Many marijuana and terpene enthusiasts believe the unique effects of individual plants are the result of different cannabinoids – most notably THC – working in concert with other cannabinoids and terpenes.
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Are marijuana vending machines ready for prime time?
To ease long waits in dispensaries, cannabis vending machines have been touted by some industry watchers as a potentially important part of the future of marijuana retail – much like the machines that dispense soft drinks and food.
Upstart Ohio medical cannabis firm raises CA$85 million to expand footprint
A young cannabis company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, raised 85 million Canadian dollars ($65 million) that it will use to expand its operations. Green Growth Brands - whose CEO, Peter Horvath, resigned a year ago from his executive post with Pittsburgh retail...
Louisiana medical marijuana sales delayed by lack of testing lab
A failure to find an independent testing lab will delay medical marijuana sales in Louisiana at least until January, roughly two months after the market was originally anticipated to launch. The lack of an independent lab also means Louisiana’s Department of...
New Jersey medical marijuana patients double since new conditions added
Illnesses added to New Jersey’s list of conditions for medical marijuana usage have helped double the number of MMJ patients in the state to 34,000 since the beginning of the year. New Jersey’s Health Department said Monday that the majority of the 17,000 new patients...
DE medical cannabis business owner gets industry ban for forging doctor’s signature
Forging physician signatures can get someone booted from the marijuana industry and could lead to jail time. That’s the hard lesson Carolan Krajewski, owner of Delaware Holistic Medicine, is learning after pleading guilty to tampering with public documents. The...
Massachusetts cannabis regulator: Social consumption venues ‘years’ away
A member of Massachusetts' marijuana regulatory agency predicted that social consumption businesses are "years" away from happening in the Bay State, even though a voter-approved ballot initiative legalizing recreational MJ in 2016 gave regulators the authority to...
New legislation could boost New Jersey’s medical marijuana patient population
New Jersey medical marijuana companies might see more patients thanks to proposed legislation that would make it easier for state regulators to approve new conditions that can be treated with MMJ. The measure is contained in a legalization bill unveiled last month...
MA cannabis business to use medical inventory to support recreational sales
A Massachusetts medical cannabis business that is close to receiving permission for recreational retail sales plans to pull product from its MMJ inventory to supply its recreational outlet, the Boston Business Journal reported. New England Treatment Access, one of...
MedMen inks dispensary deal to enter Illinois medical cannabis market
Los Angeles-based MedMen announced its second acquisition of the week to expand its national footprint - this time into the Illinois medical marijuana market. The multistate marijuana business agreed to acquire Seven Point, a licensed medical cannabis dispensary in...
US lawmakers urge feds to expand approved marijuana growers for research
Fifteen U.S. House lawmakers urged the heads of the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration to expand the number of federally approved marijuana cultivators allowed to grow cannabis for research purposes. The request, made in an Oct. 1 letter,...
Employee Safety
The most frequently told story of cannabis extraction gone wrong involves an unregulated, home-based facility and a large explosion. Usually the main victim in this story is using butane or propane as the solvent. Licensed operators, however, aren’t immune from such...
