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Dec 19
Weedmaps Is Thinking Of Going Private

MJ Biz write The share price of Weedmaps’ parent, WM Technology, popped Wednesday morning after its co-founders submitted a proposal to take the California company private. Investors sent shares of the Irvine-based company – which trades as MAPS on the Nasdaq exchange – up nearly 25% on word of the potential deal and boosting its market […]

Dec 19
Health Canada’s Cannabis Programme Facing Deep Cuts

Strat Cann Health Canada’s cannabis program will see about $20.5 million in cuts over the next three years as part of the federal government’s goal of finding some $15.8 billion in savings over five years under its ongoing “Refocusing Government Spending” initiative, reports the Hill Times. The cuts to Health Canada’s cannabis program constitute the largest […]

Dec 19
Twenty-Nine Palms Band opens 3rd cannabis dispensary

The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians has expanded its cannabis operations with the opening of its third Red Falcon Tribal dispensary in Yucca Valley, Calif, marking continued growth in tribal cannabis enterprises nationwide. The new dispensary, which opened December 7 on sovereign reservation land along California’s Route 62, joins existing locations in Twentynine Palms […]

Dec 19
Cannabis A Complete No No In China But It Doesn’t Stop Them Buying Up Australian Med Cannabis Companies

Cannabiz report on the following deal. Now the Chinese have a firm grip in the global cannabis black market it appears that somebody in Beijing has quietly given the green light for investors/companies to operate in the legal market. The dichotomy may not be immediately obvious to some but there you go, that’s what happens […]

Dec 19
Cannabiz Weekly Report (Australia) Headlines Suggests A Rather Sickly Sector – Maybe They Need Some Medical Cannabis!

I’m sure it’s not all doom and gloom but the headlines suggest otherwise Firms owed $1.7m by OneLife Labs OneLife Labs owes more than A$1.7 million to creditors, including $365,000 to Colombian producer Clever Leaves, as potential buyers continue to explore the acquisition of its manufacturing facility. Health House parent hits financial wall as Melodiol […]

Dec 19
NJ: Cannabis manufacturing plant in Passaic opts to unionize

New Jersey’s cannabis industry continues  to unionize with employees at a manufacturing facility in Passaic opting to organize. Following a vote to join Teamsters Local 469, the 40 staffers at Garden Society became the first cannabis workers in New Jersey to become part of the union, according to a press release . Local 469 President Michael Broderick commented, “Garden […]

Dec 19
New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing 70 Kilos of Cocaine

BOSTON – A Manchester, N.H. man pleaded guilty on Dec. 11, 2024, in federal court in Boston to possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Miguel Angel Martinez Lugo, a/k/a “Jesus Manuel Encarnacion,” a/k/a “Jose Rosado Rabell,” 38, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms […]

Dec 19
Belgium: Nine people, including ex-lawyer, arrested in connection to South American drug gang

Header Image: Pol Vandemeulebroucke Nine people, including a former lawyer, have been arrested during various house searches by the Federal Police in recent days. The searches were part of an investigation into a large criminal organisation importing drugs from South America to Europe. Several searches were carried out in the Flemish municipalities of Mortsel (3), […]

Dec 19
Australia: Large magic mushroom lab found in a Sydney home raided by police

Four people have been charged and an alleged magic mushroom ring has been smashed in a police operation across Sydney. At about 8.50am yesterday, police stopped a car in Sydney Olympic Park, where they arrested two men, aged 45 and 30. They were both charged with multiple drug supply offences. At about 9.30am yesterday, police arrested […]

Dec 19
1.3 tons of cocaine found hidden in frozen fish: “Operation Squid”

Authorities in Portugal found and seized more than 1.3 tons of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of frozen fish that was transported from Ecuador and set for distribution across Europe, the national police force announced on Monday. The smuggled cargo, which weighed about as much as a compact SUV, was discovered as part of a broader campaign to combat […]