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CannabisNewsBreaks – Cannabis Drinks Expo Partners with Women in Cannabis Group to Host Unique Expo Session

Cannabis Drinks Expo has announced that it will again be partnering with Illinois Women in Cannabis (“IWC”) to present a powerful session during the upcoming expo event; the panel will focus on developing women-led cannabis beverage brands. The panel will feature an all-woman panel of cannabis-industry executives, with panel members discussing women consumers of cannabis-infused beverages and drinks as well as the implication of portability, palatability and sociability on product development, branding and marketing. Panel members will include Meagen Anderson, director of Highway Horticulture, a midwest vertically integrated cannabis production facility and wholesaler; Lisa Hurwitz, president of Happi, Michigan’s first THC-infused beverage; and Wendy Berger, IWC cofounder and board member; the panel will be moderated by Amor Montes De Oca, IWC executive director. This year’s Illinois-based Cannabis Drinks Expo is slated for Aug. 2, 2022, in Northlake, Illinois; the event takes place in Illinois and California annually. This year’s theme is “Growing the Category,” and agenda offerings focus on providing key information about developing new products, expanding into other states by enabling networking opportunities with other state manufacturers; helping retailers and distributors develop their own brands; and discovering new ways cannabis beverages can be marketed and sold. Participants will find the event provides an international and national focus rather than only a state-based focus.

To view the full press release, visit https://cnw.fm/sssUf

About Cannabis Drinks Expo

Cannabis Drinks Expo provides the worldwide drinks industry, and North America in particular, an opportunity to come together and look at ways to address legalized cannabis. Hosted by the Beverage Trade Network, this expo shines a spotlight on the skyrocketing legal cannabis market and provides insight into a future brimming with opportunity. A must-attend event for those eyeing the future of the burgeoning U.S. cannabis industry, Cannabis Drinks Expo also covers key issues surrounding the likelihood and timescale for legalization to other countries, as well as the impact of legalized cannabis on the traditional alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks markets. For more information about the event, please visit www.CannabisDrinksExpo.com.

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CannabisNewsWire (CNW) is an information service that provides (1) access to our news aggregation and syndication servers, (2) CannabisNewsBreaks that summarize corporate news and information, (3) enhanced press release services, (4) social media distribution and optimization services, and (5) a full array of corporate communication solutions. As a multifaceted financial news and content distribution company with an extensive team of contributing journalists and writers, CNW is uniquely positioned to best serve private and public companies that desire to reach a wide audience of investors, consumers, journalists and the general public. CNW has an ever-growing distribution network of more than 5,000 key syndication outlets across the country. By cutting through the overload of information in today’s market, CNW brings its clients unparalleled visibility, recognition and brand awareness. CNW is where news, content and information converge.

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420 with CNW — NIDA Calls for Applications from Cannabis Testing Companies

A key federal agency has just sent out a call to the cannabis industry requesting that companies with the technology to analyze marijuana, including cannabis from state-sanctioned dispensaries, provide information for cannabis research.

In a recent notice for the investigation of cannabis for research from NIDA, the agency stated that it was looking for input from players in the cannabis industry that could provide more scientific information on the benefits and risks of marijuana.

NIDA asked for statements from businesses with the technical know-how, with the aim of collecting crucial information about cannabis, cannabis-infused products and any related materials to help inform its research on cannabis.

Technologically capable companies that come forward will be required to analyze samples of confiscated marijuana that have been submitted by law agencies or any other entity sanctioned by the federal agency. Furthermore, these samples will be drawn from seized cannabis products that were intended for public sale and consumption, not from plants that were grown specifically for research purposes. This will address an issue that has long plagued the cannabis sector and hindered cannabis research.

Federal law prohibits scientists from using cannabis sourced from dispensaries in their studies. Rather, they are only allowed to use cannabis grown at a cannabis research facility in the University of Mississippi. Researchers who have interacted with the cannabis grown at the facility argue that it is low quality and less potent than the cannabis sold in dispensaries and barely qualifies as cannabis.

