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CBT focuses strictly on the business of legal cannabis for medical and recreational use and aims to provide timely information—through its website, e-newsletter, mobile app, print magazine and annual conference—to help the reader make timely, informed decisions to help them run their businesses better and more profitably. In 2018, Cannabis Business Times was named Magazine of the Year by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

Uruguay Reports 10.7 Million Grams of Cannabis Sold in Six Years of Legalization

The South American country was the first to legalize cannabis in the modern era, but its government retains tight control over production and use.

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Ohio Rejects Nearly 100K Cannabis Legalization Signatures; Advocates Have 10 Days to Collect More

Secretary of State Frank LaRose informed the ballot initiative organizers their effort is 679 signatures short of what’s required for the November election.

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Scale Your Cannabis Cultivation Business With Efficiency In Mind

In times of price compression and increasing production costs, resource efficiency can make or break a cultivation business

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5 Questions to Ask When Shopping For a Cannabis Extraction System

Extraction equipment purchases are a significant investment for any cannabis operation. These questions will help you make sure the product you buy is the right one for your business

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Extraction Equipment Maintenance: 3 Tips

Best practices to ensure peak extraction performance.

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Cannabis Conflict in Chicago: Cresco Labs Sues Green Thumb

The company filed a lawsuit accusing a former employee of violating a noncompete clause when he was hired by Green Thumb Industries.

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Oregon’s New Aspergillus Testing Could Be an Inflection Point for the Cannabis Market—But It’s Complicated

With initial flower testing failure rates hovering around 23%, the latest policy shift has had dramatic consequences for growers across the state.

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MSO Parallel to Shut Down Goodblend Operations in Pennsylvania; 76 Workers Impacted

The vertically integrated cannabis company is exiting the state’s medical market entirely.

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WATCH: CannaCribs Visits Amaze Cannabis in Missouri

Check out the latest video from our new partner, CannaCribs, and learn about what's happening at Amaze Cannabis.

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Dispensary Design: Do’s and Don’ts for Optimal Customer Experience

At last year’s Cannabis Conference, industry stakeholders shared their top tips for store layout, merchandising, security and more.

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Teamsters, Verano Reach Tentative Agreements in Illinois

The bargain agreements impact retail workers at Zen Leaf dispensaries in the Chicago area.

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Florida Adult-Use Ballot Sponsor Files 99-Page Brief Supporting Measure With Supreme Court

Smart & Safe Florida filed a three-part argument that a constitutional amendment to legalize cannabis is sufficient to appear before voters.

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Lindsey Renner on Surviving the Downturn

The owner of Native Humboldt Farms shares strategies she's implemented to lower production and post-harvest costs and improve efficiency, as well as advice she has for other growers during these challenging times.

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Green Thumb Worker, 60, Had ‘Difficultly Breathing’ Before Dying at Cultivation Facility

The worker, identified as Julie Devinney, died “from natural causes” less than an hour after a 911 call was made from the Rock Island facility in Illinois.

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Curaleaf Lays Off 49 Workers at New Jersey Cultivation Facility

The mass workforce reduction comes as the state’s adult-use cannabis rollout has fallen short of the company’s expectations.

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Where the Nation’s 8 Largest Cannabis MSOs Are Expanding in 2023 (and Why)

We’ve seen corporate operators pulling out of California, Colorado, Oregon and Massachusetts, but which markets are they tackling now?

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Verano Broadens Vertical Operations in Limited-License States

The company expects to open six social equity joint venture dispensaries during the second half of 2023 in Connecticut.

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Trulieve Puts Eyes on Growth-Oriented Markets

The nation’s industry-leading retailer is making moves in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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TerrAscend Points to Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania as Top Priorities

The company operates in five key U.S. markets but has dedicated 90% of its capital expenditures to New Jersey operations in 2023.

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Green Thumb Broadens Retail Footprint in Florida, Nevada, Virginia

The Chicago-based cannabis company is also focused on cultivation investments in New York, New Jersey, Minnesota and Virginia

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