A home remedy made for grandma wins a prestigious cannabis award. In a little over a year, Chelsea Dudgeon has gone from whipping up experimental topicals for her grandma to an Emerald Cup winner ready to take her company to the next level. The first batch of Deep Skin topicalContinue Reading
Canada’s biggest federally licensed medical marijuana producer, Canopy Growth, posted a loss of 16.7 million Canadian dollars ($12.84 million) in the last fiscal year, but it’s all part of the company’s expansion plans. The Smiths Falls, Ontario-based company has an aggressive growth plan for its production facilities as it tries toContinue Reading
The Pennsylvania Department of Health awarded 27 medical marijuana dispensary licenses across the state Thursday, taking another step toward launching the commonwealth’s MMJ market in 2018. Regulators sifted through 280 applications to select the winners. Each of the new permit holders is eligible to open up to three dispensaries. ButContinue Reading
Hawaii’s largest workers’ compensation insurer is canceling insurance policies for seven medical marijuana dispensaries preparing to open this summer. Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. (HEMIC) – citing concerns over criminal liability since cannabis is illegal at the federal level – notified the dispensaries Wednesday their policies will be canceled inContinue Reading
A scattershot exploration of Seattle, Washington taken in from a vantage point as high as the Space Needle. The battered, graffiti-burdened vending machine is a mechanical relic of the not-so-distant past — a past I briefly access through a synaptic flash of fragmented but vivid memory: a 12-year-old me atContinue Reading
In a move that could generate more revenue, Etain is planning to close its medical marijuana dispensary in Albany, New York, and open a new location in Manhattan. The New York Health Department has already approved Etain’s move, the Albany Times-Union reported. Etain, one of five licensed medical marijuana companiesContinue Reading
By Bart Schaneman Washington state’s updated marijuana rules serve notice that regulators are feeling pressure from a U.S. attorney general who opposes legalized cannabis. The regulations guide the state’s cannabis businesses toward stricter compliance with the Cole Memo – the sector’s best protector against the federal government. New Washington state cannabisContinue Reading