This has had a negative impact on cannabis research and even called into question the validity of data sourced from marijuana research as the plants being researched are quite different from the plants being consumed by the public.

This new notice seems to open up the possibilities for researching commercial-grade cannabis rather than just government-grown plants. It states that the agency is interested in the analysis of cannabis from several sources and this potentially includes state-legal dispensaries.

NIDA still notes that federal law currently prohibits it from directly purchasing cannabis samples from dispensaries. As such, the agency will study commercial-grade cannabis through collaborations with law enforcement agencies and the marijuana research facility at the University of Mississippi.

At the moment, however, the agency’s drug-supply program only delivers government-grown cannabis to researchers for external investigation.

In recent months, the DEA has also taken steps to increase the number of growers authorized to cultivate cannabis for research purposes. It has also proposed an increase in the amount of cannabis grown annually for scientific research.

As cannabis research becomes less onerous to conduct, we are likely to see a flurry of innovative products commercialized by leading marijuana companies such as Flora Growth Corp. (NASDAQ: FLGC) in their bid to meet the interests of different market segments.

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CannabisNewsBreaks – 2022 Cannabis Drinks Expo to Shine the Spotlight on Top Names, Cutting-Edge Innovations

Cannabis Drinks Expo, a super hit business-to-business (“B2B”) trade show, returns in July. With the theme “Growing the Category,” this year’s show will provide the cannabis and drinks industry a unique platform to expand business, explore the segment and source amazing brands. The event will share insight on this burgeoning category and the development of new products while offering existing brands networking opportunities with state manufacturers for national expansion. Retailers and distributors will find assistance to develop store-owned brands, discover ideas for marketing and selling their cannabis beverages and growing consumer market share. Topics will include the planning stages of crafting a cannabis-infused drink brand to formulation, regulations and compliance, branding, marketing and distribution. Experts will be available to clarify and explain the process while industry panels will discuss vital information demystifying the cannabis-infused beverages procedure. Top industry names will offer a full day of presentations and innovations on the cutting-edge of the cannabis sector.

To view the full press release, visit https://cnw.fm/VdBha

About Cannabis Drinks Expo

Hosted by the Beverage Trade Network, the 2022 Cannabis Drinks Expo will spotlight the skyrocketing legal cannabis market and provide insight into a future brimming with opportunity. Expo themes include increasing the overall category by showcasing successful exhibitors, creating networking opportunities and exploring current multi-state bottlenecks. The show will have an international and national focus that offers multistate operators synergistic opportunities to do business with each other while helping the category grow. For more information, visit www.CannabisDrinksExpo.com.

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The Vermont Cannabis Convention Is Back In Burlington To Boost Local Cannabis Trade

The 3rd Annual Cannabis Convention is being held in Burlington, Vermont on June 25-26, 2022, for the cannabis trading community in the area. Operating since 2014, NECANN events are one of the largest cannabis events that are constantly expanding. The NECANN events attract a huge number of members from the Hemp, MMJ and Cannabis industries.  The success and the ever-growing network base of the NECANN events are attributed to:

  • the organizers who dedicatedly put together the event for the benefit of the cannabis trading communities
  • the exhibitors who enrich the events with their new and innovative ideas and products
  • the attendees who make these 2-day events such a huge success

Vermont became the 11th state to regulate adult-use cannabis sales, and the second state to do it through legislation rather than a voter initiative. Beginning in the fall of 2022, the cannabis retail market in Vermont is expected to start trading. The Vermont Cannabis Convention unites thought leaders of the industry who share their expertise and insights at the conference.

The event will showcase, Atlas Seed, Setronics Corp., Omuerta Genetix, and many others. The exhibitors are putting up an excellent show of unique ideas and products such that attendees at NECANN Burlington get a fresh perspective on the cannabis industry.

