A group of investors interested in the medical marijuana industry gathered in Denver yesterday for a meeting spearheaded by CDS Management Services, Vicente Consulting, Centennial Seeds and CSSB Private Bank. The turnout was strong, with several dozen people on hand...
I attended the Mile High Kush Expo over the weekend, and I was quite surprised by the makeup of the exhibitor pool. I was expecting a solid mix of vendors/suppliers and dispensaries, but there was a noticeable lack of participation by the latter group. Most of the...
It’s been a busy week on the meetings and networking front. I’m quickly learning that there’s no shortage of opportunities to meet others in this industry here in Denver, which many regard as the capital of the nation's medical marijuana scene. You’d certainly get...
You’ve got your marijuana-infused brownies, candies, lasagna and pizza. But what do you offer patients who prefer to take their medicine the old-fashioned way (in liquid form)? In the past year, a few companies have introduced THC-spiked beverages in the market,...
If you're looking to grow and sell pot for medical purposes in California, you might want to shell out about $10 for this audio tutorial on iTunes. We were a bit skeptical about the quality and usefulness of the product - developed by Westin Bros. Publishing and...
Tonight we’ll be attending a meeting in Denver organized by the Medical Marijuana Industry Group, better known as MMIG, to chat with some industry players and learn more about the legal landscape for the sector in Colorado. The group hosts monthly meetings to give its...
We interviewed a dispensary owner in Denver last Friday for a future piece in our online publication and was shocked at the costs involved in this business. "I'm sitting here looking at a wall of bills right now, and I have about $70,000 due soon," the owner said at...
Partnerships with key suppliers? Check. Attorney? Check. Security system? Check. Raid insurance? Che….wait, what? There’s a whole host of things you need to start – and to continue operating – a medical marijuana dispensary. You might want to add "pot raid coverage"...
Here’s an interesting development on the legal front: Two dispensary owners in Montana are suing the federal government over raids conducted earlier this year, claiming that the moves were unconstitutional, "exceeded the government's authority and pre-empted the...
As if you didn’t already have enough to worry about, given the oft-changing regulations and procedures, public misconceptions and – the biggie – complicated and confusing legal issues tied to medical marijuana. Now, you have to deal with a new headache on the customer...
Two of the nation’s largest and most influential unions are quickly carving a niche in the medical marijuana industry - a move that could benefit dispensary owners. Several employee groups in the sector have unionized under the Teamsters and the United Food and...
It’s been a wild few weeks in the medical marijuana industry, to say the least. If you own or work for a dispensary – or you’re a supplier to the industry – you must be sweating bullets. The federal government is sending a host of mixed signals, as this New York Times...
