Southern Oregon wildfires this week have plowed through small towns, leveled hundreds of homes and businesses and now threatens part of the state’s prized – and lucrative – outdoor cannabis crop. Statewide, an estimated 20 percent of state-licensed marijuana businesses – roughly 408 – face some level of evacuation,... Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nearly two years after voters approved medical marijuana in Missouri, it’s still not available for purchase. Though some dispensaries are now officially open and product has been grown, there are still no operational facilities, which are required to test the product. The lights are hung,... Read more
September 8, 2020, Frederick, MD – PRESS RELEASE – A2LA is pleased to announce the accreditation of Viridis Laboratories to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for cannabis testing. Viridis, based in Lansing, Mich., is A2LA’s first cannabis testing laboratory accredited in the state of Michigan. “Our company is incredibly proud of achieving this... Read more
To quote Kenneth Morrow in his piece “What to do with Surplus Cannabis” from Cannabis Business Times’ August 2020 issue: Health Canada, the federal agency that oversees the country’s cannabis producers, reported that as of April 2020, licensed producers (LPs) held in excess of 600,000 kilograms of unpackaged dried cannabis... Read more
LOS ANGELES AND IRVINE – September 10, 2020 – ManifestSeven (“M7” or the “Company”), California’s first integrated omnichannel platform for legal cannabis, today announced it closed on an aggregate of $10.2 million in gross proceeds raised via three private placements of equity and convertible debt in 2020. “Today’s announcement is... Read more
A House committee on Wednesday approved key piece of marijuana research legislation that, among other things, would allow scientists to finally study cannabis from state-legal dispensaries. In general, the bill would accomplish two goals: First, it would establish a simplified registration process for researchers interested in studying cannabis, in part... Read more
A House committee on Wednesday approved key piece of marijuana research legislation that, among other things, would allow scientists to finally study cannabis from state-legal dispensaries. In general, the bill would accomplish two goals: First, it would establish a simplified registration process for researchers interested in studying cannabis, in part... Read more
A House committee on Wednesday approved key piece of marijuana research legislation that, among other things, would allow scientists to finally study cannabis from state-legal dispensaries. In general, the bill would accomplish two goals: First, it would establish a simplified registration process for researchers interested in studying cannabis, in part... Read more
