Month: January 2019 (Page 34)

More than a million pounds of marijuana flooded an oversaturated Oregon market last October, keeping prices low and further straining burdened cannabis businesses. Oregon’s marijuana cultivators harvested more than 2.5 million pounds of wet cannabis last October, with 1.3 million pounds of “usable” marijuana entered into the state MJ trackingContinue Reading

Premier is an Israel-based company that makes cosmetics. Central to the company’s brand identity is the Dead Sea, and the idea that cosmetic products involving “minerals” from the ancient, salty lake are somehow age-defying or skin-preserving. But in the event the appeal of the Dead Sea wasn’t enough for health-conscious consumers, theContinue Reading

Bermuda is lifting a regulatory ban on marijuana investment funds, a move that could grow the pool of international capital for the legal cannabis industry and blaze a trail for other offshore centers to follow suit. The move is part of the British island territory’s plan to court the medical marijuanaContinue Reading

TILT Holdings, a Massachusetts company specializing in cannabis technology, cultivation and support solutions, agreed to acquire Jupiter Research, a Phoenix-based vaporization technology business, for $210 million. TILT CEO Alex Coleman said in a news release the acquisition “is paramount to our goal of consolidating and centralizing services for all industry verticals:Continue Reading

When it comes down to it, consumer interest is showing that not much beats the convenience and discreet vaping ability of a good pre-loaded vape pen. According to BDS Analytics, vape pens continued to be one of the fastest rising markets last year, as vape sales only followed flower sales when itContinue Reading

We often think about the marijuana industry as this sleeping giant, but it’s really just a baby. This space so many of us have chosen is still in its infancy, and the choices we make today — as consumers and as cannabis professionals — have the power to impact the future ofContinue Reading