Your Top 5 News Stories - May 18, 2021

May 18, 2021

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Rite Aid now offering alternative medicines and even considering cannabis remedies

Citing growing demand, the fourth-largest U.S. pharmacy chain will offer CBD products and track reforms in the national cannabis market. 


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Alabama GOP governor signs medical marijuana bill into law

The conservative state joins others in the South having considered reform legislation, including Virginia’s allowing adult use come July 1. 


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With Cannabis, It's Local

As MSOs gobble up smaller players, some SSOs are holding out, whether as independents or to bide time to maximize their selling prices. 


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Start-up focused on painkilling effects of cannabis to list in London

While GW Pharmaceuticals’ patents use cannabis plants, the rising biotech plans to use synthetic compounds resembling natural cannabinoids. 


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Cannabis event planners get back at it
After the pandemic forced trade conferences, expos, and festivals to pivot, in-person events are joining virtual offerings on the calendar. 

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