By Eric Sklar, CEO and Co-founder of Napa Valley Fumé I’m a serial entrepreneur and my roots in Napa Valley run deep. I’ve been a cultivator in this beautiful terroir for over 40 years, initially as a wine guy from a family of growers and makers, and now as... Read more
In a downer for California’s legal marijuana industry, regulators say some highway billboards advertising such products must come down. The state Bureau of Cannabis Control on Thursday ordered billboard companies to stop selling space for cannabis marketing and take down existing ads on roads that cross state borders. Previously,... Read more
California voters legalized marijuana in 2016, positioning the state as a national leader on drug reform. The Adult Use of Marijuana Act, or Proposition 64, allows Californians to purchase and consume regulated cannabis products. For many, buying weed has now become as routine as buying groceries. Yet one important promise... Read more
by Michelle Rutter Friberg, NCIA’s Deputy Director of Government Relations Photo By CannabisCamera.com Last week, I wrote about what to expect during the 117th Congress. This week, I want to highlight the incoming Biden Administration, and the various agencies and Cabinet officials that could affect cannabis policy going forward... Read more
Harborside Inc. Announces C$20 Million Private Placement of Equity Units and Provides 2021 Outlook Strong Institutional Support with Lead Order from Entourage Effect Capital to Support 2021 Financial Targets OAKLAND, Calif. and TORONTO, Jan. 19, 2021 /CNW/ – Harborside Inc. (“Harborside”, or the “Company”) (CSE: HBOR), (OTCQX: HBORF), a... Read more
California lawmakers will be faced again with the long-debated question of whether to allow hemp extracts in food and beverages in the state when the legislative session opens Monday, but this time the proposal comes with a twist: The measure would also ban smokable hemp flower – an increasingly popular... Read more
Columbia Care Expands Southern California Presence Through Acquisition of The Healing Center San Diego One of the Leading Dispensaries in San Diego, The Healing Center Strengthens Columbia Care’s Vertical Operations in the World’s Largest Cannabis Market NEW YORK, January 07, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Columbia Care Inc. (NEO: CCHW) (CSE: CCHW) (OTCQX:... Read more
California’s new warning label as it appears on a La Vida Verde cannabis product. (Photo courtesy of La Vida Verde) A version of this story first appeared at Marijuana Business Daily. California’s hemp-derived CBD manufacturers are at risk of legal “whiplash,” one industry attorney says, after a new mandate... Read more
