To your point 7- Obviously newc stands to gain by US states legalizing mmj. The more places it is legal, the larger their market, and the more revenues they can produce.
CBIS if you just look at their last quarterly will find it littered with massive debt and according to that quarterly is in default on a $1M+ note and has tons more on the books. NEWC has about 340M O/S and CBIS has about 2B O/S at least. NEWC has a second massive business with coal with owned lands. CBIS made $2800 in 3 months for revenues and solely dependent on just MJ for revenues. CBIS might be a decent short term play but I personally see a debt ridden company with little revenue being propped up on hype that when the dust settles and people start actually looking into the company will start to realize it's a scary company. All IMO.