Member Blog: Four States Legalized Recreational Marijuana in November – Here’s What That Means for the Cannabis Industry
ArizonaMaineMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsMassachusettsMontanaNew Jersey December 7, 2020 0
By Aaron Rosenbluth, Director of Content at Hybrid Marketing Co. Voters in New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota, and Montana legalized recreational cannabis during November’s election. So, what comes next? Last month, Americans in four states voted to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis. If you live in Arizona, New Jersey, South... Read more
Marijuana delivery and cannabis “bars” gain traction in Denver
Marijuana Business, Stocks, Finance, & Investing December 7, 2020 0
Next year, Denverites may be able to have marijuana delivered to their homes if the city council adopts a new proposal to regulate delivery services. On Monday, the Division of Excise and Licenses unveiled drafts of three bills intended to overhaul the local industry and enable more people of... Read more
Market research firm: Lower CBD prices good for consumers, bad for brand loyalty
FeaturedIndustrial Hemp NewsMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics December 7, 2020 0
This session and other MJBizCon 2020 content is available on demand. Bethany Gomez Consumers are increasingly using hemp-CBD to help them through the coronavirus pandemic – and that could be in part due to heavy discounting from CBD brands. According to Bethany Gomez, managing director for Brightfield Group, a... Read more
How Black businesspeople were left out of Washington’s green gold rush after marijuana was legalized
Marijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana December 7, 2020 0
The news spread like wildfire: Basketball legend Shawn Kemp would break barriers by opening a Seattle cannabis retail store. The October news release proclaimed Kemp’s Cannabis would be the city’s first Black-owned retail cannabis store. But much like racial equity in the cannabis industry in general, the reality was... Read more
Bill decriminalizing marijuana ‘great step’ but ‘largely symbolic,’ says cannabis COO
Marijuana Industry News December 7, 2020 0
This week became historic for the “legalize marijuana” movement, with the House of Representatives passing the MORE Act by a vote of 228-164 on Friday. The bill would decriminalize cannabis and marks the first time that Congress has ever voted on the issue. The MORE Act would erase non-violent federal marijuana... Read more
4 Mistakes That Can Jeopardize Your Cannabis Grow Room Project
Marijuana Industry News December 7, 2020
Updated: 11:13 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Dec. 5 The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, H.R. 3884, to remove cannabis from the U.S. Controlled Substances Act. It passed 228-164. “We applaud the House of Representatives for passing meaningful legislation aimed at... Read more
5 Questions with Aaron Hook & Geoff Brown
Marijuana Industry News December 7, 2020
Updated: 11:13 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Dec. 5 The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, H.R. 3884, to remove cannabis from the U.S. Controlled Substances Act. It passed 228-164. “We applaud the House of Representatives for passing meaningful legislation aimed at... Read more
Updated: 11:13 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Dec. 5 The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, H.R. 3884, to remove cannabis from the U.S. Controlled Substances Act. It passed 228-164. “We applaud the House of Representatives for passing meaningful legislation aimed at... Read more
USDA will move on hemp regulations in 2021 but FDA will not, MJBizDaily CEO predicts
Industrial Hemp NewsMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics December 7, 2020 0
This session and other MJBizCon 2020 content is available on demand. New leadership at the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Biden administration will result in the agency “taking another look at looming rules for a nationwide hemp regulatory network,” said Chris Walsh, CEO and president of Hemp Industry... Read more
Dutch furniture maker launches carbon-negative hemp chair
Industrial Hemp NewsInternational NewsMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics December 7, 2020 0
Europe’s largest independent grower and processor of industrial hemp has teamed up with a Dutch bioplastics developer and a Dutch furniture manufacturer to make a recyclable, carbon-negative chair with a hemp fiber seat shell. Netherlands-based HempFlax was chosen by furniture producer VepaDrentea to contribute the raw material to its... Read more
