California Hemp Cultivation: It’s Complicated

Our California hemp lawyers regularly get asked about the laws and regulations about growing hemp in California, manufacturing hemp products, and shipping those products around the country. I’ve written about the various hemp laws in California and how confusing they are previously (see here and here). Those posts, however, were more geared towards the manufacture…

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Canopy Growth and DNA Genetics Extend and Expand Relationship

Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) (NYSE: CGC), a world-leading, diversified cannabis company and OG DNA Genetics, a globally recognized cannabis brand, are pleased to announce today they have signed an agreement to extend and expand upon their previously announced partnership through to 2024.

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Design & Construction Considerations for Cultivation and Processing Operations: Part One
By Laura Breit & Dylan Carey Process equals product when it comes to designing and building a cannabis cultivation or processing operation. A well-executed design and construction process will result in a well-functioning and well-built facility that will yield great product. All too often, growers and processors go through the... Read more
Marketing a Cannabis Company for Sale, Part 4
Part 4: Confirm Deal Terms In the series “Marketing a Cannabis Company for Sale,” Dena Jalbert, walks through the nuances and intricacies involved in preparing a business for sale in the cannabis industry. This article, “Part 4: Confirm Deal Terms,” is part four of a five-part series.  At this point... Read more
Legal marijuana for N.J. takes a huge step forward. We now expect final votes next week.
New Jersey took another big step toward legal weed on Monday, as two state legislative committees approved a new bill that would legalize recreational marijuana in the Garden State, setting up historic votes in the full state Legislature next week. The committees took hours to vote after lawmakers wrangled... Read more
Pennsylvania Senators Unveil Recreational Marijuana Bill
Recreational marijuana just got one step closer to being legalized, after two Pennsylvania senators unveiled a new bill. Senator Daylin Leach, and co-author, Senator Sharif Street are circulating their latest proposal, Senate Bill 350, to colleagues for co-sponsorship. The bill would allow anyone 21 and older to use recreational marijuana in... Read more
urban-gro Co-Hosts ‘Network For Change’ Fundraiser for Veteran’s Ananda
Funds Will Go to Support, Heal, Rehabilitate US Armed Services Members, Vets, and First Responders FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lafayette, Colo., (March 19, 2019) – urban-gro, Inc., a leading agricultural solution and technology company that works with commercial cannabis cultivators around the world, announced that it will be co-hosting Network For... Read more
Hemp cultivators turn to tissue culture to increase propagation levels, preserve genetics
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the March issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Hemp cultivators have long relied on cloning as a way to propagate plant inventory and preserve their genetics, but the practice of taking a rooted cutting from a mother plant may be... Read more
Grassroots Cannabis Announces Closing of US $90M Capital Raise
Ryan Allway March 19th, 2019 CHICAGO, March 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Grassroots Cannabis (“Grassroots” or the “Company”), a cannabis company that grows, processes and sells cannabis through its multi-state, vertically integrated business model announces the successful completion of its first capital raise of $90,000,000 at the GR Companies Inc.... Read more
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