Recreational marijuana shops in Massachusetts have racked up nearly $24 million in sales since the initial ones opened two months ago. That’s according to the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), the state’s marijuana regulatory agency, which also this week issued its 100th recreational marijuana business license and moved three shops closerContinue Reading
U.S.-affiliated medical cannabis companies dominated Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) fundraising in 2018, raising nearly $2 billion through 50 equity-related deals. As of December 2018, 47% of the 124 cannabis-related companies trading on the CSE were based in the United States or had U.S. assets or interests. Cannabis-related companies in theContinue Reading
The sativa hybrid Lemon Meringue is trending. Plus, Rams v. Pats, Puppy Bowl, and Weezer’s Teal Album. Quick, Hit This! The post The Leafly Weekly Agenda for Jan. 28-Feb. 3 appeared first on Leafly. Read More: The Leafly Weekly Agenda for Jan. 28-Feb. 3Continue Reading
More than half of the cannabis site applications in Canada had not transitioned to the new licensing system as of the end of 2018, meaning their applications are effectively in regulatory limbo and not being scrutinized by the country’s cannabis regulator. Only 409 of the 839 cannabis site applications inContinue Reading
Centuries after George Washington forced hundreds of slaves to work in the hemp fields on his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia and more than eight decades after the U.S. government made the plant an extension of its outlaw crusade on cannabis, industrial hemp is being legally cultivated once again onContinue Reading
When California marijuana dispensary owner Chris Jennings decided to apply for a cultivation license in 2016, he helped organize a meeting for growers to discuss water and other natural resource regulations with several city and county officials. Navigating environmental rules needn’t be messy for cannabis growers is a post from:Continue Reading
Smokebuddy launched in 2008 with the mission to help tobacco and cannabis smokers keep their smoke to themselves. The personal air filter spares others from inhaling secondhand smoke and the dangerous toxins in it. It contains a carbon filter that, when used correctly, eliminates up to 90 percent of smokeContinue Reading
For the American marijuana industry, no prize visible on the horizon yet to have been conquered is as alluring as New York. New York has the country’s biggest city, a tourist mecca that is also a hub for culture, media, and finance. It has a governor, Andrew Cuomo, who needsContinue Reading
If you’re at home or chilling with your buds, smelling and looking bright-eyed right after smoking probably isn’t your top priority. What’s a little skunk among friends? But if you’re forced out into the world immediately post-sesh, it might be something that crosses your radar. Let’s be honest, it isContinue Reading
The three owners of the shuttered Sweet Leaf dispensary chain and cannabis grower in Colorado were each sentenced to one year in prison Friday for their roles in an illegal, multimillion-dollar sales scheme in what Denver officials called the first local prosecution of a legal marijuana enterprise in the United States.Continue Reading
