Bruce Linton

Psychedelics company Red Light Holland Corp. expects its common shares to start trading Thursday on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol "TRIP."   The Ontario-based company announced Tuesday that it received conditional approval to list...

By Anthony Noto and Javier Hasse. These days, investors are freezing up, and funding rounds are either getting delayed or canceled. So when Omura confirmed that former Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) CEO and founder, Bruce Linton, took part in the company's recent $5 million venture capital...

Former Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) CEO and founder, Bruce Linton, is now backing Omura. The cannabis entrepreneur took part in Omura’s latest fundraising event, which ensured the startup a total of $5 million. As part of the agreement, Linton will join the technology platform as a ...

Vireo Health International Inc (OTC: VREOF) (CSE:VREO) , a science-focused, multistate cannabis company, said Tuesday it has closed the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement offering of 13,651,574 units of the company. The offering was coordinated by Bruce Linton, Vireo's executive...

I’ve been telling investors for over a year now that when the first psychedelics pure play goes public, it’s going to crush it. And that’s exactly what happened. This week, MindMed (OTC: MMEDF) went public on the NEO exchange, and also in the U.S. with an OTC listing, trading...

The Canadian NEO Exchange announced Tuesday that neuro-pharmaceutical company Mind Medicine Inc. (OTC:MMEDF) (NEO: MMED) will make its public market debut under the symbol "MMED." The exchange's approval of MindMed makes it the first psychedelic company to be publicly listed,...

Cannabis industry leaders are launching the Council for Federal Cannabis Regulation. The goal of this independent, tax-exempt nonprofit is to help cannabis become a mainstream consumer goods product by educating federal regulators, legislators and people from outside the industry. Sheri Orlowitz,...

After being fired from his position as CEO of Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) in July 2019, Bruce Linton spent the better part of last year giving speeches and making new connections. In a conversation with Benzinga in November, Linton, now executive chairman of Vireo Health International (OTC: VREOF)...

No significant brand exists in the cannabis space. That was the eye-opening statement JW Asset Management President Jason Wild made Monday at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Miami Beach.  Wild's rationale: when a brand drops out of any dispensary, the store won't see a...

By Melanie Erbar. Martha Stewart is nothing short of a legend if you ask housewives and homemakers across America. The television personality, who rose to fame in the 80s through her cookbooks, homemaking magazines and cooking shows, established herself as an emblem of American culture throughout...

Earlier this year, Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) co-founder and former CEO Bruce Linton invested in a neuropharmaceutical company, Mind Medicine Inc. MindMed is a psychedelic research company that’s developing non-hallucinogenic medicine from psychedelic sources. The company has also...

With a growing public acceptance of cannabis in society, there's a natural instinct to wonder about the possible health benefits and market potential of other still-illegal substances. “To me, all the psychedelic stuff, it's just prohibition 2.0,” Bruce Linton, cannabis...

Cannabis company Vireo Health International, Inc. (CNSX: VREO) (OTC: VREOF) reported third-quarter financial results Wednesday, posting revenue of $8 million, up 62% year-over-year.   Vireo posted a quarterly net loss of $14.6 million versus net income of $14,890 in the...

By Javier Hasse and Natan Ponieman. Canopy Growth Corp (NYSE: CGC) released second-quarter financial results that sent the stock trading lower last week.  To better understand what’s going on, Benzinga reached out to CEO Mark Zekulin, who became the company’s public face after...

By Bruce Linton and Kyle Kingsley, M.D. The recent wave of vaping-related lung illnesses and fatalities has understandably been a source of concern for millions of cannabis users throughout the United States. Our heartfelt condolences go out to all those that have been harmed by these unsafe...