The convention offers a wonderful platform where influential members of the local community can come forward and help the budding cannabis community thrive. This will give the local cannabis trade a boost and traders will get a huge arena for exposure. Capital investors and eminent businesses looking for investing avenues can visit the conference. Many young entrepreneurs trying to carve a niche in this trade are waiting to get discovered!

Some important topics to be discussed at the convention:

  • Fundamentals of starting a cannabis business in Vermont
  • The state of medical cannabis in Vermont
  • Cannabis cultivation best practices
  • Insurance for cannabis business
  • Social equity in cannabis in Vermont
  • Cannabis curriculum and education
  • Cannabis extraction, and more

Participants above the age of 21 are eligible to attend the event. Hotel and exhibitor reservations are available for interested cannabis traders.

To learn more, please visit https://necann.com/vermont/.

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Sugarmade Inc. (SGMD) Shareholder Letter Outlines Short-Term, Long-Term Plans for Growth, Strong Margins

  • CEO notes that company will be well-positioned moving forward, “especially as our large Lemon Glow property comes online.”
  • Short term, Sugarmade is embarking on a bold, new strategy to enter into contract arrangements with local Lake County, California, cultivators.
  • SGMD is already in negotiations with local permitted and licensed operators that are agreeable to partnership arrangements for cannabis cultivation. 

The evolving California cannabis market is creating promising long-term and short-term opportunities for Sugarmade (OTC: SGMD) — and its shareholders. That is the message in a shareholder letter from CEO Jimmy Chan that was sent to all SGMD shareholders (https://cnw.fm/GEbF7).

“While there is undoubtedly short-term turbulence in the market, we believe the long-term outlook of the cannabis industry is very bright, especially for California producers and distributors,” Chan stated in the letter. “Historically, California-grown cannabis has always been highly desirable in the marketplace. Sugarmade believes this will continue as legalization at the U.S. federal level creates substantial opportunities to supply other states with top-grade California-grown cannabis. Thus, we expect our company will continue to be well-positioned moving forward, especially as our large Lemon Glow property comes online.”

Sugarmade closed on the acquisition of Lemon Glow Company Inc. and all of its assets, interests, property, and rights last year (https://cnw.fm/4WnzB). The acquisition included 640 acres of property, of which 32 acres have already been designated for outdoor cannabis cultivation. At full scale production, the company estimates the annual potential cultivation yield of the property to be some 4,000 pounds of dry trimmed cannabis flower per acre per year, which represents approximately 128,000 pounds, or 64 tons, of dry trimmed cannabis flower per year in total.

Short term, the letter outlines several strategic opportunities that the company intends to pursue. Noting several significant changes in the marketplace, including an uncertain regulatory environment, high taxes, and drop in prices for cultivated cannabis products, Chan observed that numerous cannabis cultivation license holders, including unlicensed growers, have been forced to forgo plans to directly cultivate cannabis this year.

Calling this an “opportunity to invoke a new short-term strategy while our long-term plans to cultivate at our new Lemon Glow facility are developing,” Chan explained that for the 2022 cannabis cultivation season, Sugarmade is “embarking on a new and bold strategy to enter into contract cultivation arrangements with local Lake County, California, cultivators that have decided not to engage in their own cultivation efforts for the 2022 season. 

“These operators have already made significant investments in infrastructure and have highly specialized personnel available that we can utilize on a contract basis for our production of cannabis,” the letter stated. “By contracting with the owners of these already available resources, Sugarmade will gain immediate access to the marketplace based on an advantageous cost model that will place Sugarmade on par, or in some cases, at a superior cost position compared to many of the larger cannabis cultivation and distribution companies in the industry.”

Chan reported that the company is already in negotiations with several local permitted and licensed operators that are agreeable to a partnership arrangement with Sugarmade to manage operations for cannabis cultivation. “We are also in active negotiations on the distribution side of the business that will allow Sugarmade to bring this cultivated cannabis to the marketplace,” he continued. “Invoking this dynamic short-term strategy, while continuing to develop our longer-term strategy to fully develop the large Lemon Glow property for cultivation, will allow Sugarmade to significantly advance the timeframe for gaining market share in this industry, and we believe we will be able to do so based on a cost model that will allow us to produce strong margins this cultivation season.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Sugarmade.com. 

