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Florida marijuana legalization campaign is Trulieve monopoly push, state says

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2 years ago

August 4, 2023

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A Trulieve Cannabis Corp.-sponsored marijuana legalization campaign in Florida is actually an effort to mislead voters into helping tighten the company’s “monopolistic stranglehold” on the state’s cannabis market, the state attorney general alleged in court filings this week.

Trulieve is the main sponsor behind the Smart & Safe Florida campaign, and the Tallahassee-based multistate operator has contributed nearly all of the $40 million behind the effort to put adult-use legalization on the November 2024 ballot.

Standing in Trulieve’s way are anti-drug advocates, the state Chamber of Commerce and Attorney General Ashley Moody, all of whom are attempting to convince the state Supreme Court to declare the proposed ballot measure unconstitutional.

Earlier this summer, the campaign submitted more than 900,000 signatures from registered voters, more than enough to qualify the measure, according to Miami TV station WFOR.

Opponents sued to block it, arguing that the initiative covers

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Marijuana company involved in Missouri’s huge recall loses final license appeal

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February 21, 2025

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Missouri marijuana processor Delta Extraction has lost its final appeal, resulting in the termination of its business license after its role in a massive 2023 product recall.

According to the Missouri Independent, the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission this week upheld an earlier decision by state regulators who suspended Delta Extraction’s marijuana business license in August 2023, accusing the company of sourcing materials from an unlicensed facility.

The commission essentially agreed with the Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) that Delta Extraction violated Missouri law by infusing products with THCA sourced from outside the state.

In a 137-page ruling issued Tuesday, the Administrative Hearing Commission said the company had a “corporate culture of lax compliance with regulatory requirements,” the Independent reported.

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Could 2025 be the year of university and cannabis industry partnerships?

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February 21, 2025

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2025 is poised to be a pivotal year for partnerships between the cannabis industry and universities, both in the United States and globally.

While academic collaborations are not a new concept, the cannabis industry has been slow to embrace them – mainly because marijuana is illegal on the federal level in the United States.

However, as the industry matures, these partnerships represent the next logical step for companies with the vision and resources to drive innovation, influence policy and shape the future of cannabis.

The potential for collaboration spans research partnerships, sponsored research agreements, joint ventures and licensing arrangements through technology transfer agreements.

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The rapid collapse of MedMen co-founders’ latest marijuana venture

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5 days ago

February 19, 2025

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The latest foray into the legal marijuana industry by MedMen Enterprises co-founders Adam Bierman and Andrew Modlin rapidly collapsed amid lawsuits alleging unpaid bills and a dispute with a business partner, court records and public licensing information show.

Megabud – described as a “chain of cannabis convenience stores” – launched in December 2022 with three locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The chain, which had ambitious expansion plans, represented at least the third legal cannabis venture for Bierman and Modlin, whose infamous tenure as MedMen executives saw the marijuana multistate operator go public on the Canadian Securities Exchange with an implied valuation of $2 billion before an equally spectacular implosion.

A second cannabis retail chain in which Bierman and Modlin owned a

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