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Update: Deadline To File Claims Against Purdue Pharma L.P. Has Been Extended To July 30, 2020

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Thursday, June 4, 2020
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Claims can be filed by the claimant, a lawyer, a legal guardian, survivors, or relatives of people who have died or are disabled.

Key Points: 
  • Claims can be filed by the claimant, a lawyer, a legal guardian, survivors, or relatives of people who have died or are disabled.
  • Additionally, partnerships, corporations, joint ventures, trusts, governmental units, and Native American Tribes may also file a proof of claim against Purdue.
  • Go to www.PurduePharmaClaims.com to find a complete list of instructions on how to file a claim.
  • You will also find a list of the opioids produced, marketed or sold by Purdue.

City of Los Angeles and Dama Financial Partner to Provide Cannabis Cash-Alternative Tax Payments During COVID-19 Crisis

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
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SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Dama Financial announces its support of the City of Los Angeles Office of Finance plan to offer its 300+ cannabis business licensees an improved method for cash payment of city cannabis tax and licensing fees.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Dama Financial announces its support of the City of Los Angeles Office of Finance plan to offer its 300+ cannabis business licensees an improved method for cash payment of city cannabis tax and licensing fees.
  • With a deadline of June 30th for ensuring tax obligations are current, and city approval for operations in 2020 quickly approaching, the City of Los Angeles partnered with Dama Financial to provide cannabis businesses a safe and convenient way to remit cash payments for taxes and licensing fees.
  • "Dama Financial is excited to support the City of Los Angeles and its cannabis license holders.
  • About the City of Los Angeles: Los Angeles, with a population of 4 million, is the second-largest city in the United States, and the most populous city in the state of California.

NCIA Announces New Product Exhibition Guidelines at Annual Cannabis Business Summit & Expo

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Friday, May 15, 2020
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WASHINGTON, May 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), the nation's largest and most representative trade group for the legal cannabis industry, today announced new guidelines that will allow exhibitors to bring cannabis products to the Moscone Center expo floor during its annual Cannabis Business Summit & Expo in San Francisco.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, May 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), the nation's largest and most representative trade group for the legal cannabis industry, today announced new guidelines that will allow exhibitors to bring cannabis products to the Moscone Center expo floor during its annual Cannabis Business Summit & Expo in San Francisco.
  • San Francisco's updated guidelines for Cannabis Business Summit & Expo will provide significant opportunities for exhibitors that have been unable to show their distinctive products to attendees in the past.
  • Representing nearly 2,000 member-businesses and tens-of-thousands of cannabis professionals, NCIA is leading the charge to protect legal cannabis businesses, defend our state laws, and advance federal policy reforms.
  • NCIA is a 501(C)(6) nonprofit trade association with the mission of advancing the legal and responsible cannabis industry.

Hemp, Inc. Featured in Hemp Market Report Discussing COVID-19 Stimulus Relief Funds for the Hemp Industry

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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Biofuels, Hemp, Herbs, Cannabis in the United States, Drugs in the United States, Applied sciences, Health, Hemp in Kentucky

While marijuana businesses and cultivators would not receive relief, hemp farmers should receive and benefit from direly needed stimulus funds.

Key Points: 
  • While marijuana businesses and cultivators would not receive relief, hemp farmers should receive and benefit from direly needed stimulus funds.
  • Although it is still heavily regulated, qualified hemp businesses would be entitled to the same stimulus relief as businesses in most other industries.
  • Hemp, Inc. has been helping to build the industrial hemp infrastructure that was basically non-existent in America.
  • Its the largest industrial hemp processing center in the western hemisphere and has grown to become one of the pre-eminent centers of the industrial hemp industry.

2019 Annual Shareholder Letter

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020
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Through these agreements, Exactus secured an annual supply of industrial-scale hemp products (CBD) along with key industry experts and vast industry relationships.

Key Points: 
  • Through these agreements, Exactus secured an annual supply of industrial-scale hemp products (CBD) along with key industry experts and vast industry relationships.
  • During the first half of 2019, the company also acquired a 50.1% ownership interest in a 200-acre hemp farming operation located in the renowned Emerald Triangle in Oregon.
  • Throughout 2019, we have planted the seeds for a foundation for long term success in the hemp industry.
  • As a result, in 2019 hemp was generally removed from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and enforcement by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana partners with ADOPT, a statewide coalition that seeks to reduce property taxes by allowing medical cannabis in Nebraska

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Monday, March 2, 2020
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Together they will work to support the November ballot measure to allow medical cannabis in Nebraska.

