Illinois Marijuana Sales Break Another Record, With $61 Million Sold In July
IllinoisMarijuana Industry News August 4, 2020 0
CHICAGO (CBS) — While many businesses have been struggling to survive during the pandemic, Illinois pot dispensaries have continued to thrive, setting another sales record in July. The $61 million in recreational marijuana sales last month represented a 28% increase over June, when Illinois had $47.6 million in sales,... Read more
Thailand plans to widen medical marijuana production
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana August 4, 2020 0
Thailand’s cabinet approved amendments on Tuesday to its narcotics act to allow private production and sale of marijuana for medical use, officials said With a tradition of using the leaf to relieve pain and fatigue, Thailand became the first Southeast Asian nation to legalise marijuana in 2017 for medical... Read more
Massachusetts marijuana regulators asked to revisit recreational delivery, telehealth
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana August 4, 2020 0
The legal market is still taking shape nearly four years since voters legalized marijuana in Massachusetts, and rules around home delivery of cannabis and access options for medical patients were at the center of the latest round of push-and-pull on Monday between the industry, medical patients and regulators. Aspiring... Read more
Proposed Settlement Could End Dispute Over Nevada’s Cannabis Licenses
Marijuana Industry News August 4, 2020
The U.S. House of Representatives is planning a floor vote on the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, legislation that would federally decriminalize cannabis by removing it from the Controlled Substances Act, and cannabis industry stakeholders are taking notice. “It’s a fairly comprehensive piece of legislation, talking about... Read more
TC Controls Hires Glenn Gould as Director of Business Development
Marijuana Industry News August 4, 2020
Sampling cannabis or hemp for testing is a crucial part of the system that confers confidence to consumers purchasing those products. But, like much in the cannabis and hemp worlds, how cannabis and hemp cultivators select samples relies on an inconsistent patchwork of state laws. ASTM International’s Committee on... Read more
Worcester, MA – July 7th – PRESS RELEASE – Glenn Gould, TC Controls’ newly appointed Director of Business Development, brings years of experience within construction-based engineering sales and sales management. Gould holds a B.S. in Facilities Planning & Management from Wentworth Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the... Read more
Massachusetts Cannabis Companies Can Retest, Sell Previously Quarantined Vaping Products
Marijuana Industry News August 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: This article was updated from its previous version at 4 p.m. Aug. 4, 2020. More than 600,000 vaping products quarantined in Massachusetts last year can now be retested and sold or reclaimed and repurposed into other products if they meet safety standards, according to a Aug. 3... Read more
Editor’s Note: This article was updated from its previous version at 4 p.m. Aug. 4, 2020. More than 600,000 vaping products quarantined in Massachusetts last year can now be retested and sold or reclaimed and repurposed into other products if they meet safety standards, according to a Aug. 3... Read more
Editor’s Notebook: Federal CBD inaction forcing industry to self-regulate to fight illicit competitors
FeaturedIndustrial Hemp NewsMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics August 4, 2020 0
Kristen Nichols (This is an abridged version of a column that appears in the August issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) It isn’t just the guys and gals making high-THC products who confront illicit competition. Hemp entrepreneurs see it, too. The fact was driven home recently when a CBD manufacturer I... Read more
Canadian, Australian firms team up to market CBD products in Asia-Pacific
Industrial Hemp NewsInternational NewsMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics August 4, 2020 0
A major greenhouse grower based in Canada has inked an agreement to buy part of a cannabinoid seller in Australia to support its ambitions of entering the CBD market in the Asia-Pacific region. Village Farms International, a grower with greenhouses and partner greenhouses in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico... Read more
