Day: September 7, 2018 (Page 2)

As North Dakota voters look to decide whether to approve adult-use cannabis in the state’s November general election, opposition is mounting. Former North Dakota Attorney General Bob Wefald is reportedly leading a statewide campaign against Measure 3, the ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana. Fargo TV station KVRR reported that a varietyContinue Reading

A record number of U.S.-based marijuana companies are turning to Canada to fund aggressive expansion in the United States and globally. The companies, which face investment constraints in the United States, are being lured by Canada’s cannabis-friendly capital markets and a growing appetite among international investors for American MJ assets.Continue Reading

President Donald Trump announced last month that the U.S. and Mexico have reached an agreement on a new trade deal to replace NAFTA — to be dubbed the United States-Mexico Trade Agreement. Trump and his Mexican counterpart, President Enrique Peña Nieto, hope the deal will be approved by lawmakers inContinue Reading

Inside the drug discovery lab at Ebbu, I peer into a cup that’s about the size of a Big Gulp at 7-Eleven to look closer at the slimy substance within. This cup isn’t holding an unreasonable amount of soda, it’s housing the makings of thousands of genetically identical hemp plants.Continue Reading