Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Canadian cannabis firms Tilray and Aphria reveal £2.8bn merger

MMP News AuthorDecember 16, 2020

Two of the leading players in Canada’s booming cannabis sector have announced merger plans that will create the world’s largest weed company, as the industry hopes for further liberalisation in the US under Joe Biden. Tilray and Aphria announced an all-share deal giving the new entity a stock market value ... Read More

Canadian Cannabis Firms Look for Ways In or Around US

MMP News AuthorNovember 16, 2020

Celebration over the legalization of cannabis in five more U.S. states was hardly over when attention turned to what this all means for industry heavyweights north of the border. Several of the largest Canadian companies reported quarterly results last week, putting them under the microscope as Wall Street tries to ... Read More

Parson vows to ‘fight against’ pot firms suing state; Galloway says she’d boot marijuana czar

MMP News AuthorOctober 27, 2020

The chairman of the investigative committee, state Rep. Robert Ross, R-Yukon, has not responded to multiple phone messages. Fraker, the state’s marijuana czar, made a $288 in-kind contribution to Ross’ opponent over the summer in a state Senate primary. Galloway, during an interview Saturday, repeated calls for the investigation to ... Read More

Two Israeli medical cannabis firms eye medical cannabis exports

MMP News AuthorOctober 7, 2020

Two Israeli medical cannabis firms said they have applied to a government pilot program intended as a first step to beginning exports. Although the government has approved allowing medical cannabis exports, they have yet to begin due to objections by the Health Ministry, which first wants companies to provide ample ... Read More

Cannabis Law Firms Advise RE Botanicals In Lawsuit Challenging DEA's New Hemp Rule

MMP News AuthorSeptember 22, 2020

Hoban Law Group filed a petition on behalf of RE Botanicals Inc. and the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review an interim final rule on hemp production. “Implementation of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018,” which was promulgated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) last ... Read More