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Illinois doubled what you can buy, and sales promptly hit a record
Higher possession limits appear to have turned a flat market around, even as prices keep falling.
The Crushed Desk · 1w ago · 3 min read
BusinessTrulieve gets a state order over wastewater from its Monticello grow
Florida regulators say the company sprayed grow-room runoff onto its lawn and past its fence line without a permit.
1w ago · 3 min read
BusinessCuraleaf sweetens its Aurora offer by 25 percent, and Aurora still isn't opening the books
The raised bid is 0.4013 Curaleaf shares plus US$1 cash per Aurora share, with the deadline pushed to December 4.
2w ago · 4 min read
BusinessNew York just posted its biggest cannabis quarter ever, but prices keep sliding
Q3 sales hit $512.6 million, yet the average price fell about 8 percent since January as the store count climbed past 1,000 licenses.
2w ago · 4 min read
BusinessAurora and Curaleaf are now fighting over a stock sale, not just a takeover
Aurora asked Canadian regulators to force Curaleaf to fix its hostile-bid paperwork, days after Curaleaf tried to block Aurora's own stock offering.
3w ago · 4 min read
BusinessTerrAscend says the feds sued a company that doesn't exist
The MSO wants a federal judge to toss the government's $8.36 million tax-refund clawback suit over what it calls venue, naming and service errors.
1mo ago · 5 min read
BusinessAurora Cannabis tells shareholders: don't sell to Curaleaf
Aurora's board unanimously urged investors to reject Curaleaf's hostile bid, arguing the debt-free company is being lowballed by a buyer carrying over $1 billion in debt.
1mo ago · 5 min read
BusinessMassachusetts cannabis sales just crossed $10 billion — while voters weigh killing the program
The state's adult-use market hit the milestone on September 5, a decade after legalization and two months before a repeal question reaches the ballot.
1mo ago · 5 min read
BusinessNew York's weed market just posted its best August yet — on cheaper prices, not fewer sales
August revenue hit $165.76 million and the year is tracking 17% ahead of 2025, even as average item prices kept falling.
1mo ago · 5 min read
BusinessJARS just bought its way to Arizona's biggest dispensary network
The Sonoran Roots deal folds eight Ponderosa Dispensary stores into JARS, creating a 27-location chain — and keeping the acquired brands alive under a new owner.
1mo ago · 4 min read
BusinessTrulieve rang the NYSE closing bell — the first cannabis company ever to do it
Two months after listing on the Big Board, Trulieve marked the moment with a bell, a board full of executives, and a balance sheet reshaped by Schedule III.
2mo ago · 3 min read
Vireo's Q2 numbers show what buying your way to 270 dispensaries looks like on paper
Revenue jumped 335% to $209.3 million, mostly on the strength of acquisitions — and Vireo says the roll-up is just getting started.
2mo ago · 5 min read
BusinessCuraleaf just took its Aurora Cannabis buyout public — and hostile
After Aurora's board wouldn't take the call, Curaleaf is pitching a $272 million all-in offer straight to shareholders.
2mo ago · 5 min read
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