The U.S. has notoriously fallen behind when it comes to legalizing cannabis. Because of this, many statewide markets have found it extremely difficult to run efficiently. A series of news has been showing that this is changing into the near future. While most of this is still very much up in the air, it seems […]
There is little doubt that today’s cannabis industry offers career and entrepreneurial opportunities for women in ways surpassing those of other commercial enterprises. Just look at the number of women executives in today’s canna businesses. According to recent statistics, that number hovers around 27 percent, while women executives make... Read more
By Richard Fama and Kristin Keehan The passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, commonly known as the “Farm Bill”, removed hemp and all of its cannabinoids, including CBD, from the Controlled Substances Act.However, excitement over the passage of this legislation was quickly tempered by the Food and... Read more
Yet, despite irrationally exuberant investment in cannabis and industrial hemp growing, processing and sale, massive unrealized early stage funding opportunity exists for tackling environmental issues including organic and hazardous waste collection, processing and disposal. Other than death and taxes, life’s only certainty is waste. Yet, despite irrationally exuberant investment... Read more
One of these unseen yet paramount dangers for a cannabis brand is ineffective online youth safety efforts. In this era of social media and messaging apps, do you know that in California, companies cannot communicate with people under 21 in any way? Similarly, most U.S. states and Canada implemented... Read more
An appellate court has sided with a Florida medical cannabis business, once again delivering a blow to the law directing the state’s medical cannabis market. Tampa-based Florigrown sued the state after it was denied a medical cannabis business license. In 2016, Florida voters approved medical cannabis legalization; state legislators... Read more
TORONTO, July 15, 2019 /CNW/ – PRESS RELEASE – Flower One Holdings Inc. officially welcomes Kellen O’Keefe to the team as chief strategy officer. O’Keefe hails most recently from MedMen Enterprises, a cannabis retailer and brand. As the senior vice president of business development of MedMen, he was instrumental... Read more
TORONTO, July 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) –PRESS RELEASE — Aleafia Health Inc. has announced that on July 12, 2019, Aleafia Health’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Aleafia Farms Inc., secured a License Amendment under Health Canada’s Cannabis Regulations authorizing cannabis cultivation for the entirety of the company’s Port Perry Outdoor Grow facility. The... Read more
TORONTO, July 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) –PRESS RELEASE — Aleafia Health Inc. has announced that on July 12, 2019, Aleafia Health’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Aleafia Farms Inc., secured a License Amendment under Health Canada’s Cannabis Regulations authorizing cannabis cultivation for the entirety of the company’s Port Perry Outdoor Grow facility. The... Read more
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