--- title: Your Top 5 News Stories - July 23, 2021 description: "Texas: $25 million medical cannabis facility to bring ‘Budding Industry’ to San Marcos, Cannabis Addiction and Rising Schizophrenia Cases Linked by Study, But Some Experts Are Skeptical, 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 - July 23, 2021 July 23, 2021 [In Sight Daily](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/topic/in-sight-daily) [![4f528f28-606e-4754-a619-23c8a915e165](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/4f528f28-606e-4754-a619-23c8a915e165.jpg?width=1025&name=4f528f28-606e-4754-a619-23c8a915e165.jpg)](http://newfrontierdata.com) [![Commercial-Insight-Equio782x90-1](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Commercial-Insight-Equio782x90-1.gif?width=720&name=Commercial-Insight-Equio782x90-1.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/equio-features/) --- ![finance](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finance.jpg?width=720&name=finance.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-07-23 at 2.17.00 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-23%20at%202.17.00%20PM.png)](https://smcorridornews.com/25-million-medical-cannabis-facility-to-bring-budding-industry-to-san-marcos/)   | [**Texas: $25 million medical cannabis facility to bring ‘Budding Industry’ to San Marcos**](https://smcorridornews.com/25-million-medical-cannabis-facility-to-bring-budding-industry-to-san-marcos/) Parallel chooses its Goodblends site as New Frontier Data projects the U.S. legal cannabis industry overall to be worth $41 billion by 2025.  | | --- | --- | --- ![medical](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/medical.jpg?width=720&name=medical.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-07-23 at 2.18.19 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-23%20at%202.18.19%20PM.png)](https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/cannabis-addiction-and-rising-schizophrenia-cases-linked-by-study-but-some-experts-are-skeptical/amp.html)   | [**Cannabis Addiction and Rising Schizophrenia Cases Linked by Study, But Some Experts Are Skeptical**](https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/cannabis-addiction-and-rising-schizophrenia-cases-linked-by-study-but-some-experts-are-skeptical/amp.html) A new study does not link regular cannabis use to schizophrenia, but relates only to a theoretical connection to cannabis use disorder.  | | --- | --- | --- ![hemp](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/hemp.jpg?width=720&name=hemp.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-07-23 at 2.19.36 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-23%20at%202.19.36%20PM.png)](https://www.wraltechwire.com/2021/07/23/heres-how-delta-8s-popularity-is-dividing-ncs-fledgling-hemp-industry/)   | [**Here’s How Delta-8’s Popularity Is Dividing NC’s Fledgling Hemp Industry**](https://www.wraltechwire.com/2021/07/23/heres-how-delta-8s-popularity-is-dividing-ncs-fledgling-hemp-industry/) Delta-8 THC is the hottest cannabinoid available to purchase, especially in states like North Carolina, where cannabis remains illegal.  | | --- | --- | --- [![NXTecK-DMP-782x90](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NXTecK-DMP-782x90.gif?width=720&name=NXTecK-DMP-782x90.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/nxteck/) --- ![wild card](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/wild%20card.jpg?width=720&name=wild%20card.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-07-23 at 2.20.26 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-23%20at%202.20.26%20PM.png)](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/22/politics/rahul-gupta-cannabis-consulting-biden-drug-czar/index.html)   | [**Biden's drug czar nominee consulted for cannabis company last year, ethics disclosure shows**](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/22/politics/rahul-gupta-cannabis-consulting-biden-drug-czar/index.html) The White House described the prospective drug czar's work as pertaining to a Maryland-based company’s medical cannabis compliance efforts.  | | --- | --- | --- ![legislative](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/legislative.jpg?width=720&name=legislative.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-07-23 at 2.21.19 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-23%20at%202.21.19%20PM.png)](https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/mass-cannabis-regulator-ct-should-take-its-time-in-starting-adult-use-sales)   | [**Mass. cannabis regulator: CT should take its time in starting adult-use sales**](https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/mass-cannabis-regulator-ct-should-take-its-time-in-starting-adult-use-sales) Concerns for equity participants’ success met with pushback that delays may hamper the program’s ability to compete with other legal states.  | | --- | --- | --- ![event](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/event.jpg?width=720&name=event.jpg) [![EquioDemo_July_FBLI-1](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EquioDemo_July_FBLI-1.png?width=600&name=EquioDemo_July_FBLI-1.png)](https://newfrontierdata.zoom.us/webinar/register/4016213802261/WN_nW9ujyr_RBKWlxM3i6Kdeg?utm_campaign=Equio%C2%AE%202021&utm_source=email&utm_medium=HubSpot&utm_term=Newsletter&utm_content=July%20Demo) --- [![SIN blue](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SIN%20blue.png?width=389&name=SIN%20blue.png)](http://newfrontierdata.com) 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