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20Oct

Canada Goes Fully Legal

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By Yona Torres Editor New Frontier Data All eyes are on Canada as the country takes its first few steps into a fully legal cannabis landscape. As such, Canada is taking a measured pace in its rollout of legal adult-use cannabis. The country is currently limiting its product offerings and will not permit edibles. “We […]

13Oct

New York State Holds ‘Listening Sessions’ on Cannabis Legalization

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By Noah Potter, Of Counsel to Hoban Law Group Last month, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office announced a series of 15 listening sessions about cannabis legalization (including one in Manhattan last week) to hear public comment through October. Cuomo’s new approach contrasts with the process that resulted in enactment of the Compassionate Care […]

30Aug

Identifying the Relative Value of a Cultivator License, By State

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By Beau Whitney, Senior Economist for New Frontier Data With investors seeking data about how to ascertain the value of a license, or at least identify and contrast opportunities, New Frontier Data recently compared the respective Total Addressable Market (TAM) in each of six states to the number of licenses they have respectively proposed or […]

21Aug

How to Avoid Investor Disconnect

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By Jeffrey E. Finkle I recently was asked to judge a pitching competition for CannInvest NJ. The format was familiar, each participant was given eight minutes to pitch their business idea to a panel of judges and an audience of on-lookers. The judges gave feedback and voted to determine a winner. Most of the presentations […]

19Aug

Canadian Cannabis Investor Never Bargained for Surprise Lifetime U.S. Ban

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By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data Just as investors on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border look to involve themselves in a nascent legal cannabis industry heating up throughout North America, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has cast a chill by threatening Canadian investors with lifetime visitation bans to their […]

18Aug

Canadian Cannabis Investor Never Bargained for Surprise Lifetime U.S. Ban

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16Aug

Mass Overdoses from Synthetic Marijuana Remind Need for Public Education

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By New Frontier Data Wednesday’s reported mass overdose on synthetic cannabinoids by nearly 80 people near Yale University – on the heels of 300 reported cases in a two-week span in Washington, D.C – serves as stark reminder to public health officials and the legal cannabis industry at large the need for better awareness and […]

12Aug

Trying to Catch the Crest of the Cannabis Wave This Summer

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By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data Tracking trends in the burgeoning U.S. cannabis industry can be a dizzyingly ambitious activity. There are now 30 states plus the District of Columbia (D.C.) which have legalized cannabis for medical use, and 9 states plus D.C. which have legalized cannabis for adult-use. Another handful of […]

01Jul

U.S. Total CBD Market By Sector (in Millions)

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The FDA last week approved UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex, a “pure plant-derived CBD” extract shown to drastically reduce seizures in children with epileptic syndromes. Marking the FDA’s first-ever approval of a cannabis-derived pharmaceutical product, the DEA has 90 days (until September 23) to schedule Epidiolex, a landmark decision being carefully scrutinized by the industry at [...]

24Jun

Additional Revenues from Potential State Legalization

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More than a dozen states are expected pass new cannabis legalization measures before 2025. Of them, four are expected to open medical markets, while nine may embrace adult use. The new markets may add another $21.4 billion (a 22% increase) in total revenue to the U.S. legal market between 2021 and 2025. The revenue increase […]