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The Great Lakes State has the second-largest medical marijuana patient base in the country, trailing only gigantic California. A shift in Michigan's medical marijuana market is no small event. Major legal weed markets have opened up on the West Coast — California, Washington, Oregon,...

North American cannabis stocks took a beating this week, with the North American Marijuana Index posting a 27.2 percent loss, largely on the back of poor performance among Canadian stocks. "The Canadian market collapsed this week after over $1.2 billion of deal offerings from publicly-traded...

The discussion about cannabis and sports isn't new. The conversation gained more relevance than ever late last year after the World Anti-Doping Agency, in charge of drug testing among Olympic athletes and usually sets the criteria for anti-doping in most sports across the globe, removed CBD...

As cannabis continues to go mainstream, and an ever-increasing number of companies make it to major stock exchanges, market participants feel a growing need for sophisticated financial instruments to track the industry’s overall performance. Among these instruments are indices and ETFs. U.S....

This has been a great week for marijuana stocks and cannabis in general. The United States Marijuana Index, which tracks 15 of the largest marijuana stocks in the U.S., posted strong gains this week of 5.5 percent. Source: United States Marijuana Index The North American Marijuana Index, gained 3....

Medical journal The Lancet published an article Wednesday that could mold the future of cannabis-derived therapeutics. The piece in question featured results from GW Pharmaceuticals PLC- ADR (NASDAQ: GWPH) and Greenwich Biosciences’ Phase 3 study of Epidiolex — an oral cannabidiol...

This week was action-packed for the cannabis industry, despite the fact that U.S. stock markets were closed Monday. The United States Marijuana Index, which tracks some of the largest marijuana stocks in the U.S. experienced substantial volatility, spiked Tuesday and declined sharply Thursday and...

Cannabis stocks plummeted last week, after the Jeff Sessions panic – spurred by the repeal of the Cole Memo, an Obama-era memorandum that has essentially protected state-legal cannabis businesses from federal prosecution. The tumble was short lived, though, as evidenced by the rebound seen in...

From famed rapper The Game to TV’s Montel Williams, Bob Marley’s son Julian Marley to Snoop Dogg, celebrities across the board are increasingly getting involved in the cannabis industry. One of the forefathers of this movement is Super Bowl champion Marvin Washington. The former...

Despite strong opposition from former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and the overall limitations imposed by federal illegality in the U.S., 2017 is shaping up to be a great year for the North American cannabis industry. As more institutional investors...

How powerful are Mexican drug cartels? What would a legal cannabis trade between the U.S. and its southern neighbor look like? Very few people are actually qualified to answer such questions. Luckily for attendees of the third annual Southwest Cannabis Conference & Expo, to be held in Arizona...

Just like cannabis businesses, stocks, publications and strains, weed-related events are multiplying at an unprecedented space. The problem is that, since the legal marijuana industry is still nascent, expert speakers do not abound. Consequently, almost every conference, summit, gathering,...