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...When New York last week took its first step towards legalising cannabis, governor Andrew Cuomo praised the state as the “progressive capital of the nation”....
...(Caliva), California’s most trusted cannabis brand and leading direct-to-consumer platform, and Left Coast Ventures, Inc....
...It was hard to imagine a decade ago that tobacco and drinks manufacturers would be eyeing cannabis as the next big thing; yet many are now pivoting to pot....
...Aurora Cannabis has hired Nelson Peltz as a strategic adviser to the cannabis producer....
...Medical use is authorised at the federal or national level in 29 countries, according to Tilray, and, in October, Canada is expected to become the first major industrialised nation to legalise adult-use...
...There are 26 listed companies producing cannabis with sales of more than $2.5m per quarter, according to New Cannabis Ventures. A further 27 are expected to be publicly tradeable soon....
...Other nations may follow. Investing will not be as simple as buying stocks exposed to hemp farming. Cannabis shares are getting sky high, all the same....
...“We are a significant player in the cannabis space,” says Saul Kaye, iCAN’s founder and chief executive....
...But the new US attorney-general, Jeff Sessions, has argued — against all scientific evidence — that marijuana is “only slightly less awful” than heroin, and has vowed to use his office as the nation’s top...
...(FT Alphaville) Football’s growing appeal India and the US are among the nations ever more lured to a game with global appeal, driving demand for live television rights....
...Indeed, Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes, who owns the nation’s largest cigarette manufacturer, opposes legalising cannabis in his country, which is believed to be the second-biggest producer of illegal...
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...The initiative will strengthen ties between the club and the west African nation that have already seen Haringey go there to box and ship over an entire boxing ring....
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