Sitemap - 2023 - Highly Objective
🏛️ Biden pardons thousands convicted on federal and D.C. marijuana possession charges
🎙️ FloraWorks, CEO, Alleh Lindquist
🎙️ urban-gro, CEO, Bradley Nattrass
🌰 Ohio Voter-Approved Legalization Measure Takes Effect (December 7th)
🗽 New York Cannabis Board Settles Lawsuit
🏦 Planet 13 potentially out $21.5M in funds held by cash management services provider
🗳️ Ohio becomes 24th State to Legalize
🔁 Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission restarts licensing process
🎙️ Prodigy Processing Solutions, CEO, Marc Beginin
🏦 Bank of America, NRA, and Mastercard Lobbying On Cannabis Banking
🎙️ Eric Schneider, Managing Director, AlphaRoot
👨⚖️ Judge dismisses Verano’s lawsuit against Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission
📰 US Senate Committee votes 14-9 to advance SAFER Banking Act
🏪 Columbia Care rebrands as The Cannabist Company
🤥 Missouri company (Delta Extraction) at center of cannabis recall used synthetic hemp
🍊 Planet 13 acquires VidaCann for $48.9M to accelerate FL footprint (+26 dispensaries)
🎙️ Sunderstorm, CEO, Cameron Clarke
🌿 Germany Unveils Bill to Legalize Cannabis
🎙️ Curio Wellness: Wendy, Rebecca, & David Bronfein
⏸️ New York Cannabis Licenses Still On Hold
💨 Is Tilray Brands still a Cannabis company?
🍻Tilray Brands acquires 8 beer/beverage brands from AB InBev
🎙️ Hemper/HARA Supply, CEO, Bryan Gerber
🎙️ Cresco Labs, Chief Information Officer, Zach Marburger
🛑 Cresco Labs and Columbia Care Terminate Merger
🎙️ Willow Industries, CEO, Jill Ellsworth
👋 Trulieve CFO resigns after <2 weeks
💰 $20.9M in sales from Maryland’s first week of legalization
🏬 $10.4M in sales across 95 dispensaries for Maryland's first weekend of adult-use
🎙️ Naturae, CEO, Nicolas Guarino
Stock Spirits buys Clan Campbell whisky from Pernod Ricard
Brown-Forman sells Finlandia vodka brand to Coca-Cola HBC AG for $220M.
🎙️ Jane Technologies launches Point-Of-Sale (POS) to enhance in-store shopping experience
🛑 Alabama puts hold on licensing
🎙️ Safe Harbor Financial, CEO, Sundie Seefried
🏬 Alabama Award Licenses to 21 Companies
🎙️ Ayr Wellness, CEO, David Goubert
📰 Beverage: June 2023 Interesting Reads
📜 Minnesota becomes 23rd State to Legalize Recreational Cannabis
FlowerHire, Managing Partners, Jason Desentz & Mike Siebold
🎙️ Advanced Vapor Devices (AVD), CEO, Alex Kwon
📁 Canopy Files Revised Proxy Statement, Modifies Canopy USA Structure
🎙️ Benjamin Ballinger, Diamond Miners Consulting
🧵 Deep Dive: MGP's $215.8M acquisition of Penelope Bourbon
📰 Beverage: May 2023 Interesting Reads
🏙️ New York Cannabis Control Board (CCB) Approves 50 Additional Dispensary Licenses
🪧 13-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike against GTI ends
🏛️ SAFE Banking Act, reintroduced, again
🏬 NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) reverses course on Curaleaf license decision
🎙️ Timeless Vapes, Co-Founder, Rocky Huang
📰 Germany Scales Back Legalization Plans
🍎 New York approves 99 dispensary license, 155/300 CAURD licenses have been awarded
💰 Greentank Technologies $16.5M Series B
🖥️ Leaf Trade x Sweed merge to create a fully integrated solution for cannabis operators
📉 Aurora Cannabis not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule
🎙️ Petalfast, CEO, Jason Vegotsky
💼 NY Cannabis Regulators sued by group that includes Registered Organizations (ROs)
🏃 Missouri on track to be fastest state to reach $1B in Cannabis sales
🧾 $102.9M in February sales for Missouri
Altria rumored to acquire NJOY for up to $3.25B ($2.75B + $500M Earn-Out)
⏳ Cresco Labs and Columbia Care Extend Acquisition Closing Timeline to June
🤝 The Parent Company (TPCO) and Gold Flora to Merge
💳 Canopy Growth Raises up to $150M Senior Unsecured Convertible Debentures
🎙️ Hirsh Jain, Founder, Ananda Strategy
🌵 Ayr Wellness exits AZ, appoints new CEO
🧾Canopy Growth FY2023 Q3 Results
🎙️ Podcast: LeafLink, Executive Chairman, Ryan G. Smith & CEO and President, Artie Minson
▶️ Adult-Use Sales Launches in Missouri
💰 LeafLink Raises $100M Series D. COO promoted to President & CEO, Hires New CTO
👋 Curaleaf exits CA/CO/OR, Akerna exits Cannabis
🐳 $359,130 in sales on day 1 of adult-use sales in Connecticut (7 dispensaries)
☠️ Lantern Shuts Down after Drizly Spinoff and $40M in funding <18 months ago