Month: March 2018 (Page 5)

The company behind the overhyped resort-that-never-was sells the property to an oil and gas company. The post Remember That Cannabis Ghost Town? Yeah, Not Happening. appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Remember That Cannabis Ghost Town? Yeah, Not Happening.Continue Reading

A Vermont hemp processor accused of stealing a contract farmer’s hemp crop won’t be held personally liable for any missing profits. A civil judge dismissed the personal liability case against Vermont Hemp Co. CEO Joel Bedard, according to Heady Vermont, a website that covers the state’s cannabis industry. The lawsuitContinue Reading

Spiced-raspberry sorbet and a decadent grilled cheese aren’t the only things making creating a stir at this sweet restaurant and café. The post Check Out This Café in Vermont Serving CBD Desserts appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Check Out This Café in Vermont Serving CBD DessertsContinue Reading

There are certainly notable exceptions, but the Republican party isn’t generally known for holding a particularly hospitable stance on cannabis decriminalization. Then again, it appears the rising tide of mainstream cultural acceptance and support for decriminalizing cannabis has raised all ships. As support for cannabis has grown across a broadContinue Reading

All signs point to medical marijuana being added to the November ballot in Utah. Roughly 160,000 signatures have been gathered in support of an MMJ ballot initiative, and around 120,000 signatures have been verified by county clerks, Salt Lake City TV station Fox 13 reported. MMJ advocates needed 113,000 signatures toContinue Reading

Michigan’s medical marijuana regulators added three more review meetings in an effort to undo a growing logjam of MMJ license applications. The state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, which is responsible for licensing medical cannabis businesses, originally scheduled five meetings over the course of the year to review applications. However,Continue Reading

(This story has been updated from an earlier version.) A large network of independently owned pharmacies in Canada is securing medical cannabis supply, becoming the fourth pharmacy chain to launch efforts to enter the fast-growing MMJ market. Pharmasave, which operates a network of 650 stores across Canada, signed a letterContinue Reading

To reduce the California cannabis industry into a day, to package it and present it to a novice audience, defies the laws of gravity. Behemoth forces of capital and regulatory government must be reconciled with decades-old cannabis movements resistant to corporate influence, and then filtered through the environmental and politicalContinue Reading

A growing number of companies that service the wine industry are now pursuing opportunities in the cannabis sector, hoping to generate new revenue streams. For marijuana businesses, that means a host of potential new ancillary companies to choose from, as well as added legitimacy from an industry that once appearedContinue Reading