Advertising for legal marijuana companies may become a bit easier in the near future if a handful of members of Congress have their way. Eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch asking that the...
The founder of Mary's Medicinals, a Colorado medical marijuana company that produces infused products, has sued competitor RX Green, claiming its owner used underhanded tricks to put her out of business. Nicole Smith, founder and president of Mary's Medicinals,...
By John Schroyer Marijuana extracts and concentrates are perhaps the most cutting-edge niche of the entire cannabis industry, with technology, practices and products that are constantly evolving. Matt Gaboury worked in cannabis extraction for several years before...
If Australian states all legalize medical cannabis, the combined industry could be valued at upwards of $100 million, according to a research paper by the University of Sydney Business School. Though that may not seem like much - given that Colorado alone sold almost...
The U.S. definitely does not have a lock on the marijuana industry. Over the past two years, private companies from the United States have put roughly $50 million into the Israeli medical marijuana trade alone. Those tens of millions, according to Reuters, have gone...
Although an estimated 2,039 medical cannabis patients in New York have been ruled eligible to purchase marijuana under the state's law, only about half of those have actually made a purchase, a department of health spokesman told Politico. New York is one of several...
The "financially ailing" cousin of Las Vegas - North Las Vegas - is perhaps poised to be revitalized by the cannabis trade. The city, which is much more run-down and off the beaten track from the downtown strip where most tourists play these days, has drawn at least...
A cannabis company that hooked up with Julian Marley, son of the late legendary reggae musician Bob Marley, is being sued by one of its co-owners for breach of contract. Colorado-based Dropleaf, which offers a line of marijuana products called JuJu Royal, failed to...
For Colorado banks that do business with marijuana-related clients, life got a little easier last week. The state's banking division announced that it will no longer require financial institutions to duplicate suspicious activity reports, or SARS, Colorado if they've...
A new survey conducted in February has found that a record high number of Americans now support full legalization of cannabis. A whopping 61% of respondents agreed with the statement that "the use of marijuana should be made legal," according to the poll, which was...
The city of Juneau, Alaska's state capital, has handed out what may be the first recreational marijuana business permit in the state. The Juneau Planning Commission gave the green light this week to a conditional use permit to Fireweed Factory, a grow operation that...
By John Schroyer BioTrackTHC, one of the most prominent cannabis software firms in the country, is under fire from commercial cannabis growers who say the inventory tracking platform it developed for Washington State is costing them time and money. A group of growers...
