Here are some notable stories and events in the cannabis industry to watch for in the coming days. Marijuana Business This Week: Utah selects growers, CBD comment period ends, NJ to post MMJ apps & more is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabisContinue Reading
On Thursday, one biotechnology company in the San Francisco Bay Area announced that it had just completed a massive fundraising round and secured $50 million, thanks to the fact the company has genetically modified brewer’s yeast so that it can ferment sugar into cannabinoids. We first covered the early goingsContinue Reading
With fewer than 100 days to go before the lunch of Canada’s hotly-anticipated infused cannabis market, British Columbia’s government-run wholesaler has yet to issue a call for any new products. The BC Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) – the monopoly wholesale distributor of nonmedical cannabis in the province – said onContinue Reading
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Microbials such as powdery mildew and mold can be devastating for a cannabis grow and lead to decimated plants, lost time and money and even total eradication of the crop. There are stepsContinue Reading
It has been over two months now since I smoked my last joint, which for a serious smoker like me is a very long time. Almost a record — only broken by when I was in certain countries where the option was serious punishment (Indonesia) or it simply it wasContinue Reading
Plenty of Americans still don’t know the first thing about CBD, but that’s not stopping mainstream retailers from hawking it to consumers. The post American Eagle Jumps on the CBD Bandwagon appeared first on Leafly. Read More: American Eagle Jumps on the CBD BandwagonContinue Reading
The media has been known to misreport on cannabis information. Here’s another example, with Forbes’ latest article on a CBD study. The post That Alarming CBD Liver Damage Study Is Bunk—And the Media Should Know Better appeared first on Leafly. Read More: That Alarming CBD Liver Damage StudyContinue Reading
Jushi, a Florida-based marijuana company, closed an agreement to acquire Pennsylvania-based Franklin Bioscience in a $63 million deal. The purchase price for Franklin, which holds licenses for up to 12 medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania, is a combination of cash, debt and stock. Jushi entered into various acquisition agreements sinceContinue Reading
Alaska regulators rejected a cannabis retailer’s application to permit customers to consume marijuana on the store’s premises, delivering a setback to the industry’s first attempt to win approval for on-site consumption. The Marijuana Control Board voted 2-2 on the application request from The Fairbanks Cut, the Anchorage Daily News reported.Continue Reading
A visitor alerted police to what turned out to be 34 plants found by officers this week among the cultivated flowers that line the walkway in front of the Statehouse in Montpelier. The post In the Vermont Capitol’s Flower Beds: 34 Cannabis Plants appeared first on Leafly. ReadContinue Reading
