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As the number of medical marijuana companies in New York is poised to double to 10, a group of original applicants to the program brought their case against what they deemed an unfair selection system to the state Health Department.

Private and public marijuana companies in the US and Canada rely on CFN Media to succeed in the capital markets.

It has also partnered with two emerging medical marijuana companies in Brazil.

Not exact matches

«There is a material risk that if the Obama era policies regarding cannabis are not followed, our business could end and investors could lose their total investment in our Company,» wrote The Marijuana Company of America.

According to data from Sentieo, nearly 75 % of publicly traded companies with some stake in the marijuana industry deemed Trump's election important enough to mention it as a risk factor to their shareholders.

Six of the marijuana companies filed documents mentioning Attorney General Sessions specifically, who has been outspoken in his opposition to legalized cannabis.

Trump's name shows up in filings of less than 14 % of all companies, but the stakes are much higher for firms that have bet on the federal government taking a hands - off approach to marijuana policy.

Companies are boosting marijuana inventory in anticipation of legal recreational sales in July, and have much more weed than can possibly be sold at this point.

In its 2017 State of Cannabis report released earlier this year, California marijuana delivery company Eaze reported that edible sales have increased as more people learn best practices for proper dosing.

The leader in marijuana edibles in Colorado, the company is run by Nancy Whiteman, a 59 - year - old entrepreneur and mother of two.

Even though a clear majority of marijuana companies mentioned Trump's name, they account for only 4 % of filings where the president's name gets mentioned in a discussion of risk factors, according to Sentieo.

Tiger Global is diving into cannabis with an investment in marijuana compliance software company Green Bits.

He has purportedly already acquired a Washington - based company that operates two Seattle medical marijuana dispensaries and is close to purchasing others in California and Colorado.

As marijuana slowly emerges from prohibition, it will be easier for companies to legally grow in other countries where there are more ideal climates and water tables that will help lower prices and the indoor grow methods created to escape the DEA's helicopters will become history, Kennedy says.

Former House Speaker John Boehner — Nixon's ideological opposite in many ways — announced on Wednesday that he is joining the board of a marijuana company.

Brendan Kennedy, the cofounder of Privateer Holdings, which owns various marijuana companies like Marley Natural and Canadian pharmaceutical - grade cannabis producer Tilray, says his companies are expanding abroad while the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the Food and Drug Administration debate whether or not to treat the plant as a medicine or keep it in the same category as heroin.

Back in November 2016, John Hudak, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said that if Sessions became attorney general, he would have the power to rescind the Department of Justice memos issued under the Obama administration that have allowed marijuana companies to exist without fear of DEA raids.

Dozens of companies selling ancillary products and services in the marijuana industry were purged from mainstream payment processors like PayPal, Stripe, and Square in January and February.

«I don't think it's realistic for Trump to wage an all - out war against recreational marijuana,» says Aaron Herzberg of CalCann Holdings, a portfolio of cannabis companies and brands in California.

Lagunitas Brewing Company, in 2005, had its brewer's license suspended after police made marijuana arrests at the brewery in an event that has come to be known as the St. Patrick's Day Massacre.

Medical marijuana company Phytotech Medical has entered into an agreement to wholly acquire Canada - based MMJ Bioscience, in a deal worth about $ 20.7 million.

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The debate at the Post is likely to echo at other companies at a time when marijuana use in the U.S. is gaining widespread legal and social acceptance.

Even though medical marijuana is legal in California, cannabis companies are still at risk of being shut down because the laws are still being developed.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to rescind an Obama - era directive that made enforcing marijuana laws against companies that comply with state laws a «low priority» raised ire in both parties and stoked uncertainty in states where the drug is legal.

Medical marijuana producers in Canada are typically branded like pharmaceutical companies — clinical, staid and boring.

(In the fragmented, state - regulated cannabis market, it is illegal for companies to ship marijuana products out of state.

