Aurora Lists Greenhouse for Sale Amid Stock Price Plunge
Tue / Jan 7th
Aurora Cannabis has listed its Exeter, Ontario-based greenhouse for sale at an asking price of C$17 million, a potential sign of financial stress for the Canadian firm.
TG joined Ganjapreneur in 2014 as a news writer and began hosting the Ganjapreneur podcast in 2016. He is based in upstate New York, where he also teaches media studies at a local university.
Tue / Jan 7th
Aurora Cannabis has listed its Exeter, Ontario-based greenhouse for sale at an asking price of C$17 million, a potential sign of financial stress for the Canadian firm.
Tue / Jan 7th
The Brown County, Illinois Sheriff’s Office has reportedly made the state’s first cannabis arrest since the January 1 legalization launch date.
Mon / Jan 6th
Since hemp legalization took effect in the state last June, cannabis prosecutions in Texas have plummetted by 66%.
Mon / Jan 6th
A cannabis storage device by Keep Labs won an award at this year’s CES but trade show organizers blocked the company from using the word “cannabis” in any of its exhibition materials; the company ultimately declined to exhibit its product.
Mon / Jan 6th
An EU court has ruled against the Cannabis Store Amsterdam’s attempts to register a trademark because it is “contrary to public policy,” according to the court.
Fri / Jan 3rd
Federal regulators have unveiled a new policy that will enforce an FDA ban on fruit and mint flavors in e-cigarettes.
Fri / Jan 3rd
THCP, a cannabinoid recently discovered by Italian researchers, appears to have an affinity for CB1 receptors that is “more than thirty-fold higher” than that of THC.
Fri / Jan 3rd
During the first day of legal sales in Illinois, dispensaries in the state generated nearly $3.2 million from cannabis.
Thu / Jan 2nd
As Illinois became the 11th state to legalize adult-use cannabis this week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker also issued pardons for more than 11,000 cannabis convictions.
Thu / Jan 2nd
The Maysville Community and Technical College in Kentucky is set to offer a hemp production course starting this coming spring.
Thu / Jan 2nd
South Carolina police have destroyed a 180-pound shipment of hemp after it was confiscated during a traffic stop; the hemp was being delivered from a North Carolina cultivator to a Texas distributor.
Tue / Dec 31st
Michigan regulators have issued cannabis product delivery licenses to three different businesses.
Tue / Dec 31st
A Nevada cannabis testing lab has lost its license after approving products for sale with elevated levels of mold, yeast, bacteria, and fungus.
Tue / Dec 31st
In the seven months since Arkansas’ medical cannabis program launch, the state’s 14 dispensaries have sold just over $28 million worth of cannabis.
Mon / Dec 30th
Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that growing small amounts of cannabis for personal use is not a crime.
Mon / Dec 30th
Applicants who wish to grow hemp will need to submit their fingerprints as well as parcel maps of their proposed crops.
Mon / Dec 30th
Ahead of the Illinois’ planned legalization roll-out in January, cannabis-related enforcement has reportedly dropped dramatically in the suburbs of Chicago.
Fri / Dec 27th
A recently published study, which spanned 12 years, suggests that people who experience depression may be twice as likely to consume cannabis.
Fri / Dec 27th
The three new bills address cannabis decriminalization and creating a path forward for CBD & smokable hemp products.
Fri / Dec 27th
Fearing that legalization would disrupt the existing resources that medical cannabis patients rely on, activists have withdrawn their petition for adult-use cannabis in Oklahoma.
Thu / Dec 26th
While the budget rider protecting medical cannabis from federal interference remained intact with the new omnibus package, recreational industry protections have been stripped.
Thu / Dec 26th
The new insurance option will only apply to federally-eligible hemp producers in select counties and states, however.
Thu / Dec 26th
License applicants who were rejected due to a glitch in the Department of Health website are hoping to have the chance to resubmit and be reconsidered via a merit-based system.
Mon / Dec 23rd
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved 10 different pesticides for use on industrial hemp crops — the new approvals include nine biopesticides and one conventional pesticide product.
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