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House Passes Historic Bill to Decriminalize Cannabis

The proposal would end a federal ban on marijuana and create a pathway to expunge related criminal records.
2020 12
04
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Alicia Victoria Lozano
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United Nations Approves WHO Recommendation to Reschedule Cannabis in Historic Vote - via MJBiz Daily

The passage of Recommendation 5.1 carries broad symbolic significance for medical cannabis, as it could help boost medical cannabis legalization efforts around the globe...
2020 12
02
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Alfredo Pascual
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How Tress PortfolioCo Cannabis Testing Company SC Labs Builds Collaborative Relationships with Clients - via NCV

Many cannabis companies see their interaction with a testing lab as a necessary step on the way to selling products in the retail space, but SC Labs strives to create a more meaningful relationship with its customers. Founder and CEO Jeff Gray spoke
2020 07
01
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Carrie Pallardy
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Quoted: Why States Need To 'Flick The Legal Switch' On Cannabis Amid COVID-19 - via Benzinga

The coronavirus outbreak has prevented most businesses from remaining open for the foreseeable future, slamming local economies and devastating state tax revenue. This grim scenario should be enough to convince states that were previously anti-cannabis to change their tune, according
2020 03
30
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Anthony Noto
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Tress Invests in iCAN to Connect Weed Ecosystem - via Kannabi

The global cannabis market became more interconnected as the American based investment company Tress Capital’s strategic investment into the Israel based iCAN Israel-Cannabis. Israel is a leader in medical cannabis research and has been the incubator for many developments in the industry.
2019 12
31
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Jeremy Garner
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Forbes: On Israel Cannabis Import / Export Developments and Tress' Recent Investment in Israel

Cannabis export from Israel has received the final government approval, after one year of waiting. The Israeli cannabis industry has been stymied for quite a while, mainly in part to U.S. President Trump asking the Prime Minister and de fact
2019 12
07
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Sara Brittany Somerset
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Tress Capital Makes Strategic Investments in iCAN, an Israeli Cannabis Innovator

Tress’s investment will align its mostly North American strategic cannabis investments with that of iCAN, an international cannabis incubator corporation based in Israel. The companies are working on joint strategic initiatives that create an unmatched global canvas of cannabis industry
2019 12
09
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Tress Capital
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Forbes: Hall Of Flowers: Acquisitions And Celebrity Cannabis Debuts

Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf"), a vertically integrated cannabis operator in the United States, announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the state-regulated cannabis business of Cura Partners, Inc. ("Cura"), owners of the Select
2019 05
01
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Sara Brittany Somerset
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Tress Brands: Cannabis Now Expansion Continues As Media Company Launches Range Of New Initiatives

LOS ANGELES, March 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabis Now, the groundbreaking media outlet with a wide audience of cannabis enthusiasts announced today the opening of a branded retail and wellness experience in Los Angeles, CA on April 19th. The Cannabis Now
2019 03
07
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Press Release: Cannabis Private Equity Firm Tress Capital Announces Acquisition of Advisory Firm Adding Partners with Citigroup Venture Capital and Cannabis Retail Management Experience

Tress Capital LLC, a strategic leader in cannabis private equity, is pleased to announce the acquisition by an affiliate, of Turning Points Global LLC (TPG), a cannabis advisory firm based in California and New York. The acquisition closed effective Oct. 1, 2018.
2018 11
06
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Tress Capital
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An Insider’s Guide to the Parties at MJBizCon - via Tress PortfolioCo Cannabis Now

The music industry has SXSW, tech has CES, the comics industry has Comicon and weed has MJBizCon. Held every November in Las Vegas, MJBizCon is the most-dominant cannabis business-to-business conference. But what began as a trade show for cultivators
2018 11
21
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Elise McRoberts
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Forbes: Cannabis Now Magazine CEO Eugenio Garcia Talks Marijuana, Publishing And The Future Of It All

There was a time not so long ago when a magazine dedicated to marijuana was considered taboo, right up there in the ranks with Playboy, Hustler and other misunderstood kings of sleaze. It was nothing to catch curious bookstore patrons nervously
2018 08
12
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Mike Adams
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Battling Government Exports Freeze, Israeli Medical Cannabis Firms Increasingly Eye Partnerships Abroad

The Israeli government stands to miss out on a massive opportunity to be a world leader in a sector estimated to start bringing in $1 billion in annual revenue, if a medical cannabis export freeze ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin
2018 03
21
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Simona Shemer
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High Times to Become a Publicly Traded Company

Months after announcing a merger that put controlling interest of High Times out of the hands of private ownership for the first time since its founding, the magazine is announcing another acquisition that will make it a publicly traded company
2017 07
27
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New York City Private Equity Firm Brings Cannabis Investing to Institutional Investors

In episode 60 of Investing in Cannabis, Brandon David interviewed Asher Troppe, CEO of Tress Capital, a private equity firm based in New York City. Troppe brings a finance background, while partner David Hess brings cannabis expertise. The company is building
2017 02
12
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Alan Brochstein
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Capitalism.com Podcast Interview: How to Invest in Medical Marijuana

Medical marijuana is big business. Or at least it’s going to be. Think back to what happened to the alcohol industry once prohibition was lifted.
2016 09
06
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Jonathan Twombly
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Entrepreneur Magazine: Fund-raising in Cannabis, Initially Slow, Is Going Higher and Higher

Just last year alone, market estimates for legal cannabis sales, including both medical and recreational (adult use only), were pegged at $4.4 billion. For 2016, estimates, according to the Ackrell Capital U.S. Canabis Investment Report 2016, show a 30 percent increase
2016 07
20
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Cy Scott
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