by InfluencER | Dec 17, 2020 | General, Politics and Law
North Carolina’s cannabis legalization efforts have stopped at allowing CBD hemp, a low-to-to-no-THC form of the plant. In the past 10 years, the state’s stance on the still federally illegal drug has gone from the norm to an outlier. On November 18th, the North...
by InfluencER | Dec 17, 2020 | Investors
Marijuana producers Tilray and Aphria announced plans to merge Wednesday in a deal that will create a $4 billion cannabis colossus. The combined company will boast $685 million in annual revenue, making it the world’s biggest player in a fast-growing industry, the...
by InfluencER | Dec 16, 2020 | Sales and Operations
Aurora Cannabis announced that the company has officially cut a little more than 200 positions as it reduces production at its flagship marijuana greenhouse in Edmonton, Alberta, to just a quarter of its capacity. Separately, the company’s chief science officer,...
by InfluencER | Dec 16, 2020 | Production
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) said it again intends to award a federal contract to the University of Mississippi to grow cannabis for federal research purposes. To date, the university has been the only institution granted such permission. According to a...
by InfluencER | Dec 16, 2020 | Politics and Law
Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, a co-founder of the nation’s leading marijuana prohibitionist group, is mounting a public campaign to convince President-elect Joe Biden to appoint him to lead a key federal drug policy agency. Kennedy, who helped start Smart Approaches To...
