New York issues first retail cannabis licenses to business owners with a past conviction in a first for the sector
The New York Office of Cannabis Management’s Cannabis Control Board on Monday awarded 36 conditional adult-use retail dispensary (CAURD) licenses with a focus on equity and inclusion. The move marks a symbolic first step in allowing adults over 21 to buy cannabis...
Cannabis Marketing and the Importance of Great Web Design
(Ad) Since the legalization of marijuana in the U.S., a growing number of the U.S. population is embracing its medicinal and recreational use. According to statistics, 44% of Americans currently have access to legal recreational marijuana. For a brand trading in...
Thailand Regulates Cannabis As Weed Business Is Booming
The first country in Southeast Asia to decriminalize weed is Thailand. Known for being a vacation playground for Australian and Chinese tourists, the legalization of weed has become the latest attraction. Now that it’s been legalized for recreational use, the...
These entrepreneurs want a cannabis business to bring wealth to Hartford’s Black community. ‘I feel a responsibility to my people.’
While deep-pocket backers are aligned with many of the social equity applicants in the Connecticut adult-use cannabis program, at least two are going their own way. Coming from the badly hurt communities from the so-called war on drugs, feeling camaraderie with Black...
Government to support Tsleil-Waututh Nation cannabis business
Indigenous business owners looking to make ventures into the cannabis industry will have full support from the provincial government, according to a new agreement signed by Tsleil-Waututh Nation and the province of B.C. In a statement released...
CBD Stocks Creating Opportunities – Established (BCCI), (STG), (WEED), (ACRGF), (RLTR), (CBMJ), and Newcomer (VAPR) Lead the Charge
You would have to be living in isolation to have not picked up on the hottest marijuana derivative consumable and therapeutic center isolate CBD. CBD “Cannabidiol” is the non-psychoactive full spectrum derivative of the hemp and marijuana plant largely credited for the majority of the medical beneficial attributes associated with marijuana.
Minnesota Lawmakers Propose Raft Of Changes To State Marijuana Law, Including Homegrow And Equity Adjustments
Prohibition of alcohol ended nearly 100 years ago and we still have a liquor bill nearly every year.” By Peter Callaghan, MinnPost The lead sponsors of 2023’s recreational cannabis law are sensitive …
I Love Growing Marijuana (ILGM) Cannabis Seed Bank Announces Appointment of Ernst Rustenhoven as Chief Executive Officer
California-based cannabis seed bank, I Love Growing Marijuana (ILGM), today announced the appointment of Ernst Rustenhoven as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Rustenhoven, formerly a consumer-focused …
2 Marijuana Companies That Have Recently Turned Profits
M arijuana companies are known to be risky investments. U.S.-based marijuana businesses operate in a quasi-legal environment where cannabis can be both illegal at the federal leve …
3 Cannabis Stocks to Buy Before the Coming Pre-Election Rally
InvestorPlace – Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips When Joe Biden assumed power in January 2021, cannabis stocks skyrocketed. The …
Get ready for these new California business laws for 2023
“Doing the work today and making the appropriate adjustments, if necessary, can prevent many challenges downstream.” Discrimination Employers have one more year to comply with AB 2188, which bans employers from discriminating against employees or job applicants based...
New York cannabis farms have nowhere to sell a combined 300,000 pounds of weed, valued at $750 million, as delays continue for dispensaries in the state
New York cannabis farms are unsure of what to do with a combined 300,000 pounds of weed — valued at $750 million — without open dispensaries to sell the pot. Applicants for legal cannabis retail stores are still waiting to hear back from the state’s Cannabis...
First legal medical marijuana harvest begins in North Carolina, dispensary coming
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has begun harvesting medical marijuana and expects to open the largest medical cannabis retail store in the U.S. next year, the tribal official in charge of the operation told The Charlotte Observer on Friday. “I’m really proud of...
Alabama medical marijuana program taking first steps
© Provided by Washington Examiner (The Center Square) – The medical marijuana market in Alabama is inching toward reality. With the April passage of Senate Bill 46, sponsored by Sen. Tim Melson, R-Florence, in April, a medical marijuana market will be created and will...
Washington must help cannabis money move safely
Cannabis and art have always been part of my life. When I was growing up in Bed-Stuy in the early 1970s, my dad hosted regular salons for his friends. Musicians, artists and intellectuals shared ideas and debated the issues of the day. Jazz recordings and the smell of...



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