With an eye on gambling, marijuana and short-term rentals, Norfolk plans for enforcing business regulations
The city of Norfolk is developing a unit tasked with ensuring businesses follow city regulations and keep their customers and neighbors safe. City staff presented plans for a business compliance unit at Tuesday’s City Council work session. After the meeting, Deputy...
Rhode Island picks 5 medical cannabis dispensaries for licenses
Five companies have been picked to open new medical cannabis dispensaries in Rhode Island. The state Department of Business Regulation held a random lottery — complete with a R.I. Lottery balls and a tumbler from Twin River Casino — on Friday to award the coveted...
Do Celebrity Cannabis Brands Actually Perform Well?
Clint Eastwood and Justin Beiber both made headlines in and around the cannabis industry earlier this month, but for radically different reasons. For Clint Eastwood, the cannabis headlines came after he won a $6.1 million lawsuit against a company that...
Budding business: Weed jobs success story in tight labor market
Some businesses have trimmed their hours, changed the way they serve customers, or hiked wages and sweetened benefits to entice applicants as the pandemic-influenced job market reshapes itself. Pot businesses are among those keeping a “now hiring” sign in the window,...
Green Street’s New Business Center Is Just What The Cannabis Industry Needs To Further Legitimize Itself
© Provided by Benzinga Nestled in the middle of Los Angeles’ Jewelry District, peeking through the feathered leaves of a jacaranda tree, a matte black, vertical, rectangular sign reads: “Green Street.” Below it, a new, award-winning pedigree restaurant on the first...
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.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Cannabis is having a senior moment
Editor’s Note: “Weed 7: A Senior Moment” premieres Sunday, August 6, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper.” CNN — Prior to filming our first documentary on cannabis a decade ago, I was highly skeptical about its use as a medicine. I had...
Cannabis businesses boom in Maine, but access to banking’s a bust
Matt Hawes shows off production at the Scarborough facility of Novel Beverage Co., a maker of cannabis-infused drinks. Hawes is president and owner of the company, and also heads the Maine Cannabis Industry Association. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer Every...
How an Eagle resident peddling a marijuana company was caught in a massive scam
For years, Rolf Hirschmann and his partner solicited money from investors to develop cannabis cultivation and dispensary sites in Las Vegas and Adelanto, California. The pair raised more than $60 million since 2019 for their startup called WeedGenics, which they...
N.J.’s premier cannabis business conference set for Oct. 12
On Oct. 12, the state’s premier B2B cannabis business conference and networking event will return to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Newark Airport — just as the state opens to receive applications for new category licenses. The day-long conference produced by NJ...
Lacey voters to face recreational cannabis business question on November ballot
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U.S. Cannabis Industry is ‘Flourishing’ In Spite Of (Or Because Of?) General Economic Downturn
While the cannabis industry is known for offering investors its own mixture of tricks and treats, a new report by CNN Business is expressing new hope for the cannabis sector. “Despite a global pandemic, discombobulated supply chains, ballooning inflation and an...
Top 5 Things to Consider When Taking Your Ancillary Cannabis Business Global
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’re reading Entrepreneur Green Entrepreneur, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. Congratulations. You’ve successfully built a U.S. cannabis ancillary business and are now in...
How Is the Great Resignation Affecting the Cannabis Business?
You’re reading Entrepreneur Green Entrepreneur, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs. What is known as The Great Resignation peaked in April and has remained steady throughout the year, with a...
The cannabis industry is flourishing thanks in part to a pandemic boost …
When members of the cannabis industry descended upon Las Vegas last week for the biggest trade show in the business, there was something stirring in the air. It wasn’t the aroma of a freshly lit …
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