Author: Alan Brochstein, CFA
Health Canada updated its website today, announcing an increase in the number of licensed producers to 82. Both of the new licenses were awarded to facilities in Quebec, including Agri-Médic...
Ohio’s Department of Commerce, which has already awarded Tier 1 and Tier 2 provisional cultivation licenses and named 370 dispensary applicants, announced today 104 applications for up to 40...
Australia-based Creso Pharma (ASX: CPH) (OTC: CRCPF) announced an expansion into Colombia, signing a deal to acquire licensed medical cannabis company Kunna Canada and its wholly owned subsidiary, Kunna...
This is the time of year when many make charitable contributions. One of the early lessons I learned when entering the industry in 2013 is that without those who...
CanniMed Therapeutics (TSX: CMED) formally launched the proxy to acquire Newstrike Resources (TSXV: HIP) (OTC: NWKRF) and its Up Cannabis licensed producer unit. Shareholders will vote at a special...
The Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF (TSX: HMMJ) (OTC: HMLSF) has ballooned in size as the Canadian licensed producers (LPs) have soared, with the ETF net assets now...
Michigan’s unregulated medical cannabis program will be moving forward. The state’s Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has released Emergency Rules that will be in effect for the next six months after...
Cann Group ( ASX: CAN) (OTC: CNGGF) announced an increase to its capital raise, boosting it to $58.7, seling by shares $2.50 in a deal underwritten by Canaccord...
One year after its debut on the NYSE and fewer than two months after completing its $15mm sale of preferred shares, Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE: IIPR) has filed a...
Yesterday, the Ohio Department of Commerce revealed the 12 provisional Tier I cultivation license recipients. Tier 1 licenses permit a canopy up to 25,000 sq. ft. initially. Today it...
Canadian cannabis company Lifestyle Delivery Systems (CSE: LDS) (OTC: LDSYF), which operates an extraction lab in Adelanto, California, has apparently been raided. The company’s website says that it is...
The Ohio Department of Commerce announced the recipients of provisional Tier I medical cannabis production licenses today. Tier I licenses, which include annual licensing fees of $200,000, permit cultivation...
Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE: SMG) continues to aggressively consolidate the fragmented hydroponics industry through its Hawthorne operating unit. Since 2015, it has acquired leading brands Agrolux, Botanicare, Gavita, General Hydroponics...
The inaugural Cannabis Business Executive Convention, scheduled for January in Washington, D.C., has been cancelled, according to the event’s organizer, Rob Meagher of Cannabis Business Executive (CBE). In a...
EY, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, issued a 12-page report assessing the Canadian cannabis outlook, “How do you define your future in an undefined market?”....
On November 16, 2017, California’s three state cannabis licensing authorities publicly noticed proposed emergency regulations for commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis. The regulations cover the types of licenses and...
The Public Cannabis Company Revenue Tracker, managed by New Cannabis Ventures, ranks the top revenue producing cannabis stocks that generate industry sales of more than $2.5m per quarter. This...
As California moves towards regulation of medical cannabis and full legalization for adult-use, the state is tackling many challenges in advance of the new regulatory system, which will include...
One of the big stories this year has been the deployment of capital raised outside of the United States into its cannabis industry. Three Canadian public companies that have...
New Cannabis Ventures helped spearhead the Exclusive Public Companies Symposium at New West Summit in Oakland on October 13-14th. The goal of the event was to introduce leading public cannabis companies to...
New Cannabis Ventures helped spearhead the Exclusive Public Companies Symposium at New West Summit in Oakland on October 13-14th. The goal of the event was to introduce leading public cannabis companies to...
Coindesk, which covers blockchain news, found a nugget in a stack of documents submitted to the government of British Columbia. The provincial government’s BC Cannabis Regulation Engagement committee invited stakeholders...
The announcement last Sunday that Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) was acquiring a 9.9% stake in Canopy Growth (TSX: WEED) (OTC: TWMJF) for C$245mm helped end a streak of nine...
The Ohio Department of Commerce has announced the award of 11 Level II provisional licenses for cultivation for its medical cannabis program that is expected to launch next September....
Exclusive Interview with Khiron Life Sciences CEO Alvaro Torres Colombia is a developing cannabis market that has captured the attention of many. A country known historically for being a...