Month: February 2018 (Page 29)

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Hemp may be easy to grow, but raising a profitable crop is no slam dunk. That’s what a Vermont hemp processor is learning after a landowner sued him for not delivering thousands of dollars she was hoping would save her mother’s home. A lawsuit filed in a state court inContinue Reading

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Greece says it’s fast-tracking plans to legalize growth of medical cannabis, arguing that interest from investors could help efforts to pull the country out of years of crisis. The post Cash-Strapped Greece Sees Growth in Medical Cannabis appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Cash-Strapped Greece Sees Growth inContinue Reading

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A lawmaker with South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party is attempting something that would have been unthinkable even one year ago in the socially conservative country — legalizing and regulating medical cannabis. Rep. Shin Chang-hyun introduced a bill to revise the Act on the Control of Narcotics to permit the useContinue Reading

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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is exploring the idea of granting clemency to nearly 40 inmates convicted of nonviolent marijuana offenses. The post Colorado Eyes Freeing Inmates With Nonviolent Cannabis Offenses appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Colorado Eyes Freeing Inmates With Nonviolent Cannabis OffensesContinue Reading

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The total number of job postings for the U.S. cannabis industry increased by 445% in 2017, a study by job search website ZipRecruiter shows. The online job platform noted the spike is dramatically higher than the 18% increase in cannabis-related job postings in 2016, according to Business Insider. ZipRecruiter’s chiefContinue Reading

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In our ninth installment, Florence discusses societal differences in alcohol and cannabis, childhood memories, and creative carpentry. The post Meet Amsterdam’s Coffeeshop Patrons (#9): Florence appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Meet Amsterdam’s Coffeeshop Patrons (#9): FlorenceContinue Reading

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A raft of CBD-related measures are advancing in conservative states where lawmakers seem unwilling to wait for federal courts to decide the legal fate of cannabis-derived treatments low in THC. Kansas lawmakers are looking at giving CBD legal cover, a week after the Sunflower State’s attorney general ruled the treatmentsContinue Reading

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North Andover, Massachusetts lost a massive factory, which provided thousands of jobs to the town, more than a decade ago. When an also-massive marijuana operation came along to replace them, the townsfolk turned it down — in fear of what pot could do to their community. Even if you haveContinue Reading

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India’s leading purveyor of traditional medicine is trying to pry open the country’s medical and industrial cannabis markets and, in doing so, create the largest medical marijuana market in the world. Hundreds of scientists employed by Patanjali Ayurved Limited are researching the benefits of various indigenous Indian plants, including cannabis, forContinue Reading