New wave of multistate marijuana operators hope they have the ‘secret sauce’ to succeed
A second round of multistate marijuana operators are rapidly expanding their geographic footprints, taking advantage of acquisition and licensing opportunities as well as their ability to...
Vicente Fox on using marijuana regulatory delays to get prepared
For years, former Mexican President Vicente Fox was bullish on launching a legal medical marijuana market in the country he led for half a decade. And now? He’s less optimistic. “I moved from very optimistic time-wise to neutral,...
Illinois recreational cannabis stores will be few and far between
Recreational cannabis sales are set to begin in Illinois at the start of the new year, but a lack of retail stores threatens to curtail the...
Aurora Cannabis plots ‘significant’ US entry in ‘very short period of time’; GMP within...
Interior of the Aurora Sky facility in Edmonton, Alberta. (Courtesy photo)
Canada’s largest medical cannabis company by revenue and production is planning to make a “significant” splash in the near...
California cannabis market experiences license contraction in 2019
Before January 2018, when California launched its legal recreational cannabis market, estimates of how many dispensaries peppered the state’s landscape were in the thousands.
But once state...
Florida medical cannabis market surges ahead, with five companies dominating
Florida’s medical marijuana market is booming, with an average of nearly two dispensaries opening each week across the state.
The number of enrolled patients recently zipped past...
Texas medical marijuana operators ‘push but not shove’ to expand state’s limited MMJ program
Texas’ limited medical marijuana program is considered economically unviable for MMJ companies, generating sales that represent a fraction of what one industry executive described as a potential billion-dollar market.
But that situation could begin to change this year if...
12 Utah medical cannabis dispensaries not enough, advocates say
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Provinces may permit cannabis nurseries to sell genetics on-site
(This story has been updated to reflect that provincial monopoly wholesaler Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis reversed its incorrect position that it is not allowed to...
German sales of insurance-covered medical cannabis continue upward trend
Sales of insurance-covered medical cannabis continued to increase during the first quarter of 2019 in Germany, the largest market outside North America.
In the first three months...
