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forbes.com - Peter Su - Why Energy Costs Are Reshaping Cannabis Industry Economics
Why Energy Costs Are Reshaping Cannabis Industry Economics
Forbes

INGENDORF, GERMANY - APRIL 15: Wind turbines stand next to a yellow blossoming rape field as water vapour rises from the cooling towers of the Neurath coal-fired power plant on April 15, 2024 in Ingendorf near Rommerskirchen, Germany. The German…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Aurora Cannabis Inc. stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market
Aurora Cannabis Inc. stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market
MarketWatch

Shares of Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB rallied 3.56% to $2.91 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.49% to 54,349.12 and the NASDAQ Composite Index…

reviewjournal.com - Spencer Levering - UNLV launches cannabis career certificate programs
UNLV launches cannabis career certificate programs
Las Vegas Review-Journal

A career in cannabis has become easier to pursue through several new UNLV certificate programs, the university announced Tuesday. UNLV will offer six online programs that prepare students to enter and succeed in the cannabis industry, according to…

bbc.co.uk - Mick Lunney - Cannabis 'worth millions' seized in Doncaster police raid
Cannabis 'worth millions' seized in Doncaster police raid
BBC

A 'huge' cannabis farm has been shut down after a raid in Doncaster, police have said. Officers targeted the warehouse in Braithwaite on Monday morning and said they found almost 1,800 plants. The lead officer in the case said the 'very significant…

examinerlive.co.uk - Samuel Port - Man in Crocs arrested as police find £1.7m Yorkshire cannabis farm
Man in Crocs arrested as police find £1.7m Yorkshire cannabis farm
Yorkshire Live

A £1.7m cannabis farm has been uncovered in a warehouse in Doncaster. The rural warehouse was in Braithwaite. South Yorkshire Police raided the industrial premises on Monday, August 3. 1,790 plants were found at the site, as well as a…

forbes.com - Scott Byrne - What Overlooked Markets Can Teach About Finding Growth Opportunities​
What Overlooked Markets Can Teach About Finding Growth Opportunities​
Forbes

Scott Byrne is President of Blackwell Captive Solutions, a medical stop-loss captive helping brokers and employers bend the HC cost curve. When companies look for growth, they often focus on larger markets, broader customer segments or new products…

nytimes.com - Kenneth P. Vogel - Trump Seeks a Boost for Hemp That Would Benefit a Top Aide's Family
Trump Seeks a Boost for Hemp That Would Benefit a Top Aide's Family
The New York Times

The White House is lobbying Congress for a reprieve from a ban it approved last year on potent intoxicating hemp products, seeking a delay whose beneficiaries would include the son-in-law of Susie Wiles, President Trump's chief of staff. Under…

newswire.ca - Aurora Cannabis Inc. - Aurora Cannabis Announces Fiscal 2027 First Quarter Results
Aurora Cannabis Announces Fiscal 2027 First Quarter Results
CNW

Delivers Net Revenue of $67.6 million, including a 17% YoY Increase in International Medical Cannabis Net Revenue Safari Flower Company Receives Three-Year EU-GMP Certification, Strengthens Ability to Supply Growing, High-Margin International…

theconversation.com - Alistair Clulow - Is hemp a thirsty crop? New research measures just how much water cannabis farming can use
Is hemp a thirsty crop? New research measures just how much water cannabis farming can use
The Conversation

In South Africa, it's been legal for several years for people to grow hemp (a type of Cannabis sativa with very low levels of the psychoactive compound THC), for personal use following changes to the law. There's also been a growing interest in its…

forbes.com - A.J. Herrington - North Carolina Governor Calls For Marijuana Legalization
North Carolina Governor Calls For Marijuana Legalization
Forbes

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein urged lawmakers to legalize marijuana and regulate cannabis sales, saying a proposed hemp THC ban fails to protect consumers. North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein this week called on state lawmakers to legalize marijuana…

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk - Nat Goodlad - Nurse who imported £160k of cannabis avoids being struck off from profession
Nurse who imported £160k of cannabis avoids being struck off from profession
Lancashire Telegraph

Levi Whalley, 30, was handed a 12-month suspension order by the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Fitness to Practise Committee following a hearing on July 27 and 28. The panel ruled that while her fitness to practise remains impaired, striking her…

forbes.com - Alex Knapp - Eli Lilly's Obesity Drugs Drive Massive Revenue Growth
Eli Lilly's Obesity Drugs Drive Massive Revenue Growth
Forbes

In this week's edition of InnovationRx, we look at Lilly's 2Q earnings, a cannabis-derived drug for PTSD, Apnimed's IPO and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Lilly's GLP-1 business is booming. The company reported today that its second…

sciencedaily.com - THC medication made PTSD nightmares disappear for more than a third of patients
THC medication made PTSD nightmares disappear for more than a third of patients
ScienceDaily

Available medications often provide limited relief from trauma-related nightmares. Researchers at Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin therefore examined whether a prescription drug containing THC, one of the active compounds found in…

newswire.ca - Trulieve Announces August 2026 Event Participation
Trulieve Announces August 2026 Event Participation
CNW

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 5, 2026 /CNW/ -- Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (NYSE: TRLV) ('Trulieve' or 'the Company'), a leading and top-performing medical cannabis company in the U.S, today announced planned event participation in August. Canaccord Genuity…

cornwalllive.com - Jeff Reines, Lisa Letcher - Horrific' offender fined after latest reports of 'disturbance
Horrific' offender fined after latest reports of 'disturbance
Cornwall Live

A woman with 'a horrific record of previous offences' has been fined after causing her latest disturbance in a quiet hamlet in Cornwall - weeks after she was caught wielding a scythe in public. Several police officers and three police vehicles…

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