Anti-Legalization Group Boosts Federal Lobbying Spending in 2026
Smart Approaches to Marijuana and its affiliated advocacy arm, SAM Action, reported a combined $310,000 in federal lobbying activity for the first nine months of 2026, according to disclosures filed
Curaleaf's Dual-Market Gains Signal a Harder Growth Phase Ahead
Curaleaf Holdings Inc. (TSX:CURA) rose 2.80% on October 21, 2026, continuing a recovery that began after its August report. There was no fresh news driving the session - the move looks like
Rescheduling Delay Tests Patience of Cannabis Operators Like Green Thumb
Marijuana rescheduling was supposed to give U.S. cannabis companies some much-needed relief. Instead, another regulatory dispute threatens to drag out a process that's already taken years. The latest
Agroz Shares Slide on Thin Volume Amid Nasdaq Compliance Risk
Agroz, the Malaysia-based vertical farming and AgTech company trading on Nasdaq under AGRZ, dropped 14.57% to close at USD 3.21 on October 14. The stock gapped down 7.18% at the open and fell another
Cannabis Operators Weigh Exit Options as Deal Multiples Compress
Cannabis founders who built companies during the legalization boom are hitting a different kind of market now. Valuation multiples that once ran five to six times revenue have fallen to one to three
Green Thumb Shares Climb as Buyback and Earnings Date Near
Green Thumb Industries Inc. (CN:GTII) shares advanced 1.49% on October 7, 2026, as investors weighed a recently announced share repurchase program against the backdrop of a November 4 third-quarter
Cannabis Operators Turn to AI to Unlock Buried Operational Data
Cannabis businesses sit on mountains of data they rarely use well. Inventory counts, cultivation logs, compliance filings, point-of-sale transactions - it all piles up daily across cultivation,
Unpaid Supplier Bills Expose Cracks in New York's Cannabis Market
New York's legal cannabis market keeps expanding on paper, but a figure presented at the state's September 2026 Cannabis Advisory Board meeting tells a different story. Eighty-seven retailers
Ontario Dispensary Operators Lean on Tech Partners to Launch Strong
Getting an Ontario cannabis retail license approved is only half the job. The store still has to run, and run profitably, which means the point-of-sale system, inventory controls, security setup, and
Cannabis Retailers Use Public Art to Fund LGBTQ+ Youth Services
Two Michigan cannabis retailers put their marketing budgets behind a mural this week, and the move says something about how dispensary brands are trying to differentiate in a crowded adult-use