Everyone wants a piece of the $20 billion market for CBD, the hottest legal...
Summary List PlacementFrom your local bakery to the skincare section at Sephora, CBD is everywhere. And some of the world's largest consumer companies and tobacco giants have noticed.Royal DSM, British...
View ArticleAmazon, investment banks, and even big tobacco are spending millions of...
Summary List PlacementA record number of special interests that for the first time included tech giant Amazon lobbied on cannabis from April to June this year as legalization talks heated up on Capitol...
View ArticleWhat truck drivers really think about new federal regulations to crack down...
Summary List PlacementA federal rule that went into effect in 2020 is taking commercial drivers off our highways if they test positive for illegal drugs. While the idea to crack down on drivers taking...
View ArticleAmazon lobbying on legalization
Summary List PlacementWelcome to Insider Cannabis, our weekly newsletter where we're bringing you an inside look at the deals, trends, and personalities driving the multibillion-dollar global cannabis...
View ArticleThe legal cannabis industry could skyrocket to $100 billion in the US alone...
Summary List PlacementWall Street analysts expect the cannabis industry to become a $100 billion market in the US alone by the end of the decade, especially as regulations ease. Earlier this month,...
View ArticleBiotechs are betting millions on unlocking the $115 billion...
Summary List PlacementGrowing quality cannabis isn't easy, despite it being colloquially known as weed. The plant is complicated and fussy, containing hundreds of chemicals known as cannabinoids that...
View ArticleThe CEO of cannabis giant Tilray is sitting on a $500 million war chest, and...
Summary List PlacementTilray's coming to America, CEO Irwin Simon told Insider. Simon said in a Wednesday interview that Tilray is actively looking at acquiring a US cannabis company, known as a...
View ArticleThe story of El Chapo's escape from prison in a laundry cart and his...
Summary List PlacementIn early 2001, Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug trafficker better known as El Chapo, decided he didn't want to be in prison any longer. El Chapo had been at...
View Article5 states legalized cannabis this year. But a top Wall Street analyst says it...
Summary List PlacementFive states legalized recreational marijuana this year. But a top Wall Street analyst predicted that it would be a long time before cannabis dispensaries opened in these states —...
View ArticleA top Wall Street analyst says investors are overlooking a 'transformative...
Summary List PlacementCannabis stocks have been slumping after hitting a peak in February. That may mean big opportunities for investors to get in at low prices. The largest US cannabis multi-state...
View ArticleThe cannabis industry says Cuomo's resignation could speed up marijuana sales...
Summary List PlacementNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation amid a wave of sexual assault allegations may be beneficial for the state's fledgling cannabis industry, analysts, executives, and lawyers...
View ArticleTHE NEW GREEN RUSH: Risk-taking real-estate brokers who cater to cannabis...
Summary List PlacementBryan McLaren is seeing green.Cannabis companies have hired the Arizona real-estate broker to secure storefronts for medical dispensaries and land and warehouses for farming and...
View ArticleThe man building a new cannabis company with cash from Scotts Miracle-Gro...
Summary List PlacementScotts Miracle-Gro, a company perhaps best known for lawn care, is placing a big bet on US cannabis.The maker of weed killer, fertilizer, and indoor-growing equipment is sinking...
View ArticleThe CEO of a top US cannabis company unloads on his Canadian rivals:...
Summary List PlacementGreen Thumb Industries CEO Ben Kovler isn't worried about his Canadian rivals' public ambitions to dominate the US cannabis market. Canadian cannabis companies like Tilray and...
View ArticleCannabis startup Eaze is raising $75 million in a push to make deals and...
Summary List PlacementEaze, a cannabis delivery service and retailer, is a company in transition.By 2018, Eaze was one of the darlings of the young industry, securing a $400 million valuation and being...
View ArticleTilray jumps after $166 million deal for stake in MedMen to step into the US...
Summary List PlacementTilray shares popped higher Wednesday after the Canadian cannabis cultivator and distributor said it has invested in MedMen to position itself in the US retail market if and when...
View ArticleCanadian cannabis giant Tilray is using a convoluted deal with one of the...
Summary List PlacementTilray CEO Irwin Simon says he would have "run the hell away" from a deal with troubled cannabis company MedMen a year ago.But on Tuesday, the Canadian cannabis giant bought about...
View ArticleWall Street is making a killing on cannabis. Here are the top bankers raising...
Summary List PlacementSince Colorado legalized cannabis in 2012, cannabis companies have been going public, buying up competitors, and raising millions in a bid to dominate the burgeoning...
View ArticleThe manager of a $900 million cannabis ETF names the 'underloved' pot stock...
Summary List PlacementIf you want to invest in cannabis stocks, look to the underloved or undervalued companies.That's according to AdvisorShares COO Dan Ahrens, the manager of MSOS, a $900 million...
View ArticleCanadian cannabis companies have declared they're coming for the US, but...
Summary List PlacementCanadian cannabis companies have been clamoring for years to gain access to the much larger and more lucrative US market. But there's a sticking point: Cannabis is federally...
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