Author: Alan Brochstein, CFA
Last year, New Cannabis Ventures was highly critical of a proposal by Terra Tech (OTC: TRTC) for shareholder vote that would have protected a certain class of shareholders from...
As Canada marches towards full legalization while its robust medical program experiences triple-digit annual growth rates, Health Canada has stepped up the pace of licenses awarded under Authorized Licensed Producers...
At last week’s Arcview Group investor meeting in Toronto, mobile payments platform Tokken narrowly edged out Province Brands and Bloom Automation in the organization’s closest pitch contest to date. Lamine Zarrad,...
Just two weeks after receiving an amendment to its Health Canada license that permits its 7 Acres subsidiary to sell, several insiders at Supreme Pharma (TSXV: FIRE) (OTC: SPRWF)...
New Cannabis Ventures hosted a webinar with Nick Kovacevich, CEO of Kush Bottles (OTCQB: KSHB), on July 19th. The company, a leader in the cannabis packaging industry that serves...
Seattle native Alisa Stack recently joined Takoma Wellness Center in Washington, D.C. as General Manager. As is the case with so many new entrants to the legal cannabis industry,...
In breaking news, Nevada dispensaries will now be able to restock shelves with cannabis products intended for sale to consumers outside of its medical cannabis program. Nevada legalized cannabis for...
Marijuana Business Daily’s John Schroyer shared an extensive review of the CBD from Industrial Hemp market, discussing its growth as well as an outlook for the industry. His article included...
Civilized continued its excellent “C-Suite” series of interviews with leading cannabis industry executives, interviewing Scott Boyes, CEO of The Canadian Bioceutical Corporation (CSE: BCC) (OTC: CBICF), which is rapidly...
Ohio is on track to commence its medical cannabis program, made effective last September, by 2018. The applications for cultivation were due June 16th for Level II licenses and...
CannaKorp, the Massachusetts-based manufacturer of a patent-pending cannabis pod-based vaporizing system, the CannaCloud, is raising $2mm in a private placement for accredited investors, according to a Form D SEC...
Near the close of trading on July 5th, MassRoots (OTC: MSRT) issued an 8-K filing that revealed its pending merger with Odava, a regulatory compliance company in Oregon which...
Matthew Kind of CannaInsider interviewed LeafLink CEO Ryan Smith, a member of the “Forbes 30 under 30” list who entered the cannabis industry in 2015 from a real estate background after...
Canada’s medical cannabis market began as a flower-only market, but, following a court ruling, the licensed producers (LPs) were permitted to begin producing extracts in late 2015. While these products...
One of the most frequent questions I receive is about the best choice of online brokers for trading cannabis stocks. Most of the sector falls into two categories: U.S. OTC stocks,...
Supreme Pharma (TSXV: FIRE) (OTC: SPRWF) reported receipt of the long-awaited amendment to its cultivation license at 7 Acres today. The ability to sell took so long that a...
Sundie Seefried, the CEO of Partner Colorado Credit Union, which has a cannabis-related division, Safe Harbor Private Banking, is a champion of the cannabis industry, having provided banking services to more...
With the exception of Aphria (TSX: APH) (OTC: APHQF), which has involvement with medical cannabis operations in Arizona and Florida, and CanniMed (TSX: CMED) (OTC: CMMDF), which is pursuing...
Earlier this month, Tilray made a big change in how it will be marketing its medical cannabis products. Historically, it was selling its dried cannabis products under common strain names,...
In late May, Lift hosted its first Cannabis Business Conference in Toronto. It was a fantastic event that included many thought leaders in North America and covered eight timely and important...
The SEC has filed fraud charges related to a cannabis penny stock for the second time in less than a week. Last week, it announced a civil case against...
In 2015, Health Canada issued just five new cannabis cultivation licenses during the entire year. Last week, it issued just as many, bringing the year-to-date total to 13 and...
After the close on Friday, the SEC announced that it has filed suit against Michael Mona, Jr., CEO of CV Sciences (OTC: CVSI) and the company, which was formerly...
Horizons Medical Marijuana Life Sciences ETF (TSX: HMMJ) (OTC: HMLSF) added three names to its portfolio today as it scaled back several positions. The ETF had shared its top holdings...
In what appears to be one of the most successful cannabis industry investments to date, MedMen Opportunity Fund achieved realized and unrealized gains of about C$33.5mm on a C$10mm investment...
