Day: September 15, 2020

Maine regulators licensed the state’s first recreational marijuana manufacturing facility along with  two adult-use cannabis stores to begin sales when the market launches Oct. 9. According to the Portland Press Herald, Sea Smoke Extracts in Auburn will supply extracted products to South Portland retail store Seaweed Co. as part ofContinue Reading

In order for a prescription drug to reach the market, it must be extensively studied, first in animal and then in human clinical trials. Safety, efficacy, and risks must be determined. But as anyone who has seen a commercial for a prescription drug knows, there are still side effects. ThereContinue Reading

Hemp foods and hemp snacks come with the benefits of cannabis without the high. Find out which hemp snacks taste the best, sober and stoned. The post The best hemp snacks: sober vs. stoned appeared first on Leafly. Read More: The best hemp snacks: sober vs. stonedContinue Reading

Holistic Industries, a Maryland-based multistate cannabis operator, said it raised $35 million in debt financing to fund cultivation and processing build-outs as well as new licensing and distressed asset opportunities. The funding round was led by Virginia-based specialty financing company Altmore Capital. The financing comes as marijuana capital markets beginContinue Reading

A state judge dismissed a lawsuit against Everett, Washington-based marijuana vaporizer company Canna Brand Solutions for allegedly causing a vaping-related lung illness. Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Schwartz wrote in his ruling that the claims “shall be voluntarily dismissed without prejudice and without costs or fees to any ofContinue Reading

Consumer packaged goods veteran Shai Altman took the reins of Zenabis earlier this month as the cannabis producer’s fourth chief executive within the past two years. The struggling Vancouver, British Columbia-based company announced Altman’s appointment in July. Altman previously served as president of McCain Foods, a Canadian multinational frozen foodContinue Reading