Day: September 27, 2017 (Page 2)

In a first for Pennsylvania, a marijuana cultivation and dispensary business has launched a cannabis marketing campaign. Cresco Yeltrah – which is affiliated with Illinois-based Cresco Health – is spending roughly $500,000 on billboards, magazine and newspaper advertisements as well as a social media campaign, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The campaignContinue Reading

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission is hiring. And not just for any job. The board needs an executive director. The director “will guide internal operations and chair the Cannabis Advisory Board,” according to TV station WWLP. Qualifications for the position include a bachelor’s degree and at least five years inContinue Reading

Berkeley laboratory Steep Hill found pesticides in over 86 percent of the clones they tested. A new study from Steep Hill Labs has found that the clones being grown out to maturity by California cannabis cultivators are the likely point of origin for contaminants entering the state’s supply chain. SteepContinue Reading

A Native American tribe in Wisconsin has voted to produce hemp-derived cannabidiol, saying a new CBD law in the state will enable it to avoid federal raids and road bumps that have beleaguered other tribes getting into the cannabis industry. The vote last week by the St. Croix Chippewa – a tribe in northwesternContinue Reading

By John Schroyer Newly released draft regulations that would govern Los Angeles’ licensed marijuana industry starting next year immediately created a firestorm among stakeholders, with some fearing they could force many companies to set up shop in other parts of the state But according to industry insiders, negotiations with cityContinue Reading