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Akanda Partners with Cookies to Bring the Cannabis Brand and High THC Strains to European Consumers
<![CDATA[ LONDON, England, Sept. 14, 2022 - PRESS RELEASE -International medical cannabis platform company Akanda Corp. announced an exclusive license agreement with international cannabis lifestyle brand Cookies. The multi-year agreement enables Akanda to pursue...
Hemp Cooperative Partners With University to Study Hemp Fibers in Biodegradable Plastics
<![CDATA[ Troy University's Center for Materials and Manufacturing Sciences in Alabama and the National Hemp Growers Cooperative (NHGC), a Mississippi-based hemp organization, have partnered to research and develop using hemp fibers in biodegradable plastics. The...
Oregon Cannabis Prices Swing From Pandemic Peaks to Record Lows
<![CDATA[ Oregon’s mature cannabis market appears to be slimming down in a correction from the fat-and-happy trends of late 2020 and early 2021. In August 2022, the state’s adult-use cannabis flower prices hit an all-time low at retail and remained near an all-time...
New Frontier Data Appoints Chief Knowledge Officer
<![CDATA[ Reiman New Frontier Data promoted Dr. Amanda Reiman as its new chief knowledge officer. Reiman, who joined New Frontier Data in January as vice president of public policy research, is a social ethnobotanist with more than 20 years of experience studying...
Canadian UFC Fighter, Medical Cannabis Activist Elias Theodorou Passes Away Age 34
<![CDATA[ Canadian MMA fighter and medical cannabis patient Elias Theodorou, the first professional athlete to obtain and compete with a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for medical cannabis in North America, passed away on September 11 from Stage 4 colon cancer. He...
Hempacco Commences Sales of Cheech & Chong-branded CBD Cigarettes
<![CDATA[ SAN DIEGO, California, September 13, 2022 - PRESS RELEASE - Hempacco Co., Inc. (HPCO), a vertically integrated hemp manufacturing company, commenced sales of Cheech & Chong-branded hemp smokable products during the third quarter of 2022 under its...
Unrivaled Brands Appoints Patty Chan as Interim Chief Financial Officer
<![CDATA[ SANTA ANA, California, Sept. 13, 2022 - PRESS RELEASE - Unrivaled Brands, a multi-state vertically integrated cannabis company with operations in California and Oregon, named Patty Chan as interim chief financial officer effective Sept. 12, 2022. The...
Adult-Use Legalization Projected to Diminish North Dakota’s Medical Market
<![CDATA[ Should New Approach North Dakota advocates succeed with their 2022 adult-use cannabis ballot measure this November, the state’s medical market would pretty much disappear. While North Dakota officials have issued more than 8,200 medical cannabis ID cards...
Merida Capital Holdings Partners With Azucarera El Viejo for Medical Cannabis Facility in Costa Rica
<![CDATA[ NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – Azucarera El Viejo announced that it has entered into an agreement with Merida Capital Holdings LLC, a leading cannabis private equity firm with more than 75 companies in its portfolio, to build a world-class...
BDSA Reports Global Cannabis Sales Will Grow 10% in 2022; Forecasts $57 Billion Market by 2026
<![CDATA[U.S. sales will grow from $25 billion in 2021 to $42 billion in 2026, which will make up 75% of total global cannabis salesDespite concerns surrounding inflation and economic and regulatory headwinds, legal cannabis sales in the U.S. will reach $27 billion...