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Cannabis capital markets appear to be drying up. Headlines once dominated by successful capital raises and expensive strategic acquisitions are now consumed with reports of…

The “vape crisis” has consumed cannabis news. As of October 22, 2019, according to the Center for Disease Control, 1,604 illnesses across 49 states (all…

Notwithstanding its relative infancy, the cannabis industry has attracted more than its fair share of charlatans and snake-oil salesmen seeking to defraud unsuspecting investors, prompting…

Anyone who has worked through the mechanics of applying for a cannabis business license has been required to disclose to the applicable regulatory authorities the…

Prospective adult-use cannabis operators in Massachusetts cannot pay lip service to diversity if they want to be awarded a permit. In late April, the Massachusetts…

The age of roll-up and consolidation in the cannabis industry has dawned and cannabis news is now dominated by stories of mergers and acquisitions. Those…

The commercial hemp industry in the United States, finally legal after decades of prohibition, is rapidly moving from its infancy to a thriving agricultural crop,…

It is no secret that New York and New Jersey — two of the nation’s most populous states — are racing to legalize adult-use cannabis…

There’s no question that passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (also known as the Farm Bill) in December 2018 was a tremendous victory…

Last November, in a significant win for the CBD industry, on appeal, a federal court governing the U.S. Postal Service ordered the USPS to return…