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What strategies can legal cannabis companies use to win the fight against the illicit market? That’s the question Tim Seymour, portfolio manager of the Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF (ARCA: CNBS) asked a panel of cannabis executives at Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference on April 20 at the...

MariMed Inc. (OTCQX: MRMD) is hoping to expand its presence into seven more states in the next 18 months. MariMed has grown from a consulting company to a full multistate, vertically integrated operator, President and CEO Robert Fireman told Tim Seymour, portfolio manager of the Amplify...

Miguel Martin, CEO of Aurora Cannabis Inc (NASDAQ: ACB), discussed growing Aurora into the leader of the international medical cannabis market at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference on Wednesday. International Markets: Martin said Aurora currently has a 23% market share in the Canadian...

The cannabis industry was built on the backs of people who have been disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs, people and communities of color, said Roz McCarthy, founder and CEO of Minorities for Medical Marijuana, during a panel discussion at the Benzinga...

Sundial Growers Inc (NASDAQ: SNDL), one of the largest players in the Canadian cannabis market has undergone an incredible transition since Zach George came as CEO, including organic change and M&A. During Benzinga’s Cannabic Capital Conference, in Miami, Scott Greiper founder and...

U.S. Rep. David Joyce apologized for wearing tennis shoes in an onstage appearance at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference Wednesday, for he meant no disrespect. Instead, he was seeking comfort following a recent knee replacement surgery. "I can't wait for the day...

In 2018, California's then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Cannabis Equity Act, a bill designed to help those most harmed by cannabis prohibition enter the burgeoning market. Jessie Grundy, the CEO Of Oakland-based Peakz Company, was among the first to seize the opportunity...

Inflation has been one of the hot topics on the economic agenda since the COVID pandemic started affecting prices across industries. The cannabis industry is lacking a serious conversation about inflation, says Tim Seymour, portfolio manager of the Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF (NYSE: CNBS). The...

Leonard Tannenbaum, founder, chairman and CEO of AFC Gamma Inc (NASDAQ: AFCG), does not hold much hope the SAFE Banking Act will pass into law this year.  In an interview with Brady Cobb, founder of Sunburn Cannabis, at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference on Wednesday, Tannenbaum...

Nikki Fried, Florida’s agriculture and consumer services commissioner, filed a Second Amendment lawsuit against the federal government Wednesday that seeks to allow the state’s medical marijuana cardholders to purchase and possess firearms. Fried announced the litigation at the...

Grow Glide, the leader in vertical cannabis cultivation solutions, will open a European-based office and hire Ludwig Sämann as the new GM of Europe, Benzinga exclusively learned a the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference on 4/20. "We've been on the ground in...

The path to federally legal cannabis in the United States is a four- or five-step process that hinges on Congressional support, and the outlook has never been better, Curaleaf Holdings Inc (OTCQX: CURLF) Executive Chairman Boris Jordan told the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference on 4/20. The...

Daniel Carcillo is co-founder and CEO of Wesana Health (OTC: WSNAF), a data-driven life sciences company pioneering clinical therapies and drug development through the FDA pathway. A former NHL star, Carcillo won two Stanley Cups before retiring at the age of 30 due to Post-Concussion Syndrome...

While “Shark Tank” judge Kevin O’Leary views legal psychedelics as a once-in-a-lifetime investment opportunity, his take on cannabis is 180 degrees away. “There isn’t a dime of institutional money here, at the sovereign level,” O’Leary told Benzinga founder...