Workers at Cannabis Business Sickened after Overnight Pesticide Spraying
Paramedics Tuesday evaluated six workers at a legal cannabis operation in the South Los Angeles area who entered the business after it had been sprayed with a pesticide overnight, authorities said. The incident was reported in the 300 block of West Martin Luther King...
Legalizing hemp on the Navajo Nation could be good for business, but would marijuana follow?
Ira Vandever recognizes benefits of hemp cultivation. He wants to mix wool from the churro sheep with hemp to weave into beautiful Navajo rugs. He has plans to make hemp into paper. And he sees it as a viable tool to help clean up the over 500...
Hemp Farmers Excluded From Cannabis Business
D&G Ag Tech farm in Eastford Credit: Christine Stuart photo It’s a farm and it’s already growing the plant, but Michael Goodenough and the nearly 50 other hemp farmers in Connecticut won’t be able to grow the plant with more THC. That’s because the...
Local business offers boot camp cannabis course for new growers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Recreational cannabis is a brand-new industry in New Mexico, and business is booming. So how do you get involved? SeedCrest, a local business, is trying to prepare New Mexicans with the educational tools it takes to get started. “We’re looking to...
Tax cuts to marijuana: What’s in Virginia’s budget deal?
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — After months of closed-door negotiations, lawmakers have released a budget deal that includes significant tax cuts, pay raises for state employees and new investments in education. It also addresses marijuana policy and lays out a plan for the...
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.
DEA Warns Pharmacies Selling Medical Marijuana In Georgia That THC Oil Is Illegal To Dispense
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning pharmacies in Georgia that dispensing medical marijuana is not legal under federal law. Nearly two months after the Georgia Board of Pharmacy allowed independent pharmacies to dispense THC oils, in what...
Letter from the Editor: Where’s there’s smoke, there’s a compelling story about life on the marijuana border
MLive reporters sometimes go to extremes to find an interesting story. In the case of a package of stories on retail marijuana businesses in Michigan, that meant going to the very western edge of the Upper Peninsula. Investigative reporters Gus Burns and Matthew...
Kansas City marijuana company fined more than $120,000 by EPA. Here’s the rule it violated
Katie Moore December 7, 2023 at 8:49 AM A Kansas City marijuana company has been fined more than $100,000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. CBD American Shaman failed to register six antimicrobial pesticides called “Shaman Cleansing Wash” and “Shaman...
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Ohio. Here’s what you need to know
Recreational marijuana is legal in Ohio as of today, but when and where you can buy it remains up in the air. Voters approved an initiated statute last month, known as Issue 2, that allows adults 21 and older to use and grow cannabis. The measure’s passage made...
Cannabis Pioneer Now Guiding Diverse Startups
Long-time Chicago entrepreneurs Josh and Tara Joseph made history in 2020 when the company they founded in 2014, Grassroots Cannabis, was sold to Curaleaf for a reported $850 million. Then they moved to Nashville and created Big Plan Holdings as an umbrella...
Cannabis Tourism Is Now A $17 Billion Industry—And It’s Just Taking Off
From marijuana farm tours to “bud and breakfast” hotels, American destinations are discovering that “canna-cations” aren’t just for stoners anymore. Adrienne, a fortysomething makeup artist, grew up in the mountains of northern Georgia, a state where cannabis is still...
Tupelo officials, business owner talk early stages of medical marijuana industry
TUPELO • Elliot Johnston, co-owner of Hempsters in Tupelo, said he got into the hemp business because he enjoys helping people with pain relief. People from all walks of life, he said, step through the door of his shop, which sells hemp-based products that contain...
Marijuana mogul sentenced to prison for bribing SLO County official
© Provided by KTLA-TV Los Angeles Marijuana mogul sentenced to prison for bribing San Luis Obispo County official A San Luis Obispo entrepreneur who made major waves in the cannabis industry has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for bribing a county...
Cannabis, sex tech and psychedelics startups deserve more than stigma
Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Cannabis, sex tech and psychedelics are often lumped together under...
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