Day: May 7, 2019

“The day that Coca-Cola enters the cannabis industry” has long been the sort of specter that activists and investors alike have conjured to symbolize the arrival of the corporate hoard to the legal weed party, a specter that marches alongside “the day the suits from Goldman Sachs arrive” and “theContinue Reading

Retired NBA star turned cannabis entrepreneur Al Harrington joins the show to talk about Viola—both the brand he leads and grandma that inspired him to start it.  The post What Are You Smoking Episode 80: Viola CEO Al Harrington appeared first on Leafly. Read More: What Are YouContinue Reading

There has been a lot of gossip going around over the past few months surrounding the timeline for Congress to finally legalize marijuana nationwide. Some optimists believe that 2019 will be the year it happens, since the Democrats finally have control of the U.S. House and President Trump, perhaps duringContinue Reading

A bipartisan group of 30 members of Congress on Tuesday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr and Uttam Dhillion, the acting administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, urging their agencies to speed research into medical marijuana instead of impeding it. Specifically, the lawmakers asked the agencies to approve at leastContinue Reading

With Europe fast becoming a cornerstone in the global medical marijuana industry, business leaders from dozens of countries descended on Copenhagen to discuss emerging opportunities in the burgeoning market. Capital markets, partnerships and more were on the docket Monday at Marijuana Business Daily’s inaugural European Cannabis Symposium in Denmark, one ofContinue Reading

Denver-based MJardin Group reported revenue for 2018 of 27.5 million Canadian dollars ($20.4 million), up 38% over revenue in 2017. The marijuana company recorded a net loss for 2018 of CA$84.3 million, compared with a year-ago profit of CA$1.5 million, primarily stemming from losses connected to Canadian cultivation operations. MJardinContinue Reading