--- title: Your Top 5 News Stories - October 15, 2021 description: Cannabis Companies Need Florida Legalization … Here’s Why, Cannabis Company Tilray Sets Blueprint for U.S. Expansion, and more! image: https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Canabis-Insight-Daily3.jpg --- [![](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-ondark.png?width=431&height=233&name=logo-ondark.png "logo-ondark.png")](https://newfrontierdata.com/) # Your Top 5 News Stories - October 15, 2021 October 15, 2021 [In Sight Daily](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/topic/in-sight-daily) [![MicrosoftTeams-image (18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM.png?width=720&name=MicrosoftTeams-image%20(18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM.png)](http://newfrontierdata.com) 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PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-15%20at%201.20.26%20PM.png)](https://www.wsj.com/articles/cannabis-company-tilray-sets-blueprint-for-u-s-expansion-11634299200)   | [**Cannabis Company Tilray Sets Blueprint for U.S. Expansion**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/cannabis-company-tilray-sets-blueprint-for-u-s-expansion-11634299200) To keep its NASDAQ listing, the Canadian company buys businesses and structures acquisitions to maintain legal insulation from the plant.  | | --- | --- | --- ![finance](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finance.jpg?width=695&name=finance.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-10-15 at 1.21.24 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-15%20at%201.21.24%20PM.png)](https://www.ganjapreneur.com/canopy-growth-to-acquire-top-edibles-brand-when-u-s-legalizes-cannabis/amp/)   | [**Canopy Growth to Acquire Top Edibles Brand When U.S. Legalizes Cannabis**](https://www.ganjapreneur.com/canopy-growth-to-acquire-top-edibles-brand-when-u-s-legalizes-cannabis/amp/) The company will acquire the top North American edibles brand Wana, reportedly paying $297.5 million for the option to acquire each entity.  | | --- | --- | --- [![NXTecK-DMP-782x90-1](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NXTecK-DMP-782x90-1.gif?width=695&name=NXTecK-DMP-782x90-1.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/nxteck/) --- ![legislative](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/legislative.jpg?width=695&name=legislative.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-10-15 at 1.22.15 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-15%20at%201.22.15%20PM.png)](https://cannabiswire.com/2021/10/15/virginias-cannabis-regulation-is-in-a-start-up-phase/)   | [**Virginia’s Cannabis Regulation Is in a ‘Start-up Phase’**](https://cannabiswire.com/2021/10/15/virginias-cannabis-regulation-is-in-a-start-up-phase/) Regulators are in the slow-and-steady process of setting up its market, but will adult-use sales begin before the legal mandate of 2024?    | | --- | --- | --- ![medical](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/medical.jpg?width=695&name=medical.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-10-15 at 1.23.10 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-15%20at%201.23.10%20PM.png)](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-10-years-legalization-shockingly-cannabis-health.amp)   | [**Three years after legalization, we have shockingly little information about how it changed cannabis use and health harms**](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-10-years-legalization-shockingly-cannabis-health.amp) Most studies examine impacts of legalization on cannabis use and harms, but only about those changes during a first year following rollout.  | | --- | --- | --- 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