--- title: Your Top 5 News Stories - August 20, 2021 description: Legal Marijuana Sales to Reach $43 Billion by 2025, NJ regulators approve rules for recreational cannabis market, and more! image: https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Canabis-Insight-Daily2.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 - August 20, 2021 August 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) [![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 2021-08-20 at 1.28.33 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-20%20at%201.28.33%20PM.png)](https://azmarijuana.com/arizona-medical-marijuana-news/legal-marijuana-sales-to-reach-43-billion-by-2025/)   | **[Legal Marijuana Sales to Reach $43 Billion by 2025](https://azmarijuana.com/arizona-medical-marijuana-news/legal-marijuana-sales-to-reach-43-billion-by-2025/)** New Frontier Data finds 2021 cannabis sales to be increasing to historic levels, with sales totaling nearly $6 billion in the first quarter. | | --- | --- | --- ![legislative](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/legislative.jpg?width=720&height=58&name=legislative.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-08-20 at 1.30.29 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-20%20at%201.30.29%20PM.png)](https://apnews.com/article/business-health-4618be1caaf9811172ce5e0f61e614e1)   | [**NJ regulators approve rules for recreational cannabis market**](https://apnews.com/article/business-health-4618be1caaf9811172ce5e0f61e614e1) No start date was given for sales to begin, but rules to set up the marketplace offer social-equity priorities in the application process.  | | --- | --- | --- ![international](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/international.jpg?width=720&height=59&name=international.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-08-20 at 1.31.43 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-20%20at%201.31.43%20PM.png)](https://hightimes.com/news/jamaican-cannabis-flower-now-available-in-germany/?amp)   | [Jamaican Cannabis Flower Now Available in Germany](https://hightimes.com/news/jamaican-cannabis-flower-now-available-in-germany/?amp) Australia-based cultivator Cannim is partnering with Germany-based Cantourage to provide Jamaican medical cannabis to German pharmacies.  | | --- | --- | --- [![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&height=58&name=wild%20card.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-08-20 at 1.32.51 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-20%20at%201.32.51%20PM.png)](https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-texting-conundrum-facing-cannabis-companies/)   | [The texting conundrum facing cannabis companies](https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-texting-conundrum-facing-cannabis-companies/) Many small cannabis businesses find a trickling-down of service interruptions from major cell-service providers through third-party SMS.  | | --- | --- | --- ![social cultural](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/social%20cultural.jpg?width=720&name=social%20cultural.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-08-20 at 1.35.48 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-20%20at%201.35.48%20PM.png)](https://wtop.com/business-finance/2021/08/big-cannabis-festival-will-require-vaccinations-or-negative-tests/)   | [**National Cannabis Festival will require vaccinations or negative tests**](https://wtop.com/business-finance/2021/08/big-cannabis-festival-will-require-vaccinations-or-negative-tests/) Over 20,000 tickets have sold for the daylong Aug. 28 outdoor festival, the first since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in Washington, D.C.  | | --- | --- | --- ![event](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/event.jpg?width=720&name=event.jpg) [![MicrosoftTeams-image 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