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Flora Growth Corp. (NASDAQ: FLGC) Closes the First Half of 2022 with UK Product Launch, Successful Brand Acquisition, and a Collaboration with Ricky Williams’ Cannabis Brand, Highsman

  • Flora’s collaboration with Highsman seeks to elevate both Highsman and Vessel, Flora’s accessories brand, thereby inspiring greatness and creating an experience worth sharing
  • The company’s acquisition of Masaya allows it to deliver on its promise to invest in safe, thorough, and cutting-edge cannabis research
  • Flora’s product launch on Amazon.co.uk marks a big step in operations expansion in Europe

The first half of 2022 has been successful for Flora Growth (NASDAQ: FLGC). At the beginning of the year, the company’s management noted how the cannabis sector was ripe for the picking. They noted how great brands and cost advantages are optimal traits for the company’s long-term market leadership and return on investment (“ROI”), emphasizing the opportunities ahead (https://cnw.fm/MnWUI).

Flora Growth has since partnered with Highsman, a cannabis lifestyle brand built on an appreciation for greatness, founded by former NFL running back Ricky Williams. The collaboration seeks to elevate Highsman and Flora’s cannabis accessories brand, Vessel, (https://cnw.fm/9HXBx)

While announcing the collaboration, James Choe, Flora Growth Chief Strategy Officer (“CSO”) and President of Vessel noted that “Ricky’s story personifies the authenticity and individuality that exists at the core of Vessel, and this collaboration is a true representation of the freedom to be original.”

Following the announcement of the Ricky Williams collaboration, flora announced the acquisition of CBD Brand Masaya. Flora entered into an agreement with Dr. Annabelle Manalo-Morgan, a leading cell biologist, to acquire her brand, along with its patent-pending CBD formulations, which are made up of potent CBD oil and are 100% THC-free (https://cnw.fm/jRF7l).

Upon acquisition, Masaya became an owned Flora brand sold in the United States and the first offering from Flora Life Sciences. It is also projected that the patent-pending formulation, Masaya Pure, will be used in Flora’s current clinical trials with the University of Manchester in the UK. The doctor now serves on Flora’s Board of Directors as the company’s Scientific Advisor. She is also responsible for leading Flora’s global research initiatives, including the ongoing clinical trial on the use of cannabinoids with patients with fibromyalgia.

“We are excited to announce the acquisition of Masaya. The brand’s formulation was developed by Dr. Annabelle for her son and has since been used by thousands of consumers,” noted Luis Merchan, Flora’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”).

“This acquisition allows us to deliver on our promise to invest in safe, thorough, cutting-edge scientific research that can bring meaningful change via an efficacious and accessible product offering for the people worldwide,” he added.

At the close of May, Flora announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, JustCBD, would be launching its line of Novel Foods registered CBD products on Amazon.co.uk. Set to launch on the e-commerce store in June 2022, this move would see customers in the UK access JustCBD’s best-selling gummies and tinctures (https://cnw.fm/RIVWM).

This launch marked a significant step in Flora’s operations expansion in Europe. In addition, it showed the company’s commitment to delivering quality cannabis-related products to customers aiming to improve their health and wellness.

“With health and wellness playing an increasingly important role in customers’ lives, we are excited to increase the selection of quality CBD products offered to Amazon customers in the UK,” noted Hussein Rakine, JustCBD’s CEO.

“The JustCBD team looks forward to working closely with Amazon to expand our product offering to other countries as our partnership and brand presence in the United Kingdom grows,” he added.

Going into the second half of the 2022 calendar year, Flora Growth seeks to aggressively pursue the goals set at the beginning of the year, further expanding its market reach and growing its product line and customer numbers.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.FloraGrowth.com.

