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Nepal to legalise marijuana cultivation for medicinal purposes

May 29, 2024
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Nepal will legalise marijuana cultivation and consumption for medicinal purposes, Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun announced on Tuesday while presenting the government’s budget estimates for the 2024-35 fiscal year. Addressing the joint session of Parliament, Pun said that necessary laws…

Morocco celebrates huge cannabis harvest – legally for the first time

March 18, 2024
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Morocco’s first legal cannabis harvest was 294 metric tons in 2023, after the country approved its cultivation and export for medicine and industrial uses, the cannabis regulator has said said. The harvest was made by 32 cooperatives that brought together 430 farmers covering 277…

Brazil court to rule on cannabis cultivation, may open door to planting

March 21, 2023
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A Brazilian appeals court has agreed to rule on whether companies and farmers can plant cannabis in the country, which could open the door to legal cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes after legislative efforts stalled in recent years. The…

Vermont Cannabis Control Board issues 1st retail marijuana cultivation license

The Cannabis Control Board issued its first license on Monday for retail marijuana cultivation in Vermont. Officials say more licenses are in the pipeline but frustration is growing for some who are trying to plant their roots in the industry.…

Black entrepreneurs in Missouri are shut out of the medical marijuana business

January 26, 2022
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Missouri
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Black entrepreneurs are being left out of the booming medical marijuana business in Missouri. And the state is losing some of its brightest entrepreneurial minds as a result. But an initiative to place recreational pot on the ballot in November…

Africa Warms Up To Marijuana Farming For Research And Export

September 15, 2021
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Traditionally treated as a taboo plant in most African countries, marijuana is slowly being embraced across the continent, as scientists and researchers explore new medical therapies for emerging diseases. The burgeoning, multibillion dollar marijuana market is driven by unprecedented global…

Trulieve’s $2.1 Billion Harvest Acquisition Would Create One Of The Cannabis Industry’s Biggest Companies

Trulieve Cannabis, the largest cannabis cultivator and retailer in Florida, announced that it will acquire Harvest Health and Recreation, the largest cannabis operator in Arizona, in an all stock deal valued at $2.1 billion. The transaction must be approved by regulators, but if completed it…

Virginia Cannabis: Let’s Talk About Licenses

On April 21, 2021 Governor Northam signed Virginia's recreational cannabis bill and made it law. Legal possession of up to one ounce and four plants for home cultivation will go live on July 1. More importantly for businesses looking to…

Wyoming Looking at Full Marijuana Legalization to Generate ~$49.5M in New Revenues

14 Wyoming legislators are sponsoring a bill to legalize marijuana in the state. If House Bill 209 were to become law, anyone 21 years or older could legally possess retail marijuana (in amounts explained below) or cultivate marijuana for personal use (also…

A New Sales Record Isn’t The Only Milestone Colorado’s Cannabis Industry Saw In 2020

January 18, 2021
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Colorado
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Like so many things about 2020, cannabis sales in Colorado were outrageous; people spent more than $2 billion on products. That's more money than they ever have before. That total continues the industry’s upward trajectory and breaks the previous record…

Cultivating a cannabis crop: Missouri grow site gets ready to harvest medical marijuana

September 21, 2020
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Missouri
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With medical marijuana expected to be available in a few weeks, a cultivation facility near St. Louis has geared up for a cannabis harvest that will supply a good portion of the crop. Situated 26 miles west of St. Louis,…

Colorado cold snap destroys millions of dollars worth of marijuana plants, could disrupt industry

September 11, 2020
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Colorado
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Early cold temperatures and snow in Colorado may have destroyed millions of dollars worth of outdoor plants, cannabis and hemp companies said. The drop of about 70 degrees Fahrenheit occurred too early in the growing season for farmers to harvest…

Availability of medical marijuana in Missouri expected soon

September 7, 2020
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Missouri
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When they awarded licenses last winter, administrators of Missouri's medical marijuana program anticipated products being dispensed during the summer. But only two dispensaries have opened (both in St. Louis), and they don't yet have products available for patients. Having medical…

Wonder where the recreational marijuana sold in Illinois comes from? Here’s how it’s grown.

January 13, 2020
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Illinois
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All the marijuana sold in Illinois must be grown in the state, and less than two weeks into legal weed sales, customers are realizing growers’ limits. Recreational marijuana sales started off strong on Jan. 1, but within days, some of…

The East Coast’s first outdoor, commercial cannabis harvest is underway

Out in the East Coast’s first commercial marijuana field last week, hundreds of “frosted” marijuana flowers glistened, the fall light dancing off the lucrative cannabis oils. The gamble had paid off. Nearly an acre of carefully tended marijuana plants had…

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