Sue Dehnam
Cannabis Executive Salaries Are Soaring into 2024
NEW YORK – Chief executive officers at the largest cannabis companies by revenue have moved past the $400,000 base salary threshold with annual salaries...
Ohio Republicans Vow to Undermine Will of Voters
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Voters across Ohio approved a ballot measure Tuesday to legalize and regulate recreational cannabis, but leaders in the Republican-majority state legislature...
Capital Markets Are Down but Not Quite Dead
NEW YORK – A potent concoction of slowing capital markets and inactivity in Washington D.C. bears the majority of blame for the industry’s lackluster...
FBI’s Latest Data Shows an Uptick in Cannabis Arrests
WASHINGTON – Law enforcement agencies arrested 227,108 people for cannabis-related violations last year and 92 percent of the arrests were for possession, according to...
Hundreds of Cannabis Business Licenses Won’t Fix New York’s Problem
ALBANY, NY – The State of New York opened a licensing window on Wednesday, making hundreds of new adult-use licenses available to current and...
Trulieve Alleges Employees, Vendors Engaged in Racketeering: Lawsuit
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Trulieve Cannabis Corp. is suing two of its former Arizona purchasing managers, five other employees, and three vendors, accusing the group...
A DEA Judge Tried to Reschedule Cannabis 35 Years Ago
WASHINGTON – In 1988, a federal judge brashly ruled against the Reagan administration’s drug policy and declared cannabis fit for medical use. The controversial...
American Cannabis Consumption Hits All-Time High
WASHINGTON – Fifty-percent of American adults have tried cannabis, according to a recent Gallup report, marking the highest point since the polling organization conducted...
Tilray Triples Beverage Portfolio with $85M Anheuser-Busch Deal
NEW YORK – Canadian megacorp Tilray Brands Inc. struck an $85-million cash deal with Budweiser parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) to purchase eight...
U.S. House Advances Veterans’ Access to Medical Marijuana in Spending Bill
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment to military spending legislation that would allow Veterans Administration (VA) doctors to...
