Author: Alan Brochstein, CFA
Newly formed Forma Holdings, which operates three divisions that include retail and cultivation assets as well as clinical research programs design, announced several investments in the cannabis industry through...
Curio Wellness, one of the 22 companies awarded provisional cultivation or processing licenses by Maryland Monday, has a leadership team packed with successful individuals who appear to have little connection...
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festivals, a major gathering in Austin, TX that will celebrate its 31st anniversary next year, is known for allowing attendees to discover the newest original...
Maryland’s Medical Cannabis Commission released the 22 companies that secured 15 Grower and 15 Processor provisional licenses yesterday. Maryland Compassionate Care and Wellness LLC was one of the 7...
In an 8-K filing with the SEC this afternoon, Medicine Man Technologies (OTC: MDCL) announced that it will be acquiring Pono Publications, which publishes “Three A Light”, a step-by-step book on...
Health Canada issued a statement today and will host a call at 2PM ET: Local / toll-free (Canada/US) dial-in number(s): 613-960-7526 / 877-413-4814 Pass code: 9862308 The changes address...
Confirming reports from unnamed sources published last night, Chuck Rosenberg, the Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), issued a harshly worded 186-page rejection of a request by former Governors...
MassRoots (OTC: MSRT), the cannabis technology company with a registered user base of over 900K, filed an amended S-1 yesterday pointing to an imminent stock offering. The company, upon...
When Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the Canadian Parliament elections in October last year, it set off a quick pop in the...
This is a big month for Canada’s federal medical cannabis program, MMPR, as Health Canada must respond to the Allard ruling by August 24th, paving the way for home...
Earlier this week, MassRoots (OTC: MSRT) revealed that it is targeting competitors Leafly and Weedmaps with the introduction of its Dispensary Finder service. The company introduced the offering with a discounted...
We continue to caution investors in the cannabis industry that too many bad actors trying to raise millions of dollars are running rampant. Last week, we examined Cultivation Technologies...
With the completion of two Phase 3 clinical trials that showed its Epidiolex to be safe and effective, global interest in GW Pharma’s (NASDAQ: GWPH) pharmaceutical-grade cannabidiol (CBD) extracted from cannabis continues...
Women Grow, which launched two years ago, has rapidly become one of the most powerful cannabis industry organizations, providing networking opportunities in 40 cities in North America on a...
A cannabis company is making bold claims about the potential returns from a project as it begins to raise capital from the public, but our initial review suggests that...
Interview with Kerri Accardi, President of 420MEDIA Advertising is a huge challenge for companies in the cannabis industry, with television opportunities extremely rare. One activist and entrepreneur who is...
The cannabis industry is full of startups, many of which have great ideas or even deep domain expertise but lack critical skills required to scale their company, similar to...
One of the most exciting themes in legalization is the progress being made in Canada, which is 28 months into its federal medical cannabis program, MMPR, and on the...
I was honored to participate on a panel at Green Flower Media’s “Cannabis Entrepreneur Summit” in May, a live event that was seen by over 10,000 viewers on the...
Canopy Growth (TSXV: CGC) (OTC: TWMJF) CEO Bruce Linton disposed of 400K shares of the stock at the end of June, raising approximately $1.1mm: Click here to view the...
Cannabis Lab Testing As a Percent of Sales Varies Dramatically It can be very difficult to get operational and financial data on cannabis cultivators and dispensaries given that the...
Tilray, the Nanaimo-based licensed producer under Canada’s MMPR program, hired a Canadian Big Pharma executive, Greg Engel, in early 2015 as its first CEO. At the time, he explained why...
Earlier this week, Health Canada, which oversees the Canadian medical cannabis program, MMPR, reported data for the quarter ending 03/31/16. The number of patients enrolled in the program grew 35.2% from...
Health Canada continues to add licensed producers (LPs) to its federal medical cannabis program, Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), naming United Greeneries to the approved list today. The...
Michael Toups, Managing Director, Partner and COO of First Harvest Financial was charged today by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraud. Toups, who served as CFO of publicly-traded Longwei Petroleum...
