Finalist for Illinois marijuana dispensary licenses also works for firm that graded applications
Hamd Kamal is a risk management consultant for KPMG, which is being paid nearly $4.2 million through a no-bid contract with the state to evaluate applicants. An employee of the global accounting firm that was awarded a no-bid contract to grade applications for the state’s next round of pot... Read more
There’s No Link Between Legal Marijuana And Car-Related Pedestrian Deaths
When states legalize marijuana for adult-use or medicinal purposes, new research states it is not connected with increases in pedestrian fatality rates. Investigators at the University of Minnesota found that legalization was actually associated with declines in overall motor vehicle-related deaths. The study, published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention, analyzed... Read more

Two Marijuana Stocks That Could Be September Picks September has gotten off…

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Namaste Announces Agreement with Lifted Innovations Namaste Technologies Inc. (“Namaste” or the…

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Alkaline88® Adds New Natural and Organic Products Distributor, Valu Merchandisers Company (VMC);…

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Why Aren’t Investors Paying Attention to Canadian Marijuana Stocks?   In the…

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Oregon’s marijuana businesses face threat from devastating wildfires; 1 in 5 under some evacuation level statewide
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
Missouri medical marijuana faces further delay as no testing facilities are approved
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
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