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  Q: On your website, you refer to helping policymakers as well as investors and other industry stakeholders. What is an example of your involvement with government authorities?   A: Instances of how New Frontier Data engages with policymakers and regulators to help inform their...

By Hoban Law Group attorney, Patrick Goggin It's midsummer with California's State Assembly in recess, a great time to assess the state of hemp in the Golden State. Consistent with history, we find both progress and growing pains in the process. At the end of April, after much anticipation...

By Beau R Whitney, Vice President and Senior Economist, New Frontier Data A Florida court of appeals decision last month ruled that the state's regulatory framework for its medical cannabis program mandating vertical integration was unconstitutional. What does it mean for Florida's system,...

By Andrew R. Lines, MAI, Principal, CohnReznick The second in a series of CohnReznick interviews with companies working to address the cannabis industry's lack of traditional financing sources. Given the scarcity and high cost of capital for cannabis operators, Innovative Industrial Properties...

By William Sumner, Hemp Business Journal Contributor Especially with the re-establishment and emergence of American hemp cultivation after decades of prohibition, much of the public focus has recently been on the North American market. With a consumer base hungry for hemp-CBD and...

By J.J. McCoy, New Frontier Data Senior Managing Editor Having last week reviewed the market saturation rates among legalized medical-use states, recent news of unexpected success for Oklahoma's medical-use program led New Frontier Data to revisit patients' reported motives and experiences...

By William Sumner, Hemp Business Journal Contributor From acquisitions to equity investments, the North American hemp industry has been awash in capital investment since the Farm Bill 2018 was federally passed in the United States last December. In the rush for first-mover advantages...

By Larry Mishkin, Hoban Law Group, Litigation Practice Group Counsel Last month, the Illinois legislature sent an adult-use cannabis bill to new governor Jay Pritzker for signature. Given all indications that he will sign it, legal discretionary use in Illinois will begin on January 1, 2020....

By William Sumner, Hemp Business Journal Contributor While much has been made about the nascent hemp markets in the United States and Canada, the European market has proven to be enticing on its own: The Hemp Business Journal estimates that by 2020 Europe will see approximately $1.5...

Zimbabwe annually spends more than $400 million on health care (based on 2019 budget figures). 25% of all health care spending comes out of pocket (OOP). With a conservative roll-out of a medical cannabis program, Zimbabwe could reduce health-care spends by $10 million by its fifth year. Based on...

By Larry Mishkin, Hoban Law Group, Litigation Practice Group Counsel Last month, the Illinois legislature sent an adult-use cannabis bill to new governor Jay Pritzker for signature. Given all indications that he will sign it, legal discretionary use in Illinois will begin on January 1, 2020....

New Frontier Data and PwC Canada Join Forces to Bring Data-Analytics and Business Intelligence to the Cannabis Industry SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK (June 18, 2019) – New Frontier Data and PwC Canada announce today at the 2019 World Cannabis Congress an exclusive collaboration to improve the...

By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor, New Frontier Data Q: I'm a small business owner just trying to establish my product. What are some basic do's and don'ts for trying to advertise and get my name out there?    A: Among the participating panelists at the two-day event...

By William Sumner, Hemp Business Journal Contributor Illinois is going all-in on cannabis. In becoming the first state to legislatively enact (rather than pass via ballot measure) both to legalize adult-use cannabis and create a state sales marketplace, Illinois has seen a surge in...

Africa has the highest usage rates (11.4%) out of any region globally, but is well behind North America and Europe in terms of deploying legal cannabis programs With the African population projected to double by 2050 to over 2.5 billion people, African countries are looking for new opportunities...