Doobie delivers in St. Louis; Krane out at 4Front; Ladies in Cannabis event
News and nuggets for cannabis industry practitioners in the Midwest and beyond.
New York POT SPAC Ayr Strategies to acquire two Illinois Herbal Remedies dispensaries for $30 million
Herbal Remedies Dispensaries in Quincy, Illinois, agreed last week to be acquired for $30 million by Ayr Wellness.
Psychedelics company WeSana Health buys delivery platform Psytech Inc. for $17m
Chicago-based psychedelics company WeSana Health Holdings announced intentions to acquire Toronto-based Psytech for $17 million in an all-stock transaction
Cannabis Capital Tracker: PharmaCann, Red White & Bloom, Green Thumb Industries, Silver Therapeutics
Every month Grown In reports significant Midwestern cannabis fundraising transactions.
Cannabis consumption event in Chicago a big hit despite ambiguous licensing laws
Hundreds of cannabis industry professionals and plant enthusiasts convened last Sunday to probe Chicago’s legal limits on conducting public cannabis consumption events.
Public consumption events and venues in Midwest have been slow to roll
Cannabis companies and consumers are returning to plans for public consumption events and venues they shelved almost 18 months ago.
Cannabis investors predict secondary market for Illinois social equity dispensaries
Illinois should expect a wave of cannabis dispensary license sales later this year.
Short-term institutional memory: Five observations two years into the bud beat
What started as a legally precarious and shadowy industry in Colorado, California and the Pacific Northwest decades earlier is now firmly manifesting eastward.
Illinois labor organizer on cannabis: “We don’t see careers, we just see jobs”
Organizing Moises Zavala says career advancement claims by Illinois marijuana companies during “the legislation stage” of adult-use cannabis two years ago are not being met.
Introducing the 2nd Chance Initiative; Michigan cannabis career fair; PTSD and cannabis
News and nuggets for cannabis practitioners in the Midwest and beyond.
