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Rights Groups, Unions Call for Ending Marijuana Prohibition

Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News June 5, 2019 0

A coalition of major civil rights organizations, labor unions and other groups is calling on Congress to completely remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and divert revenue to communities that have been harmed by the enforcement of cannabis prohibition. “Pass legislation de-scheduling marijuana with racial equity and justice... Read more

Marijuana: A $166 Billion Market?

Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News Recreational Marijuana May 2, 2019 0

This is the most aggressive peak annual sales estimate to date by Wall Street. Marijuana may be “just a plant,” but it has Wall Street and investors seeing green and grinning ear to ear at its long-term growth potential. Long considered a taboo topic, cannabis has forced its way... Read more

Cannabis, Marijuana, Weed, Pot? Just Call It a Job Machine

Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana Recreational Marijuana April 27, 2019 0

David Dancer is a 48-year-old marketing executive who has worked for big brands like Charles Schwab and Teleflora. A year ago, he got a call from a recruiter for a different kind of company: MedMen, a cannabis retailer that has been called “the Apple Store of weed.” The opening... Read more

How Trump Government Shutdown Threat Could Affect Marijuana

Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News April 25, 2019 0

President Donald Trump is threatening to shut down the government if Democrats refuse billions of dollars in funding for a border wall — but the consequences of that action would extend far beyond border security. WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump threatens gov’t shutdown in heated meeting with Dem leaders over... Read more

US authorities: Marijuana involvement imperils citizenship

Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News Recreational Marijuana April 22, 2019 0

Immigration authorities on Friday said that anyone with any involvement with marijuana, regardless of whether it’s legal in the state where they live, can be denied citizenship because the drug is still illegal under federal law. The announcement comes weeks after officials in Colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal,... Read more

How Fast is the Marijuana Industry Growing?

Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News Uncategorized April 13, 2019

The marijuana industry has been shifting quite rapidly over the course of the past several years. With so many changes in legislation and the opinion of the public, it seems as though the marijuana market of the future is extremely bright. Right now, however, it seems as though the industry is working to fill itself […]

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The marijuana industry looks like the fastest-growing job market in the country

Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana Recreational Marijuana March 21, 2019 0

At a time when the rest of the labor market appears to be tightening up, the marijuana industry is just getting started when it comes to job creation, according to a recent report. Pot manufacturers and distributors, on both the recreational and medicinal sides, saw massive job creation in... Read more

Colorado Cannabis Wants To Go Public, But Not Everyone Is Onboard

Colorado Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News February 23, 2019 0

Colorado used to be on top of the cannabis world. As legalization spreads both in the U.S. and abroad, a lack of investor capital here could be the industry’s undoing. “Now we are chasing the wagon,” said Dean Heizer, the executive director and chief legal strategist of LivWell. “And we need... Read more

Growing Marijuana Industry Struggles To Attract Employees Of Color

Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana Recreational Marijuana February 21, 2019 0

As marijuana becomes legal around the country, blacks and Latinos are often left out of new business opportunities. Advocates say people of color are often reluctant to join the growing legal marijuana economy because they were targeted far more often than whites during the war on drugs. Studies show... Read more

Cannabis May Qualify for Study Grants as ‘Natural Product’

Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News January 10, 2019 0

Federally funded research into marijuana seems to be escalating, with one government agency recently posting a roundup of current “cannabinoid-related funding opportunities” for studies investigating the plant’s therapeutic potential. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) on Dec. 8, 2018, shared a list of four research grant... Read more