NY Still Struggles with Enforcement
New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has an enforcement problem. In December, the agency was forced to drop what...
Legalized Cannabis States Increase Tribal Compacts
Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, where cannabis is still illegal, had a question for Attorney General Pam Bondi about...
Hemp Market Faces a Year of Uncertainty
Hemp producers and product manufacturers face a tough year ahead as they contemplate whether to keep their businesses going on...
CRB Monitor Securities Update | November 2025
As we have done for nearly a decade, CRB Monitor provides our clients with the gold standard in cannabis and...
BREAKING NEWS
Q3 2025 Cannabis Business Licensing Activity
The cannabis industry in the United States and Canada continues to undergo...
Minnesota Licensing Secondary Market Emerges
Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis market is only a few months old, but it...
Hemp Market Faces a Year of Uncertainty
Hemp producers and product manufacturers face a tough year ahead as they...
Texas Awards 9 New Conditional Licenses
Multi-state operators Verano Holdings Corp. (VRNO), Trulieve (TCNNF) and PhamaCann are among...
Tier 1 Cannabis-Related Business records: 94,443 1A CRBs + 5,088 1B CRBs = 99,531 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.
