FL Applicants May Get Long-Awaited Licenses This Summer
It looks like Florida’s 22 new prospective operators will have to wait until the summer before they might finally get...
CRB Monitor Securities Update | February 2026
In February 2026, while many of us waited - quasi-patiently - for the coming of spring, cannabis-related equities featured predictably...
Slow Momentum for Cannabis Legalization in 2026
New cannabis legislation has started off slowly in 2026. While there could be some major developments at the federal level,...
Washington, D.C. Shutters Suspended Cultivator
Washington, D.C.'s Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration shut down a licensed cultivator on Feb. 27, marking the first time a...
BREAKING NEWS
MA Regulators Consider Cultivation Freeze
Massachusetts cannabis regulators are considering a freeze on new cultivation licenses, just...
2025 U.S. & Canadian Cannabis Business Licensing Activity
2025 marked another period of significant recalibration and transition for the regulated...
CRB Monitor Securities Update | January 2026
Once again, cannabis-related equities began 2026 with weakness, extending CRBs’ multi-year underperformance...
Ohio AG Sues 9 MSOs for Anti-Competitive Collusion
Ohio Attorney General David Yost sued nine multi-state organizations (MSOs), calling them...
Tier 1 Cannabis-Related Business records: 95,206 1A CRBs + 5,211 1B CRBs = 100,417 total
Pre-licensing refers to licenses in application. Approved/pending licenses are approved but pre-operational pending additional conditions.
Tier 1A businesses literally touch the cannabis plant at some point along the supply chain from seed to sale, and are licensed by a government agency or regulator.
Tier 1B businesses are highlighted as red flags by FinCEN in its marijuana banking guidance.
