Featured Canopy Growth Ends Partnership with Rapper Drake by Sophia Vida June 03, 2021 After over a year since Canopy Growth announced a partnership with musician Drake, the company has decided to end the relationship. Canadian-based Canopy Growth terminated a joint venture with Drake’s More Life Growth Co. to ...
Featured Harborside Buys Cannabis Manufacturer Sublime for $43.8M by Sophia Vida June 02, 2021 California-based Harborside announced this week that it has agreed to acquire the manufacturer and pre-roll brand Sublime for $43.8 million in a cash and stock transaction. According to a news release, Harborside has agreed to ...
Featured Senate Majority Leader Reiterates Marijuana Legislation Must Pass Before Banking Reform by Sophia Vida May 13, 2021 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has said in a recent interview with The Ringer that marijuana legislation must pass before cannabis banking reform. In the interview, Schumer said he and his colleagues will be “int...
Featured Country Crooner Willie Nelson is Calling for Biden to Make 4/20 a National Holiday by Sophia Vida April 22, 2021 Willie Nelson is calling on President Joe Biden to make the week of 4/20 a national holiday for marijuana. Fox News has reported that the country music legend and his Luck Reunion concert team started a petition urging Biden to...
Featured Rep. Blumenauer Believes President Biden Will Stay Out of Marijuana Legislation by Sophia Vida April 21, 2021 Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D., Oreg.) has been a long time advocate of marijuana legislation and he is now confident that President Biden will 'stay out of the way' on marijuana legalization. The representative is optimistic about t...
Featured YouGov Study Finds that 25% of Americans Now Consume Marijuana by Sophia Vida April 19, 2021 According to a new study from YouGov, a quarter of Americans are now consuming cannabis and use has grown a staggering 56% since 2018. Data analytics firm YouGov and cannabis company Cresco Labs conducted the soon to be release...
Featured San Francisco Has Cancelled 4/20 Again for 2021 by Sophia Vida April 15, 2021 Many in San Francisco may have been looking forward to 4/20 this year but alas, it is cancelled once again at Golden Gate Park. This will be the second year in a row that the 4/20 celebration at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park...
Featured This is How Jay-Z Feels About New York Legalizing Marijuana by Sophia Vida April 06, 2021 According to rapper Jay-Z, marijuana legislation in the state of New York was "long overdue." Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Corey Carter, said to Grio this past Friday, "I’ve seen firsthand the harm inflicted for generation...
Featured Mexico Gets Closer to Legislation as Legalization Bill Clears Key Senate Committee by Sophia Vida April 05, 2021 Cannabis legislation in Mexico may be around the corner as a bill to legalize the plant in the country is one step closer to final passage. The measure, which passed the Senate in 2020, was sent back to there after a revised fo...
Featured Marijuana MSO Parallel Jumps into the Illinois Market with $100M Acquisition by Sophia Vida April 02, 2021 Atlanta-based Parallel has moved into Illinois with the agreement to acquire six stores belonging to a retail store chain in the state for $100 million. Parallel, who is one of the largest privately held multi-state cannabis op...