Category: The Business of Cannabis

  • Grown Rogue nabs $7M credit line from FDIC-insured bank

    Grown Rogue nabs $7M credit line from FDIC-insured bank

    Oregon-based craft cannabis producer Grown Rogue International (CSE: GRIN) (OTC: GRUSF) said it secured a $7 million credit facility from a “national, FDIC-insured commercial bank.”

    The four-year credit facility carries an interest rate of around 9.2% per annum, calculated as the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) – which is currently at…

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  • Chicago Atlantic BDC posts fourth-quarter profit jump, triples assets

    Chicago Atlantic BDC (NASDAQ: LIEN), formerly known as Silver Spike Investment Corp., reported $8 million in fourth-quarter profit on its investment income, the cannabis lender’s first financial results since its October loan portfolio deal.

    The business development company recorded total investment income of $12.6 million and maintained its recently increased dividend…

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  • IM Cannabis 2024 net loss ticks up despite successful cost-cutting initiatives

    IM Cannabis Corp. (NASDAQ: IMCC) (CSE: IMCC) reported a meaningful turnaround in its fourth quarter 2024, capping a year of repositioning with 25% revenue growth and its first quarterly adjusted EBITDA profit in recent history.

    The medical cannabis company, which is jointly headquartered in Canada and Israel, generated C$13.3 million in…

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  • Planet 13 pumps the brakes on expansion, keys in on Florida

    Las Vegas-based Planet 13 Holdings (CSE: PLTH) (OTCQX: PLNH) slowed its roll to accommodate industry setbacks, including the November loss of recreational marijuana legalization in Florida and “ongoing industry-wide price compression,” company leadership said during its quarterly earnings call last week.

    That means less rapid expansion and probably not as many…

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  • Chief medical marijuana regulator in Virginia steps down

    Chief medical marijuana regulator in Virginia steps down

    On Wednesday, the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority announced that its acting chief of more than three years was stepping down.

    Jeremy Preiss, who has served as the CCA’s acting head and chief officer of regulatory, policy and external affairs since January 2022, will be replaced by Chief Administrative Officer Jamie Patten,…

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  • Michigan cannabis company calls regulators ‘ruthless’ as it agrees to shut down, exit industry

    This article was reprinted with permission from Crain’s Detroit Business.

    Hazel Park, Michigan, marijuana processor Flavor Galaxy shuttered operations after reaching a deal with regulators over its alleged use of illicitly grown marijuana in its products.

    But another year will go by before Flavor Galaxy’s owners exit the industry voluntarily as a…

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  • Mercanto Holdings posts second-quarter loss as Quebec cannabis market lulls

    Mercanto Holdings posts second-quarter loss as Quebec cannabis market lulls

    Mercanto Holdings (TSXV: MUSH) posted a quarterly net loss on Thursday as the Canadian cannabis producer grapples with market headwinds in its core Quebec region as it hones in on a national expansion strategy.

    The Montreal-based company, which was known as The Good Shroom Co. until January, posted a net loss…

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  • Massachusetts cannabis regulators lay groundwork for social consumption

    Massachusetts cannabis regulators lay groundwork for social consumption

    The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission inched closer to allowing social consumption lounges in the state, as commissioners met Thursday hammered out key details from business relationships to public safety and enforcement concerns.

    The commission will continue its work on the regulations this coming Monday. After completing this review, the regulations will…

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  • Hawaii lawmakers pivot from recreational legalization to medical marijuana expansion

    Hawaii lawmakers pivot from recreational legalization to medical marijuana expansion

    Hawaii lawmakers are reportedly giving up the ghost on legalizing adult-use marijuana this year, but they still want a significant expansion of the state’s medical cannabis program, along with a crackdown on the illicit market.

    State Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, who chairs the Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee, told HawaiiNewsNow this…

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  • Minnesota cannabis regulators inundated with thousands of license applications

    Minnesota cannabis regulators inundated with thousands of license applications

    Minnesota marijuana regulators have more than 3,500 business license applications to sift through in coming months, including up to 2,100 potentially for dispensary operators and another 2,000 possible growers.

    According to The Minnesota Star Tribune, the state’s Office of Cannabis Management received 1,444 social equity cannabis license submissions during its initial…

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