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There were numerous political announcements shaping the industry last week, with a Michigan state board ruling that more than 60 medical cannabis dispensaries that had to close at the end of last year due to new regulations will be allowed to re-open until March 31, providing them time to become...

After a slow first week of the year, 2019 is quickly picking up steam. This week, we learned that Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) filed a bill in Congress that seeks to remove cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act. The bill is dubbed H.R. 420. In other political news, Marijuana Moment...

The New Year brought a shortened trading week. The deal flow didn’t stop, with recently-public TILT Holdings Inc (OTC: SVVTF) announcing the acquisition of vaporization company Jupiter Research for $210 million. Joel Milton, SVP of software and services at TILT told Benzinga, “We...

The last week of 2018 was a bit slower than most, but this didn't stop the news cycle completely, as Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize marijuana for medicinal and research purposes, and the Israeli Parliament passed a law allowing for medical cannabis exports. On...

Another week has passed, and the cannabis industry has been buzzing amid a number of developments.The 2018 Farm Bill was finally signed by President Trump Thursday. While most of the U.S. was focused on the huge food stamps program stipulated in the bill, or new provisions concerning crop insurance...

Earlier this week, Congress passed the final version of the 2018 Farm Bill, which stipulates the legalization of industrial hemp. Now all that’s missing is President Donald Trump’s signature, and it's expected in the next few days. “This week's passage of the 2018...

The 2018 Farm Bill will be filed next week and includes a provision to legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp, which, among many other things, can be used to produce CBD. We’ll be keeping a close eye on developments in this realm. In other political news, Utah’s legislature...

This week, New Jersey took a big step toward the legalization of recreational marijuana, after a joint Assembly and Senate committee voted on a bill that would legalize and tax the sale of weed. Meanwhile, South Korea legalized medical cannabis, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced...

The first recreational cannabis sales were made in  Massachusetts this week, although only two stores — New England Treatment Access, or NETA, in Northampton and Cultivate Holdings in Leicester — were allowed to service customers. “Tuesday was another...

The cannabis industry coalesced in Las Vegas this week for MJBizCon. The largest cannabis business event in the world drew a crowd of about 25,000 people to Sin City this year, according to Benzinga's sources.  Acreage Holdings, one of the largest marijuana companies in the U.S.,...