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420 with CNW — Can Marijuana Shield Brain Against Alzheimer’s Disease

With more and more states choosing to legalize cannabis, there has been a significant surge in marijuana research. Several studies have found that cannabis can be effective at alleviating conditions such as inflammation, anxiety disorders and drug addiction. Specifically, marijuana’s possible mental health benefits have drawn in plenty of eager scientists.

Most of this research has involved delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive component in cannabis, and cannabidiol (CBD), a cannabinoid that’s thought to have plenty of medical potential. However, some researchers have been curious whether lesser-known cannabinoids such as cannabinol can have similar health benefits.

Early studies have shown that one cannabinol, CBN, may have neuroprotective properties that allow it to ward off neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and protect brain cells against the ravages of aging. Zhibin Liang, a Glenn Postdoctoral fellow at the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory and the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research at Salk Institute for Biological Studies recently discussed cannabis’ potential to treat aging and Alzheimer’s related symptoms.

Speaking at the Being Patient’s LiveTalk series, he said that medical cannabis is an emerging research field, with the bulk of research being done on THC and CBD. He states that his team chose to research CBN’s neuroprotective abilities because they wanted to focus on a minor, nonpsychoactive phytocannabinoid.

Liang and his team targeted the mitochondria in brain cells because they tend to become inefficient as people age and cause oxidative stress in the brain cells. This leads to the accumulation of oxidized proteins in the aging brain cells and can cause neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, frontotemporal dementia and Huntington’s disease.

The researchers found that cannabinol interacts with mitochondria in the brain cells, helping them maintain their function and effectiveness. This in turn limits mitochondria dysfunction, reduces the levels of oxidative stress in the brain cells and increases the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in brain cells without affecting the CB1 and CB2 receptors in the brain. Low ATP production in the brain cells is associated with increased oxidative stress and is a major factor in the development of neurodegenerative diseases.

This research shows that cannabinol does have the potential to protect the brain against the effects of aging and keep diseases such as Alzheimer’s at bay without any psychoactive effects. Liang’s team is now moving on to preclinical models using mice models of aging and Alzheimer’s to see if they can reproduce CBN’s neuroprotective effects in an animal model.

As more is discovered about the therapeutic potential of this plant, a growing number of people are likely to become interested in growing their own cannabis using some of the latest technologies available such as the Grow Pods being sold by Advanced Container Technologies Inc. (OTC: ACTX) so that end users can be sure that they are consuming medical cannabis of the highest possible quality.

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420 with CNW — Germany Officially Launches Effort to Legalize Cannabis

Several territories around the world are starting to revise their prohibitionist cannabis policies and are considering legalizing it for either medical and/or recreational use. It’s no surprise as marijuana has been found to have a plethora of medical applications and has generated billions of dollars in taxes so far in a number of countries.

In Europe, German legislators have officially launched efforts to legalize cannabis countrywide and will be holding a series of hearings to help create legislation that can finally end cannabis prohibition in the country. News of cannabis legalization legislation in the country first came late last year when incoming coalition party leaders announced that they had a formal agreement to legalize marijuana and pass comprehensive drug-harm-reduction measures once they assumed power.

The 118-page agreement discussed the introduction of a controlled supply of cannabis for adult consumption as well as cannabis quality control and protecting minors. Earlier this year, the coalition government previewed some of the details of its marijuana legalization plan.

However, the government was forced to turn its attention to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and put cannabis reform on the back burner. Several months later, leaders of the coalition government are now taking the first steps to put an end to marijuana prohibition and launch a legal, controlled market.

In a recent press release, Commissioner for Addiction and Drug Issues Burkhard Blienert stated that the time to move forward on marijuana legalization has come. Blienert has been working for years to end cannabis criminalization in Germany and says that making this announcement has been especially gratifying.

