access to New York’s nascent cannabis market. In an industry where few investments surpass seven...

Back in November, during a conversation with Benzinga, The ArcView Group’s CEO Troy Dayton explained why he conceived cannabis legalization as a collective effort — a perspective with quite the stick. So, when chatter came through the lines regarding New Frontier Data and its multiple...

The Southeast Cannabis Conference & Expo has just kicked off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and will go on until Sunday afternoon. This non-consumption event is aimed at educating, engaging and empowering “the cannabis industry of tomorrow,” Executive Operations Director Danielle...