Reddit Traders Now on to Weed Stocks
Retail traders on Reddit who pushed the AMC and GameStop stocks to soaring highs now have a new target: cannabis stocks.
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One post on the Reddit forum WallStreetBets told users that shares of producers Tilray Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) and Aphria Inc. (NASDAQ: APHA) have “more room to rise,” which sent the shares surging today. That post was liked by 10,000 other users in just 12 hours, according to Reuters.
Tilray, a Canadian pharmaceutical and cannabis company, saw its stock jump 36% today, while cannabis company Aphria’s stock jumped 12%.
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The Democrats’ promise to end the federal marijuana prohibition is also fueling the cannabis rally.
Earlier this month, Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) issued a joint statement regarding comprehensive cannabis reform legislation in the new Congress.
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“The War on Drugs has been a war on people — particularly people of color. Ending the federal marijuana prohibition is necessary to right the wrongs of this failed war and end decades of harm inflicted on communities of color across the country. But that alone is not enough. As states continue to legalize marijuana, we must also enact measures that will lift up people who were unfairly targeted in the War on Drugs,” the senators said in the statement.
The senators added that they are committed to working together to put forward and advance “comprehensive cannabis reform legislation.”
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