Often-destructive pot now treated like any other business
California voters legalized recreational marijuana via a ballot initiative, in November 2016, almost six years ago. Since then, the weed has evolved into something like a normal business, complete with webcasts on operating efficiently, disputes about where stores can...
Marijuana, hemp laws have changed. Here’s what that means for patients, consumers
Medical marijuana has been legal in Louisiana since 2019, but the laws have been tweaked and expanded since then, including this summer following the Legislative Session, while hemp laws were also adjusted. Louisiana’s medical marijuana law has...
Returning The Cannabis Community To Its Environmental Roots
This article was originally published on Skunk Magazine and appears here with permission. On the third Saturday of each month, my wife, Mikki Norris, and I participate in a community-wide litter cleanup. After Covid-19 hit, we saw the trash situation get worse than...
Cannabis Industry Jobs For Every Skill Set
This article was originally published on Weedmaps and appears here with permission. As the cannabis industry matures, there’s been an explosion in all sectors of the job market. Not only have we seen a massive increase in the number of cannabis jobs...
A Pennsylvania Bill Could Ease Cannabis Banking In The State
By Joana Scopel A Pennsylvania General Assembly bill would protect banks, credit unions, and insurance companies that do business with legal cannabis companies in their state. Bill 331 amends Title 12, Commerce and Trade, of...
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.
Rural cannabis shops succeed by being ‘small and nimble’
Shortly after cannabis was legalized in Canada 2018, retail cannabis stores started popping up like weeds. At the time, it seemed like a new pot shop was opening on every corner. Many of them are gone today, victims of an overzealous retail market that couldn’t...
8 Best Cannabis Stocks of January 2024
The first wave of U.S.-listed cannabis stocks has been something of a disappointment. Shares of high-growth, multi-state operators (MSO) have slumped in the past couple of years as cannabis producers face pricing pressures in a fiercely competitive U.S. market. The...
U.S. Cannabis Stocks Higher After DEA Confirms Marijuana Status Review
By Dean Seal Some major U.S. cannabis stocks were trading higher Thursday, a day after the Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed it is reviewing marijuana’s federal drug classification. AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis, a popular exchange-traded fund tracking...
2 men charged in fatal shooting of California police officer during cannabis dispensary burglary
Mark Sanders and Allen Starr Brown were charged with murder in the death of Oakland police officer Tuan Le. Officer Tuan Le, 36, was shot in the head and died at the hospital while responding to a suspected illegal cannabis grow house burglary. Sanders allegedly...
Colorado Marijuana Businesses Receive Social Equity Grants
A handful of marijuana businesses are set to receive grants from Colorado’s new Cannabis Business Office as part of a state-funded pilot program intended to spur social equity in the pot industry. Part of the state Office of Economic Development and...
Plummeting marijuana prices are smoking out small cannabis businesses in Michigan
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Cannabis Journalist Says Sector Is Growing, Evolving, Emerging
The State of the Industry Michael Kusek says the cannabis industry is in what he calls “a first bout of growing pains.” “Our first bout of growing pains.” That’s the phrase Michael Kusek summoned after being asked to describe the state of the cannabis industry in the...
NY works to weed out marijuana merchants illegally selling without licenses
Here’s one way to harsh a buzz. State regulators Thursday identified 52 unlicensed merchants who are illegally peddling marijuana in the open before New York has even issued licenses to sell cannabis. In cease-and-desist letters, the Office of Cannabis Management...
Sixteen Colorado businesses receive Cannabis Business Pilot Grants to bolster equity, diversity in industry
DENVER — Sixteen businesses will receive Cannabis Business Pilot Grants through Colorado’s Cannabis Business Office to foster equity and diversity in the industry. The grants will help social equity cannabis businesses who are seeking or already have a regulated...
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