What’s New With Cannabis Stocks for the Week Ending 10/22/21 – New Cannabis Ventures
Navigate the fast-moving cannabis sector with 420 Investor, a premium service that sends real-time alerts and explanations of the news below and much more. Summary The FDA issued a report about data collection for better understanding CBD safety and quality issues. Canadian retail cannabis sales increased 44% in August. Health Canada added 4 new licenses, leaving the total now at 784. 420 Investor model portfolios have gained 7.1-44.9% year-to-date, while the Global Cannabis Stock Index has lost 4.5%. Review The FDA shared a plan on using novel data sources in its effort to better understand safety and quality issues for CBD as…
Read More »Texas Hemp Retailers Scramble After State Says Delta-8 THC Is An Illegal Drug – Marijuana Moment
Washington, D.C. voters are strongly in favor of proposals to broadly decriminalize drugs and establish harm reduction centers, a new poll found. One week after activists announced an effort to pressure local lawmakers enact the reforms, a coalition of activists group organized under the banner of DecrimPovertyDC released a survey showing just how popular the policy changes are among D.C. residents. It also found that voters would be more likely to elect local legislators who embrace decriminalization. At a top level, 83 percent of respondents said that they favor having the D.C. Council pass an ordinance to “remove criminal penalties…
Read More »Texas Clarifies Stance On Delta-8 THC – HempGazette
Texas is the latest US jurisdiction to ban controversial Delta-8 THC products, which can be created using hemp extracts. Delta-8 THC products have flooded the markets of some US states to due to a lack of regulatory certainty. This stems from the legal definition of hemp in the USA only referring to levels of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol – the most commonly consumed THC, and the one that provides a high. The failure to not encompass all tetrahydrocannabinols has had some significant consequences. While occurring in cannabis naturally in very small quantities, Delta-8 THC can be produced by manipulating the cannabinoid cannabidiol…
Read More »At MJBizCon 2021, the Outlook for Cannabis is Rosy—and Not So Rosy – Green Entrepreneur
In a sign that the world is kind of returning to normal, MJBizCon 2021 has opened its doors back to actual people for the largest B2B cannabis industry event. MJBizCon This is the time of year when tens of thousands of industry professionals descend on Las Vegas to show off their products and services, network, attend educational seminars, shake hands (or perhaps bump fists this year), smoke a few blunts, and make lots of deals. MJBizCon, CEO and Founding Editor Chris Walsh, delivered his annual State of the Industry and Predictions for 2022 presentation to kick off the festivities. Walsh, who has…
Read More »Fourth Massachusetts City Approves Psychedelics Reform As Movement Grows – Marijuana Moment
A fourth Massachusetts city has enacted a psychedelics policy change, with members of the Easthampton City Council voting on Wednesday in favor of a resolution urging the decriminalization of certain entheogenic substances and other drugs. The measure, introduced by Council Member At-Large Owen Zaret (D), passed in a 7-0 vote, with two abstentions, on Wednesday night. “I’m grateful to the Council for being so forward thinking about a cutting edge topic,” Zaret told Marijuana Moment after the vote. “There were some hard concepts to undo for some of us. This is a step forward to helping people have access to…
Read More »USPS says hemp and CBD vapes are banned from the mail (Newsletter: October 21, 2021) – Marijuana Moment
NY restricts workplace marijuana testing; SD lawmakers approve legalization proposal; CA cannabis environmental cleanup grants Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Your good deed for the day: donate to an independent publisher like Marijuana Moment and ensure that as many voters as possible have access to the most in-depth cannabis reporting out there.Support our work at https://www.patreon.com/marijuanamoment/ TOP THINGS TO KNOWThe Senate Appropriations Committee released FY2022 spending legislation that would finally let Washington,…
Read More »Planet 13 Holdings Inc (OTCMKTS: PLNHF) Announces Purchase of License to Operate as a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center – FactsAboutCBD
Post Views: 7 Green Thumb Industries Inc (OTCMKTS: GTBIF) has announced a grand opening on October 16 for its expanded store, Rise Mundelein. It will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a guest and patient appreciation. The mayor of Mundelein, Steve Lentz, will attend the event. Mundelein has been an essential location for Green Thumb since opening the Rise store According to Ben Kovler, the founder and CEO of Green Thumb, Rise Mundelein has been monumental to its growth since it became its first store in Illinois in 2015. It was also one of the first stores in Illinois to sell…
Read More »Trulieve Cannabis Corp (OTCMKTS: TCNNF) Announces Acquisition of Harvest Health & Recreation Inc (OTCMKTS: HRVSF) – FactsAboutCBD
Post Views: 10 Green Thumb Industries Inc (OTCMKTS: GTBIF) has announced a grand opening on October 16 for its expanded store, Rise Mundelein. It will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a guest and patient appreciation. The mayor of Mundelein, Steve Lentz, will attend the event. Mundelein has been an essential location for Green Thumb since opening the Rise store According to Ben Kovler, the founder and CEO of Green Thumb, Rise Mundelein has been monumental to its growth since it became its first store in Illinois in 2015. It was also one of the first stores in Illinois to sell…
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