--- title: Your Top 5 News Stories - October 20, 2021 description: "The Cannabis Industry Is Looking To Fill The Employment Gap, EXCLUSIVE: AFC CEO Leonard Tannenbaum Sees Cannabis Industry Consolidating, With No Fed Legalization on Horizon, and more!" image: https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Canabis-Insight-Daily1.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 20, 2021 October 20, 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) [![728x90-Eexplore-equio](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/728x90-Eexplore-equio.gif?width=695&name=728x90-Eexplore-equio.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/equio-features/) --- ![finance](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finance.jpg?width=695&name=finance.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-10-20 at 2.05.39 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-20%20at%202.05.39%20PM.png)](https://safehaven.com/news/Breaking-News/The-Cannabis-Industry-Is-Looking-To-Fill-The-Employment-Gap.html)   | **[The Cannabis Industry Is Looking To Fill The Employment Gap](https://safehaven.com/news/Breaking-News/The-Cannabis-Industry-Is-Looking-To-Fill-The-Employment-Gap.html)** As New Frontier Data projects a market worth $35 billion by 2025, legal cannabis looms among industries expected to grow amid the pandemic.  | | --- | --- | --- ![legislative](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/legislative.jpg?width=695&name=legislative.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-10-20 at 2.06.33 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-20%20at%202.06.33%20PM.png)](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/exclusive-afc-ceo-leonard-tannenbaum-sees-cannabis-industry-consolidating-with-no-fed-legalization-on-horizon-1030882660)   | [**EXCLUSIVE: AFC CEO Leonard Tannenbaum Sees Cannabis Industry Consolidating, With No Fed Legalization on Horizon**](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/exclusive-afc-ceo-leonard-tannenbaum-sees-cannabis-industry-consolidating-with-no-fed-legalization-on-horizon-1030882660) Lender: Passage of the SAFE Banking Act would enable cannabis purchases using Visa and MasterCard,likely boosting cannabis sales by 15%.  | | --- | --- | --- ![medical](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/medical.jpg?width=695&name=medical.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-10-20 at 2.08.11 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-20%20at%202.08.11%20PM.png)](https://www.wric.com/news/barriers-to-medical-marijuana-industry-are-keeping-some-patients-from-benefiting-advocates-say/)   | [**Barriers to medical marijuana industry are keeping some patients from benefiting, advocates say**](https://www.wric.com/news/barriers-to-medical-marijuana-industry-are-keeping-some-patients-from-benefiting-advocates-say/) A year after Virginia’s medical cannabis dispensaries opened, patients yet find technological bugs, lengthy waits, and high prices, etc.  | | --- | --- | --- [![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/) --- ![international](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/international.jpg?width=695&name=international.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-10-20 at 2.09.16 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-20%20at%202.09.16%20PM.png)](https://mjbizdaily.com/canadians-bought-ca1-3-billion-of-dried-cannabis-in-first-half-of-2021/)   | [**Canadians bought CAD $1.3 billion of dried cannabis in first half of 2021**](https://mjbizdaily.com/canadians-bought-ca1-3-billion-of-dried-cannabis-in-first-half-of-2021/) Statistics Canada reports Canadians’ spending on dried cannabis reaching approximately CAD $1.3 billion (USD $1 billion) over six months.    | | --- | --- | --- ![wild card](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/wild%20card.jpg?width=695&name=wild%20card.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-10-20 at 2.10.13 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-20%20at%202.10.13%20PM.png)](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/20/cannabis-industry-fraudsters-fda-516252)   | [**The Cannabis Industry is Rife with Fraudsters. The FDA is AWOL.**](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/20/cannabis-industry-fraudsters-fda-516252) The FDA’s failure to act is both dangerous for cannabis consumers and damaging to a nascent industry striving for legitimacy and to compete.   | | --- | --- | --- [![Report-Cannabis&Wellness_1776x900-Email2](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Report-Cannabis%26Wellness_1776x900-Email2.gif?width=695&name=Report-Cannabis%26Wellness_1776x900-Email2.gif)](https://info.newfrontierdata.com/cannabis-wellness-report?utm_campaign=Cannabis%20%26%20Wellness%3A%20A%20New%20Consumer%20Paradigm&utm_source=email&utm_medium=HubSpot&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=Cannabis%20and%20Wellness%20Report) --- [![SIN blue](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SIN%20blue.png?width=389&name=SIN%20blue.png)](http://newfrontierdata.com) [![NFDLogoBlueAquaStacked](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NFDLogoBlueAquaStacked.png?width=155&name=NFDLogoBlueAquaStacked.png)](http://newfrontierdata.com) [NewFrontierData.com](http://newfrontierdata.com) ![61734b2a-5216-4ab5-a33f-e6179eeccc23-2](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/61734b2a-5216-4ab5-a33f-e6179eeccc23-2.png?width=110&name=61734b2a-5216-4ab5-a33f-e6179eeccc23-2.png) ![1954288e-d406-47de-8f36-55e27d3d8433](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/1954288e-d406-47de-8f36-55e27d3d8433.png?width=586&name=1954288e-d406-47de-8f36-55e27d3d8433.png) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [In Sight Daily](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/topic/in-sight-daily) Share this post: - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) - [In Sight Daily (146)](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/topic/in-sight-daily) ###### Gain access to actionable insight for the cannabis industry today! ![](https://newfrontierdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/equio-screen-national.png) [Free Trial](https://newfrontierdata.com/equio-features/) **LOCATIONS** HEADQUARTERS 1400 I Street NW, Suite 350 Washington, D.C. 20005 [info@newfrontierdata.com](mailto:info@newfrontierdata.com) 844-420-D8TA (3882)   Copyright © 2014-2021  Frontier Financial Group, Inc. 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