Day: March 15, 2021

Regulated recreational marijuana stores are coming to untapped Colorado markets after pro-marijuana ballot wins last November. Voters in eight Colorado municipalities voted in last November’s election to allow recreational marijuana sales in the 2020 election, and the first store of the new crop has already launched, according to Denver alt-weeklyContinue Reading

With the burgeoning market for CBD, it is no wonder hemp cultivation has taken off in many US states. But successfully growing this crop means finding the right conditions, as some growers in Arizona are discovering the hard way. Last summer, about 85 percent of drip-irrigated industrial hemp plants inContinue Reading

Recreational users have been recommended to wait at least seven hours after inhaling cannabis before engaging in driving or other safety-sensitive tasks. But a new review of clinical studies looking only at medical cannabis users concludes the duration of impairment lasts less than four hours, a finding that has significantContinue Reading

Kelowna, BC-based Vitalis Extraction Technology believes it has discovered a new approach to cannabis extraction that will cut operational costs and significantly lower the time needed to produce extracts from both marijuana and hemp. Not yet patented, the Vitalis Cosolvent Injection System (CIS) injects a controlled amount of ethanol intoContinue Reading

New York-based Greenrose Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, entered into definitive agreements to acquire four marijuana businesses in a deal initially valued at $210 million. The companies to be acquired are Futureworks (doing business as The Health Center), Shango Holdings, Theraplant and True Harvest. The four companies combinedContinue Reading