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Marijuana industry sales slow down after pandemic surge
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Marijuana industry sales slow down after pandemic surge

A customer lights a joint at Lowell Farms, America’s first official Cannabis Cafe offering farm-to-table dining and smoking of cannabis in West Hollywood, California, October 1, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters After enjoying a sales surge during the pandemic, the U.S. cannabis industry is showing signs of a slowdown as it faces economic and regulatory […]

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Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield to launch ‘Holy Ears’ cannabis-infused edibles
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Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield to launch ‘Holy Ears’ cannabis-infused edibles

Referee Lane Mills (C) stops the fight in the third round as Evander Holyfield (R) holds his ear as Mike Tyson (L) watches 28 June 1997 during their WBA heavyweight championship fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Jeff Haynes | AFP | Getty Images Boxing legends and former rivals Mike […]

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Here’s how five states voted on the legalization of recreational marijuana
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Here’s how five states voted on the legalization of recreational marijuana

Marijuana activists hold up a 51-foot inflatable joint during a rally at the U.S. Capitol to call on Congress pass cannabis reform legislation on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Caroline Brehman | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Voters in two states approved the legalization of recreational marijuana in Tuesday’s elections, joining the growing list of […]

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Here are the states voting on marijuana legalization on Election Day
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Here are the states voting on marijuana legalization on Election Day

A recreational marijuana smoker indulges in smoking weed on April 14, 2020 in the Bushwick section of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Bruce Bennett | Getty Images Voters in a handful of states – including four that traditionally favor Republicans – are set to decide Tuesday whether to legalize recreational marijuana, paving the […]

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to acquire cannabis businesses for up to 5M
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to acquire cannabis businesses for up to $185M

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award onstage during the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Winter | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Hip-hop mogul and businessman Sean “Diddy” Combs is venturing into the world of cannabis. Combs has agreed to acquire licensed cannabis operations […]

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Accused fraudster Justin Costello has history of posing as billionaire and threatening cops, police say
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Accused fraudster Justin Costello has history of posing as billionaire and threatening cops, police say

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Justin Costello yearbook photo “It’s easy to be someone you’re not, but hard to be yourself,” Wisconsin teenager Justin Costello wrote under his senior photo in the Oconomowoc High School yearbook in 1999. Twenty-three years later, an FBI SWAT team would arrest Costello hiding from police outside of San Diego, […]

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Canopy Growth looks to speed up entry into U.S. cannabis market with new holding company
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Canopy Growth looks to speed up entry into U.S. cannabis market with new holding company

Canopy Growth Tom Franck | CNBC Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth said Tuesday it’s consolidating its U.S. assets into a new holding company to speed up its entry into the U.S. market. The company said the creation of Canopy USA will help it reduce costs and tap into the U.S. market, which is projected to […]

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Major League Baseball strikes sponsorship deal with CBD maker Charlotte’s Web
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Major League Baseball strikes sponsorship deal with CBD maker Charlotte’s Web

A MLB logo is seen before a game between the Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on May 22, 2022 in Anaheim, California. Ronald Martinez | Getty Images Major League Baseball is getting into the CBD game.  The league is teaming up with Charlotte’s Web Holdings Inc., a maker […]

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Cannabis company Canopy applauds Biden’s marijuana pardons as stock surges
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Cannabis company Canopy applauds Biden’s marijuana pardons as stock surges

Canopy Growth applauded President Joe Biden’s announcement Thursday that he will pardon thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession. “Today represents action from the Administration that we have been waiting for – an acknowledgement that cannabis prohibition has failed and that too many lives have been significantly impacted as a result,” David Culver, vice president of […]

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Wall Road milestone: ETF popularity hits record selection
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Wall Road milestone: ETF popularity hits record selection

ETF Edge Wall Avenue milestone: ETF recognition hits report variety Posted Sat, Sep 24 202211:00 AM EDTUp to date 54 Min Back Noah Sheidlower@NSheidlower Check out Stay Supply

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