Key Points: 
  • Together they will work to support the November ballot measure to allow medical cannabis in Nebraska.
  • ADOPT is chaired by Tommy Garrett, a former Republican Nebraska state senator from Bellevue and decorated U.S. Air Force veteran.
  • Once the ballot measure passes, we will work with the Nebraska Legislature to ensure the positive economic impact from medical cannabis will help reduce excessive property taxes."
  • I'm confident the partnership between ADOPT, Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, and 1st Tuesday Campaigns is the right team to help us with this important mission."

Safe Access for Everyone (SAFE) Tours Medical Cannabis Facilities to Ensure Best Practices for the State of Georgia

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Monday, April 19, 2021
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ATLANTA, Feb. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --SAFE, a Georgia based advocacy group for medical cannabis patients and parents, toured the east coast and Canadian medical cannabis facilities to research best practices.

Key Points: 
  • ATLANTA, Feb. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --SAFE, a Georgia based advocacy group for medical cannabis patients and parents, toured the east coast and Canadian medical cannabis facilities to research best practices.
  • These facilities have been operating for at least a decade and have developed best practices for producing the highest quality medicine.
  • The medical cannabis facility excursion, conducted in February 2020, included stops in Kentucky and Massachusetts ending in Canada.
  • SAFE'S mission is to assure all Americans have legal, safe access to medical cannabis .

Canaquest Medical Corp Awaits Health Canada Approval for Sales and Export of Mentabinol®

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Thursday, February 6, 2020
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CanaQuest was awarded a Cannabis Sales/Purchase, Import/Export license from Health Canada through its wholly owned subsidiary ADC BioMedical Corp.

Key Points: 
  • CanaQuest was awarded a Cannabis Sales/Purchase, Import/Export license from Health Canada through its wholly owned subsidiary ADC BioMedical Corp.
  • Additionally, the Company is in the process of filing an application to get a Drug Identification Number (DIN) for Mentabinol Rx with Health Canada, under The Food & Drug Act (FDA).
  • CanaQuest is also beginning discussions with domestic and international Pharma companies to formalize collaboration, production and distribution agreements.
  • CanaQuest Medical Corp is a life science company focused on medical cannabis products.

CannaTech's Davos Cannabis House Aims to "Improve the State of the World" by Creating a Fair and Viable Cannabis Industry

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Tuesday, January 7, 2020
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The Davos Cannabis House will highlight the economic role of cannabis in the future of healthcare, international trade, investment, and environmental and resource security, with the goal of creating a fair and viable cannabis-related industry globally.

Key Points: 
  • The Davos Cannabis House will highlight the economic role of cannabis in the future of healthcare, international trade, investment, and environmental and resource security, with the goal of creating a fair and viable cannabis-related industry globally.
  • Other topics to be addressed include how the growing cannabis economy can play a role in addressing social equity and justice.
  • The global cannabis industry has the potential to protect local communities and stakeholders with impact investing.
  • Situated alongside world-leading industry and government pavilions, the Davos Cannabis House welcomes the Davos press corps to stop by and learn more.

NuggMD, the Nation's Leading Online Telemedicine Platform for Medical Cannabis Patients and Physicians, Expands Its Services to Missouri

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Monday, January 6, 2020
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They are thrilled to add Missouri physicians to their platform to provide efficient and compassionate care to patients statewide.

Key Points: 
  • They are thrilled to add Missouri physicians to their platform to provide efficient and compassionate care to patients statewide.
  • In November 2018, Missouri voters passed Amendment 2 by a 66% majority, allowing medical doctors and osteopaths to provide medical marijuana recommendations to patients with a qualifying medical condition.
  • NuggMD is the nation's leading medical marijuana technology platform, facilitating access to medical marijuana for patients in New York, California, Nevada, Oklahoma and Missouri.
  • Since their launch in 2016, NuggMD has helped more than half a million medical marijuana patients connect with their new physicians and obtain their medical marijuana recommendations.