--- title: Your Top 5 News Stories - September 2, 2021 description: "In Cannabis It Pays To Bet on Mitch, Amazon’s Answer to Delivery Driver Shortage: Recruit Pot Smokers, 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 - September 2, 2021 September 02, 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/) --- ![tech science innovation](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tech%20science%20innovation.jpg?width=720&name=tech%20science%20innovation.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-09-02 at 4.06.28 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-09-02%20at%204.06.28%20PM.png)](https://www.forbes.com/sites/javierhasse/2021/09/02/how-these-cannabis-entrepreneurs-got-2m-instagram-followers-with-no-ads-and-in-spite-of-all-limitations/amp/)   | **[How These Cannabis Entrepreneurs Got 2 Million Instagram Followers With No Ads—And In Spite Of All Limitations](https://www.forbes.com/sites/javierhasse/2021/09/02/how-these-cannabis-entrepreneurs-got-2m-instagram-followers-with-no-ads-and-in-spite-of-all-limitations/amp/)** Unlikely, viral, cannabis-focused websites “MacGyvered” it with creative, alternative approaches to draw more than 1.5 million followers.  | | --- | --- | --- ![finance](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finance.jpg?width=720&name=finance.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-09-02 at 4.07.31 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-09-02%20at%204.07.31%20PM.png)](https://mindsetvalue.substack.com/p/in-cannabis-it-pays-to-bet-on-mitch?utm_content=177877578&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lis-J-I7aBKRzi)   | [**In Cannabis It Pays To Bet on Mitch**](https://mindsetvalue.substack.com/p/in-cannabis-it-pays-to-bet-on-mitch?utm_content=177877578&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lis-J-I7aBKRzi) A New Frontier Data investor saw how Leafly can trade on the NASDAQ, key to the deal’s potential given few ways to invest in legal cannabis.  | | --- | --- | --- ![wild card](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/wild%20card.jpg?width=720&name=wild%20card.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-09-02 at 4.08.31 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-09-02%20at%204.08.31%20PM.png)](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-01/amazon-s-answer-to-delivery-driver-shortage-recruit-pot-smokers)   | [**Amazon’s Answer to Delivery Driver Shortage: Recruit Pot Smokers**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-01/amazon-s-answer-to-delivery-driver-shortage-recruit-pot-smokers) The retail giant reportedly advises its delivery partners to prominently advertise how they will not screen applicants for use of cannabis.  | | --- | --- | --- [![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/) --- ![international](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/international.jpg?width=720&name=international.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-09-02 at 4.09.28 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-09-02%20at%204.09.28%20PM.png)](https://www.ganjapreneur.com/uruguay-to-increase-cannabis-thc-content-consider-tourist-sales/amp/)   | [**Uruguay Increases Cannabis THC Content and Considers Tourist Sales**](https://www.ganjapreneur.com/uruguay-to-increase-cannabis-thc-content-consider-tourist-sales/amp/) The first cannabis-friendly nation is planning to boost THC content in cannabis products sold through pharmacies, and promote canna-tourism.  | | --- | --- | --- ![medical](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/medical.jpg?width=720&name=medical.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-09-02 at 4.11.06 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-09-02%20at%204.11.06%20PM.png)](https://www.msn.com/en-US/health/medical/the-nonsmoking-future-of-legal-marijuana/ar-AANZzqJ)   | [**The Non-Smoking Future of Legal Marijuana**](https://www.msn.com/en-US/health/medical/the-nonsmoking-future-of-legal-marijuana/ar-AANZzqJ) Given grassroots support and state-by-state reforms, federal legalization seems a lock as politicians chase polling data and campaign money.  | | --- | --- | ---   [![EquioReports-1200x630-LI-FB-v1](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EquioReports-1200x630-LI-FB-v1.jpg?width=600&name=EquioReports-1200x630-LI-FB-v1.jpg)](https://newfrontierdata.com/equio-features/) --- [![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) 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