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N.F.L. Bows to Marijuana’s New Status

The 10-year labor agreement between the N.F.L. and players union that was ratified on March 15 is filled with dozens of incremental changes, most notably the one-percentage-point increase in the share of league revenue that the players will receive. One of the…

Cannabis Use Reached All-Time High in March Amid Lockdown Measures

Cannabis use hit an all-time high in March as lockdown measures spread across the U.S., giving people more free time with less to do. A March survey of 2,500 consumers by Cowen & Co. found that 33% had tried cannabis…

$850 million acquisition of Chicago marijuana company Verano Holdings called off

An $850 million deal to buy Verano Holdings has been terminated, marking the second high-dollar acquisition of a Chicago marijuana company to fall through in less than a year. Phoenix-based Harvest Health & Recreation announced it planned buy Verano Holdings just over…

Startup Serving Cannabis Brands and Retailers Draws Veteran Investment Team

PRESS RELEASE Leading Cannabis Media Executive Launches Jage Media, Attracting Key Investors Including BDS Analytics and CanopyBoulder SEATTLE and BOULDER, COLO., March 6, 2020 — Jage Media, a cannabis business event and media firm founded by George Jage, announced the completion of…

More and more older adults are using marijuana

More and more older adults are using some form of marijuana, according to new survey data, and their doctors aren’t prepared to talk with them about it. The percentage of adults over the age of 65 who said they’d used…

Arizona’s biggest marijuana company just got bigger and has plans for major national growth

Harvest Health and Recreation, Arizona's biggest medical-marijuana operator, said on Wednesday it has acquired three shops run by competitor Arizona Natural Selections, giving Harvest 14 of the 120 or so operating retail stores in the state. The companies didn't disclose…

Instead of releasing this greenhouse gas, beer brewers are selling it to pot growers

The state of Colorado and three small businesses are trying a novel approach to reduce carbon emissions that sounds like something out of the fever dreams of Willie Nelson: using carbon dioxide produced from beer brewing to help marijuana plants…

You’ll soon be able to earn a degree in cannabis from a Colorado university

Colorado State University-Pueblo received state approval Friday for the state’s first cannabis-related degree program, to be launched this fall. The program — called “Cannabis, Biology and Chemistry” — will focus on the science necessary to work in the cannabis field,…

Study: College Binge Drinking Down, Pot Use Up in Legalized States

It doesn't take extensive research to know that some college students smoke marijuana and drink alcohol, but a recently published study shows students are turning to the plant over booze in states where weed is legal. Conducted by Oregon State…

A serial tech entrepreneur is trying to create an Amazon-like platform for legal marijuana

It’s been 23 years since California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana, and five years since Colorado and Washington became the first to make recreational pot legal. There’s still a big problem. Cash. A lot of it. Cash…

MLB to stop testing minor leaguers for marijuana as part of new drug agreement, report says

MLB and the MLB Players Association are negotiating changes to the drug agreement that would introduce opioid testing. As part of the new drug agreement, MLB would also remove marijuana from the league's list of banned substances for minor-league players, according…

MLB and players’ union mull testing for opioids while easing marijuana penalties

When healthy, Kyle Blanks could crush a baseball. In the final 32 games of 2009, his rookie season with the San Diego Padres, playing in a home field so cavernous it was known as Petco National Park, Blanks hit 10…

Cresco Labs Acquires 2 Arizona Marijuana Dispensaries

September 18, 2019
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Cresco Labs Inc., one of the largest vertically integrated multistate cannabis operators in the United States, announced a significant expansion of its presence in Nevada and Arizona through the signing of a purchase agreement to acquire certain assets from Tryke Companies, a…

Florida firm rolls up 15 dispensary permits in Pennsylvania

Jushi Holdings Inc., the Florida-based cannabis company that bought out Beyond/Hello’s four Pennsylvania permits in July, announced today that it was acquiring the majority interest in Agape Total Health Care Inc. Agape, of Lehigh County, won a permit from the…

Study finds Marijuana use among college students at 35-year high

September 13, 2019
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Marijuana use by college students hit a 35-year high, according to a study released last Tuesday. The annual Monitoring the Future panel study, a joint effort by researchers at the University’s Institute for Social Research, found that, in 2018, 43…