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PharmaCann Goes Dark on May 20: Three States, 192 Layoffs, and a REIT Holding the Match
Innovative Industrial Properties forced PharmaCann to surrender cultivation sites in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Ohio by late May. The fallout includes 192 jobs, a $49 million sale of LivWell to Vireo Growth, and a warning that federal rescheduling can't save legacy adult-use markets.
122 Signatures Stand Between Massachusetts and the First Repeal of a Legal Cannabis Market
The prohibitionists' petition cleared its last threshold on July 9 by the thinnest margin in memory — and a Dorchester cannabis advocate had already filed to disqualify exactly that many names. The state's $1.65 billion adult-use market now rides on a commission ruling and a November 3 vote.
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Glass House Went 'Medical-Only' to Reach the NYSE — and Kept 90% of Its Stores' Profits
The $2.5 million deal that moved California's largest grower off its own dispensaries follows Trulieve's three-week-old playbook. But Kyle Kazan's real target isn't the opening bell — it's the export and interstate-commerce market that rescheduling just cracked open.