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Canada's Senate approves legalizing recreational marijuana use
Canada's upper house of parliament on Tuesday voted 52-29 in favor of a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, paving the way for a fully legal cannabis market within eight to 12 weeks.Prime Minister...
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A top cannabis private equity fund manager reveals how he picks companies to...
The booming cannabis industry has given rise to a number of private equity funds dedicated to the sector.Mitchell Baruchowitz, the managing partner of Merida Capital, discussed his investment thesis...
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Marijuana stocks are surging after Canada legalizes the drug
Marijuana stocks are surging after Canada became the second country in the world to legalize the drug.The Canadian Marijuana Index was up 3.34% as of 10:45 a.m.Marijuana stocks surged Wednesday morning...
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Canada just became the second country in the world to legalize marijuana
Canada just became the second country in the world to legalize marijuana nationwide. The bill passed Canada's Senate 52-29 on Tuesday evening.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promised to legalize...
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What marijuana really does to your body and brain
On July 19, Canada's senate voted to legalize marijuana nationwide. That makes it the second nation, after Uruguay, to fully legalize cannabis. Marijuana has been legalized in a number of US states as...
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A drug derived from marijuana has become the first to win federal approval,...
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first cannabis-derived drug on Wednesday.Called Epidiolex, the GW Pharmaceuticals drug is designed to treat two rare forms of childhood epilepsy using a...
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Medical marijuana will be legalized in Oklahoma — one of the reddest states...
Voters in Oklahoma approved a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana on Tuesday.It's one of the least restrictive medical marijuana laws in the country, allowing doctors to recommend the drug...
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The CEO behind the first prescription marijuana drug explains what the move...
Monday was both a milestone and a jumping off point for the CEO of GW Pharmaceuticals, whose medicine just became the first marijuana-derived drug to win federal approval. Gover said the green light...
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The first marijuana-based prescription drug in the US has been approved, and...
This week's historic decision by the Food and Drug Administration to approve Epidiolex, the first prescription drug derived from marijuana, has left cannabis startups in a tough spot.Although many...
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Millennial investors are flocking to the first marijuana company to hit the...
Canopy Growth Corporation moved its stock listing to the New York Stock Exchange in May.Shares have been relatively flat since the move, but that's not slowing millennial investors.Robinhood data show...
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One of the world's largest tobacco giants is teaming up with Snoop Dogg's VC...
Imperial Brands' venture arm invested in Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies, a UK-based biotech company, along with Casa Verde Capital.Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies is researching and developing...
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This map shows every state that has legalized marijuana
Recreational marijuana is legal in nine states and medical marijuana is legal in 30 states.A 2017 Gallup poll showed that 64% of Americans support legalization.Oklahoma became the 30th state to...
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A craft marijuana brand has raised a total of $50 million from VCs including...
Craft marijuana brand Flow Kana has raised a new investment round of $22 million, bringing its funding total to $50 million.Its latest financing is one of the largest Series A rounds for a cannabis...
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The 13 hardest partying US cities
MoveHub conducted a study to find out which of the world's cities have the wildest party scene.The site looked at factors such as the number of nightlife venues per 100,000 people and national...
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There’s a sea change coming for the $1 billion marijuana-based industry...
A small but blossoming corner of the marijuana industry is set for a boom. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a marijuana compound that has been linked to a range of potential health benefits but does not get you...
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A facility giving marijuana to people with addiction has had a major shakeup...
A rehab facility in Los Angeles that gave marijuana to patients dealing with addiction has had a major shakeup. After an internal dispute, the founder of High Sobriety has moved to San Francisco to...
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Lebanon will legalize growing marijuana after McKinsey evaluated it as a...
Lebanon is legalizing medical marijuana cultivation in an effort to boost the country's troubled economy.The moves comes after a report from McKinsey & Company that evaluated the economic impact of...
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Here's where you can legally consume marijuana in the US in 2018
The United States is gradually becoming the land of the red, white, and green.Nine states and Washington, DC, have legalized marijuana for recreational use for adults over the age of 21. Medical...
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The CEO of the first marijuana company to IPO in the US reveals why this was...
Tilray, a Canadian company, became the first marijuana producer to IPO on a US-based exchange.The company's shares soared on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq, an indication that public markets...
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Legal marijuana is set to outsell liquor in Canada by 2020
Canada became the second country to legalize marijuana on Tuesday evening. Canada's legal marijuana market will be a $6.5 billion industry by 2020, according to a new report from CIBC, one of the...
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