Officials will begin by holding five hearings with international specialists and experts to debate the minutiae of the policy change and its possible implications. As per the news release, the five hearings will address youth prevention and protection, consumer health and protection, penalties and licensing regulations, supply chains and economic considerations, and international experiences. Blienert notes that officials are especially keen on protecting children and young people from the possible risks associated with passing cannabis legislation.

According to an official FAQ about the cannabis legalization plan, the experiences of other countries that have legalized cannabis will be used to supplement the “specialist knowledge” needed to implement the government’s legalization plan. The FAQ also stated that it still isn’t clear whether the government will include expungements, traffic controls or home cultivations as part of its plan to end criminalization.

Furthermore, the FAQ said that an addiction and drug officer would head the discussions on legalizing cannabis with the aim of presenting a first draft law before the end of the year.

If the biggest economy in Europe legalizes marijuana, there is likely to be a domino effect around the block that could see North American companies such as American Cannabis Partners enter the European market in the coming years.

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CannabisNewsBreaks – Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ: LEXX) Enters Strategic Manufacturing, License Agreements with BevNology

Lexaria Bioscience (NASDAQ: LEXX, LEXXW), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, today announced the signing of two agreements with Atlanta-based BevNology LLC. According to the update, the first manufacturing operating agreement expands production capabilities for Lexaria’s own growing list of business-to-business (“B2B”) clientele interested in purchasing DehydraTECH-powered active ingredients for consumer packaged-goods brands. A new, state-of-the-art processing facility custom-built by BevNology is operational that increases and broadens production capacity and is currently serving Lexaria’s corporate clients. The second commercial license agreement empowers BevNology to offer DehydraTECH products with active ingredients derived from hemp including cannabidiol (“CBD”) under BevNology and partnered brands. “These agreements build on a long-standing and very successful product development consulting relationship between Lexaria and the expert scientists and personnel at BevNology,” said Chris Bunka, CEO of Lexaria. “BevNology’s formulation and production capabilities are class leading and we are confident that our new relationship with our trusted partner will propel new and exciting growth opportunities for both companies.”

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About Lexaria Bioscience Corp.

Lexaria’s patented drug delivery technology, DehydraTECH(TM), improves the way active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”) enter the bloodstream by promoting more effective oral delivery. Since 2016, DehydraTECH has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to increase bio-absorption with cannabinoids, antiviral drugs, PDE5 inhibitors and more. DehydraTECH has also evidenced an ability to deliver some drugs more effectively across the blood brain barrier. Lexaria operates a licensed in-house research laboratory and holds a robust intellectual property portfolio with 25 patents granted and over 50 patents pending worldwide. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaBioscience.com.

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CannabisNewsBreaks – Flora Growth Corp. (NASDAQ: FLGC) Congratulates Colombia’s President-Elect Gustavo Petro

Flora (NASDAQ: FLGC), a leading all-outdoor cultivator, manufacturer and distributor of global cannabis products and brands, congratulates Gustavo Petro and the Humane Colombia Party on their victory in Sunday’s presidential runoff election in Colombia. “We would like to congratulate President-Elect Gustavo Petro on his victory, and we look forward to working with the new government to continue Colombia’s progressive momentum in the global cannabis industry,” said Luis Merchan, Flora’s chairman and CEO. “We are encouraged by President-Elect Petro’s stance on seeing Colombia become a leader in the legal cannabis industry, and we are hopeful for progressive legislation that will allow Colombia to create a safe environment for cannabis consumption domestically – potentially leading to a recreational market in the country – while also proving Colombia has all the environmental and labor conditions necessary to be a global cannabis powerhouse.”

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About Flora Growth Corp.

Flora is building a connected, design-led collective of plant-based wellness and lifestyle brands delivering the most compelling customer experiences in the world, one community at a time. As the operator of one of the most extensive outdoor cannabis cultivation facilities, Flora leverages natural, cost-effective cultivation practices to supply cannabis derivatives to its commercial, house of brands and life sciences divisions. Visit www.FloraGrowth.com or follow @floragrowthcorp on social media for more information.

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