by Lisa Jordan, VP of Marketing, Canna AdvisorsNCIA’s Marketing and Advertising Committee, Social Justice Subcommittee As support for legalization continues to climb and speculation of “cannabis reform” at the federal level continues to swirl, one critical opportunity stands to be lost in the fray of voices and messages: Social... Read more
Liberty Health Sciences Inc. (CSE: LHS) (OTCQX: LHSIF), a provider of high quality cannabis, announced today the planned opening this week of three of its newest Cannabis Education Center (CEC) dispensaries in Winter Haven, FL; Palm Harbor, FL, and Merritt Island, FL featuring free 24-hour delivery service throughout... Read more
Some Canadian hemp farmers want to see their country capitalize on hemp’s trendiness by starting an agency to promote the plant’s health benefits and research better ways to grow it. The farmers want to tax their hemp sales at 0.5%, with the money going to fund promotions and research, similar to... Read more
A batch of hempseeds in Oregon billed as CBD-rich females that turned out to be neither feminized nor high in the cannabinoid has led to a $21.2 million lawsuit. That’s how much six people say they lost after the seeds resulted in inferior plants, leading to the lawsuit against three... Read more
Hemp changes don’t garner public attention the same way marijuana questions do, but ballot measures in a few key states could have a big impact on those markets. Voters in Colorado, the nation’s top-producing hemp state, will decide Nov. 6 whether to change the state constitution to make it... Read more
A backlog of cannabis license applications has no doubt happened in almost all of the other states that have medical and adult use licensing. You wouldn’t normally think this is such a big or concerning development, but in cannabis licensing delays can mean angry investors, a complete 180 for your business plans and even insolvency….
This is the second post in a series on various aspects of cannabis litigation. The title is admittedly a bit misleading, as arbitration isn’t really the same thing as litigation. That said, the two can intersect, and so understanding what arbitration is and is not, is important for cannabis businesses. After all, many contracts in…
TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2018 /CNW/ – 48North Cannabis Corp. (“48North” or the “Company”) (TSXV:NRTH) and 2599708 Ontario Inc. (“Good & Green”) have entered into a letter agreement that became binding on October 29, 2018, whereby 48North will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of privately-held Good &... Read more
Ryan Allway October 30th, 2018 Cresco Labs, one of the largest vertically integrated multi-state cannabis operators in the United States, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FloraMedex, a premier Illinois medical cannabis dispensary located in the Chicago suburb of Elmwood Park. This will... Read more
Ryan Allway October 30th, 2018 News, Top News Canada may have legalized adult-use cannabis on October 17, but that doesn’t mean consumers are able to purchase the drug. According to Bloomberg, there are widespread shortages across the country, despite an ample supply of licensed producers awaiting approval from... Read more
Aphria to commence trading on the NYSE on November 2 