No companies in the U.S. can sell marijuana products outside of the state they operate in.)

Smoke also blanketed huge swaths of Northern California last week, which presents a more widespread concern for the marijuana industry, according to Nick DiNicola, whose company, DiNicola Insurance Services, brokers insurance for companies in the cannabis space.

Although selling marijuana is now legal in 24 states and the District of Columbia, doing business as a legal marijuana company is a logistical nightmare.

Tamar Maritz, regional director for California at marijuana data insights company BDS Analytics, said Californians could expect to see prices rise as much as 10 to 20 % in the aftermath of the fires.

Hartfield's new venture taps into that entrepreneurial spirit with the intention to bring investors directly to the most exciting companies in the legal marijuana space.

The organic soap and body care products company, which uses hemp and hemp oil in many of its products, announced it will financially support organizations working to legalize marijuana in five states

Aside from technology, the company is also expected to benefit from a contract it landed with the Ontario government, which said earlier this week that it would use Shopify's e-commerce platform for cannabis sales online and in stores as part of its plan to be the province's sole distributor of legal recreational marijuana.

Tradiv is in the process of partnering with Hypur, a software system that audits marijuana companies to help persuade banks to accept high volumes of cash from the industry.

Lynwood will become «one of the first large - scale cultivation and manufacturing opportunities in L.A. County,» Aaron Herzberg, who helps marijuana businesses find real estate through his company CalCann Holdings, told L.A. Weekly.

The burgeoning real estate market tied to marijuana also has led to companies specializing in listing commercial property that can be used for the cannabis industry.

Gertner got back into the cannabis business in 2014 with PharmaCan (now Cronos Group), a holding company that acquires or buys minority positions in licensed Canadian marijuana producers.

A company can be domiciled in one state and open bakeries in different states, eventually distributing the brand nationwide once marijuana is legalized across the country.

Brendan Kennedy, the cofounder of Privateer Holdings, which owns various marijuana companies like Marley Natural and Canadian pharmaceutical - grade cannabis producer Tilray, explains how Tilray is already exporting marijuana to countries like Croatia and Australia for use in clinical trials.

Tied for the largest single donation to Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, the campaign against the state's recreational marijuana proposal, was $ 500,000 from Insys Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company known for selling the painkiller fentanyl in the form of a sublingual spray.

The company has signed up about a third of the roughly 200,000 medical marijuana customers in Canada, and Linton said he expected some 3 million Canadians to use legal non-medical pot next year.

Marijuana companies will be banned from a majority of cities and towns in Massachusetts when recreational sales begin this summer, a Globe review has found, the latest indication that there will be fewer pot stores in the early going than many consumers expected.

Banks and insurance companies refuse to do business with cannabis companies because marijuana is illegal under federal law and most financial institutions are federally insured, forcing marijuana businesses to operate in cash.

The second - largest specialty coffee chain in Canada, which has struggled to stay competitive in recent years, said on Thursday that it is partnering with National Access Cannabis, a marijuana retail and dispensary company.

Second Cup's marijuana move — which is only a small part of its overall strategy, according to Bregman — is the latest in a string of attempts to turn the struggling company around, including everything from store redesigns to management shuffles.

Myclobutanil, a chemical that is also prohibited for use on legal cannabis in Colorado, Washington and Oregon because of health concerns, was found in product recently recalled by Mettrum Ltd., a Toronto - based medical marijuana company.

Canaccord Genuity said in a note that the move could position Namaste for a potential TMX listing, as the stock exchange has threatened companies with possible delisting over any pot - related operations in the U.S., where marijuana is still illegal at the federal level.

The quarterly dip was driven in part by increased expenses, some of which the company said were tied to preparations for Canada's coming recreational marijuana market, which the federal government has aimed to legalize by July 2018.

The administration's remarks also took a toll on shares of Innovative Industrial Properties, which invests in marijuana - growing facilities and is one of the few publicly traded cannabis companies.