A medical marijuana patient in Saskatoon, Canada, has filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission after police raided and closed an unlicensed Saskatoon medical marijuana dispensary on Oct. 29. Anderson said the...
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Oregon Power Providers Point Finger at Cannabis Grows
A pair of Oregon power companies say that legal indoor marijuana cultivation businesses are taking Oregon’s electrical grid above capacity and are behind several transformer blowouts over the last year. Now, utility companies are asking cannabis growers to consult...
NY Cannabis Real Estate Company Lands $25 Million
Kalyx Development, a Manhattan real estate company that leases properties to indoor cannabis growers and also provides consulting services for property renovations, announced Friday that it has closed a $25 million round of equity funding. ...
Colorado City Giving Hemp Firm $5M in Incentives
The city of Pueblo, Colorado, is giving an upstart company a package of incentives worth $4.89 million to buy equipment and transform a long-shuttered former Boeing plant into a large CBD and hemp processing facility. The deal marks the first time a city has backed a...
Cannabis Social Network Clears First Hurdle to Nasdaq Listing
By Omar Sacirbey A fast-growing social network for marijuana users is entering a key phase in its quest to get listed on the Nasdaq, which would mark a groundbreaking development for the cannabis industry and MJ stocks at large. Denver-based MassRoots - which applied...
Seneca Nation to Explore Entering MMJ Industry
Seneca Nation voters in western New York gave their leaders approval to explore entering the medical marijuana industry.
Sanders Introduces Bill to Lift Federal Marijuana Ban
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders introduced a bill Wednesday that would take marijuana off the federal government’s list of Schedule 1 drugs and effectively end federal prohibition against the plant, which would be a game-changer for the cannabis...
Kannalife Drafts Famed Concussion Doctor
The physician portrayed by Will Smith in the upcoming football film "Concussion" has been named to the scientific advisory board of Kannalife Sciences, which has been developing marijuana-based products to treat concussions and other head injuries. Dr. Bennet Omalu is...
Cannabis Packaging Firm Nets $1M, Partners With Snoop
FunkSac, a packaging company catering to the cannabis industry, has reportedly received more than $1 million in funding from Casa Verde Capital and also struck a partnership with the investment firm's managing member, Snoop Dogg. FunkSac CEO Garret Fortune said the...
Florida Dysfunction Jeopardizes CBD Deadline
Roughly 16 months after Florida's governor signed a bill legalizing CBD-based oils, officials drafting guidelines for the new industry have not been able to decide which five nurseries they will approve to cultivate and distribute cannabis. That means the goal of...
North Carolina Now Permits Industrial Hemp
North Carolina farmers gained the right this week to grow industrial hemp when Gov. Pat McCrory declined to veto Senate Bill 313, which legalized the plant’s industrial cultivation. McCrory, who had until midnight on Oct. 31 to veto the bill,...
Illinois Dispensaries Gearing Up for Launch
Marijuana industry observers in Illinois say just about all the pieces are in place for the state’s medical cannabis program to launch within the next two weeks. Illinois’ first cannabis crop has been harvested, processed and packaged, while the four state-certified...
