Cannabis has been living through a long dry season. Prices fell. Funding vanished. Good growers and small shops learned to survive on grit. Investors who once chased licenses pulled back and started asking for real profits. On the ground, that translated into thinner margins, slower growth, and fewer lifelines. What actually unlocks capital Money is…
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The only thing stopping a new 24% wholesale tax from being levied on Michigan’s cannabis cultivators and manufacturers starting in 2026 is the possibility of a court injunction.The tax measure was included in Michigan’s $81 billion state budget that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Oct. 7, four days after the state Senate narrowly passed the cannabis tax provision,…
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An Idaho campaign has unveiled a newly certified initiative to put medical marijuana legalization on the state’s 2026 ballot. The Natural Medicine Alliance of Idaho (NMAI) on Wednesday announced the Idaho Medical Cannabis Act, which would provide patients with qualifying conditions access to marijuana from a limited number of dispensaries and provide a regulatory framework…
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Every year, the Super Bowl tries to show us what we think we look like. Flags, fireworks, familiar faces. But this year, America looks different. Bad Bunny is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show. A Puerto Rican artist, singing in Spanish, with a catalog that smells like krippy kush and coastal heat. When the country…
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[PRESS RELEASE] – CHICAGO, Oct. 29, 2025 – Verano Holdings Corp., a leading multistate cannabis company, announced its financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2025, which were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).Third Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights Third Quarter 2025 Financial HighlightsRevenues, net of discounts of $203 million.Gross profit…
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[PRESS RELEASE] – TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2025 – Organigram Global Inc., Canada’s largest cannabis company by market share, released new national polling figures, conducted on its behalf by Abacus Data, showing that a clear majority of Canadians want Ottawa to modernize its approach to the legal cannabis sector.Nearly six in 10 Canadians (59%) believe the…
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Do You Really Have To Worry About Cannabis Use Disorder?This Phrase Is Thrown Around So Often These Days But How Does It Really Compare To Dangerous Addictions? Cannabis use disorder is commonly discussed on the internet these days. It seems that, the more cannabis becomes mainstream thanks to legalization and education, people still…
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[PRESS RELEASE] – NORWOOD, Mass., Oct. 28, 2025 – MariMed Inc., a leading cannabis consumer packaged goods company and retailer, announced that it has completed a strategic review of its Missouri business operations and decided to exit the market, effective immediately.Since 2024, the Company has managed the Missouri operations of another licensed cannabis operator and distributed…
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Religion lives in practice, not only in pews. In “Sacred Drugs,” scholar Gary Laderman maps how psychoactive substances move through ritual, identity, and meaning. The canvas is wide. Coffee and wine at the table. Cannabis in ceremony. Peyote, psilocybin, and LSD in spiritual quests. Pharmaceuticals as faith for a modern age. The question is simple.…
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As Nebraska officials face criticism over attempts to significantly scale back a voter-approved medical marijuana law, an Native American tribe within the state has now approved its first license for a vertically integrated cannabis operation since approving legalization in its borders earlier this year. At its first meeting on Monday, the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska’s…
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