Marijuana is emerging among California’s vineyards, offering promise and concern
CaliforniaUncategorized October 15, 2018
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, Calif. — It is the fall harvest here in this fertile stretch of oaks and hills that produces some of the country’s best wine. This season, though, workers also are plucking the sticky, fragrant flowers of a new crop. Marijuana is emerging among the vineyards, not... Read more
After 5 code officers lawyer up, city probes whether top officials protected cannabis businesses
CaliforniaUncategorized October 15, 2018
ADELANTO — Five current city code enforcement officers, including the department’s supervisor, say Mayor Rich Kerr and new City Manager Jessie Flores have illegally shielded commercial cannabis cultivators from inspection and enforcement. The protection, they add, goes beyond stand-down orders. It extends into the more serious charges of making... Read more
North Coast cannabis marketplace sees surge among health and wellness users
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized October 15, 2018
The legalization of cannabis for recreational use this year has brought new consumers into the fold of the multibillion-dollar retail marketplace in California — but not all are looking to get high. In fact, the easing of the stigma over cannabis has caused a surge this year of people... Read more
How Cannabis is Already Replacing Opioids for Pain Management
October 15, 2018
Lukas Barfield October 15th, 2018 It has long been known medical cannabis helps with pain management. From acute sharp short term pain, to chronic, deeper more long lasting pain, multiple studies have shown cannabis can replace opioids for pain management and help suffering patients live more normal lives.... Read more
Marguerite Arnold October 15th, 2018 Cannabis has now entered the highest levels of the European Union’s political debate. So much so that production (albeit of the illicit kind) in one country, Albania, is now being used by some members of the EU in Brussels to refuse the country’s... Read more
TerrAscend Expands into the US Market
October 15, 2018
Ryan Allway October 15th, 2018 TerrAscend Corp. (CSE: TER) (“TerrAscend” or the “Company”) today announced that the Company intends to explore and pursue growth opportunities in the US, including potential acquisitions of operators in states that have legalized cannabis for therapeutic or adult-use. The Company has identified acquisition... Read more
Cresco Labs Looks to Go Public via Reverse Takeover
October 15, 2018
Ryan Allway October 15th, 2018 Randsburg International Gold Corp. (“Randsburg” or the “Company”) announced that, on October 9, 2018, it entered into a binding letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with leading Chicago-based cannabis company Cresco Labs, LLC (“Cresco”). The Letter Agreement outlines the proposed terms and... Read more
Green Acre Capital Looks to Deploy $75M GACF II Fund
October 15, 2018
Disclaimer: Matters discussed on this website contain forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Emerging Growth LLC dba TDM Financial, which owns CannabisFN, is not... Read more
Cannabis Tax Crimes: Don’t Even Think About It
OregonUncategorized October 15, 2018
Today let’s talk about Matthew Price, the Oregon marijuana businessman headed to jail for tax crimes. This story got a lot of coverage when it broke last month, partly because it was the first known tax-related prosecution for a licensed pot business owner, and partly because Price was fairly... Read more
Paying Cannabis Employees Equally Under the Oregon Equal Pay Act: Part 1
OregonUncategorized October 14, 2018
Back in 2017, the Oregon legislature passed equal pay legislation prohibiting employers from asking applicants about compensation history. The law is known as the Equal Pay Act. This law, like other employment laws, applies to cannabis businesses. The equal pay provision of the law goes into effect on January... Read more
