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Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (NYSE:TRLV) rang in a new era for the U.S. cannabis industry on Wednesday, becoming the first American marijuana company to list on a major U.S. stock exchange.  TRLV stock closed lower on Wednesday. See the chart and price action here.  Trulieve shares began...

The Trump administration launched an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago on Sunday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed in a statement. ICE agents are expected to be joined by officials from several more agencies in the multi-day operation that will soon spread across the...

U.S. authorities are reportedly investigating Chinese router manufacturer TP-Link as a possible threat to national security after multiple cyberattacks have been linked to the company's popular routers. What To Know: TP-Link is the top seller of routers on Amazon and holds about 65% of the U.S....

President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he himself pulled out his initial pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) despite the fact that Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister announced the day before that he was withdrawing from consideration. Nevertheless, Trump took to the airwaves...

President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration announced on Tuesday he is withdrawing from consideration just three days after Trump made his nomination known, reported the Associated Press. Chad Chronister, Florida's Hillsborough County Sheriff, said in a post on...

President-elect Donald Trump's recent nominations for key law enforcement roles suggest a pivot in federal drug enforcement with potential ramifications for cannabis legalization policy. Trump nominated Kash Patel, a former national security official, to lead the FBI and Chad Chronister, a Florida...

When the Drug Enforcement Administration marked its 50th anniversary last year, it had spent over $1 trillion partly to enforce Richard Nixon's 1970 Controlled Substances Act, the cornerstone of his War on Drugs, which is widely viewed as a failure. Now, doesn't this sound like the type of...

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been barred from conducting random searches of travelers’ belongings at airports and transit hubs following a Justice Department investigation that exposed corrupt practices. The investigation, led by Inspector General Michael Horowitz, uncovered...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a 10-count indictment against Los Angeles-based associates of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, which is run by the sons of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, who is serving a life sentence in a supermax prison in Colorado. These associates...

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced it had seized nearly six tons of methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of green squash. Specially trained dogs sniffed out the drugs in the 1,419 packages of squash, the CBP said in a news release. The shipment was discovered in a...

On the most recent episode of Cannabis Insider, Kyle Kazan, CEO of Glass House Brands, shared his candid thoughts on the cannabis industry. His interview spotlighted the company’s latest project, Greenhouse 5, and its impact on production capabilities, along with his views on the potential...

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s recent Throwback Thursday (TBT) post on Twitter, now known as X, happened to fall on the first day of Black History Month. But that did not stop the agency from proudly touting its failed war on drugs, which a former presidential...

Florida will be sending up to 1,000 members of the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard to Texas to assist with the southern border, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday. DeSantis said the guard members will be deployed based on Texas' needs as the state deals with a wave of illegal...

In an ongoing effort against the escalating fentanyl crisis, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seized more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder — the most the DEA has ever seized in a single year. The haul translates into more than 386 million lethal...

The first week of 2024 saw significant stock price appreciation for most of the 30 stocks Viridian Capital Advisors credit ranks weekly. As a proxy, the MSOS ETV rose 12.84%, the sharpest uptick since the HHS announcement at the end of August. There was no particular news to account for the uptick...