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Articles by Roger Fillion :
Colorado cannabis companies capitalize on All-Star Game with events, sales and a Willy Wonka-style giveaway
When Major League Baseball announced in April that it was moving its 91st All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver in protest of Georgia’s new controversial voting law, Colorado’s cannabis industry saw an opportunity.
Marijuana firms, developers line up real estate ahead of New York’s adult-use sales
With adult-use cannabis newly legal in New York, entrepreneurs and developers on the prowl for real estate are scooping up everything from a former prison site to greenhouses – and there are even plans for a sprawling “cannabis campus.”
How women-led cannabis startups can find funding
One of the most positive developments in the cannabis industry over the last several months is bigger and better career opportunities available for women.
It’s time for Washington DC to get serious about federal marijuana policy
Cannabis legalization is a standard conversation topic for state governments looking for new revenue streams, representing a monumental shift in how our society feels about cannabis.
But as states forge ahead, federal action has been absent. We must now turn our attention to answering how to regulate legalized cannabis at the federal level.
Canada’s role in making hemp viable in car-building: Q&A with Aptera’s Nathan Armstrong
It’s common lore in the hemp industry: Henry Ford made a car out of hemp, but then anti-cannabis hysteria and a malevolent steel industry squashed the plant’s potential as an automotive component.
The true history is more complicated.
Uber’s interest in marijuana delivery highlights sector’s potential and pitfalls
You’d think that marijuana delivery executives would quake in their shoes after the head of a ride-sharing giant recently floated the idea of getting into their line of work.
Key US senator downplays hopes for quick action on marijuana banking bill
The head of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee threw cold water on hopes for speedy action in the upper chamber on a major marijuana banking reform bill the U.S. House of Representatives passed this week in a bipartisan vote.
Retail cannabis shops offer discounts and merch, see more shoppers on 4/20
For many, 4/20 was just another date on the calendar. But for cannabis businesses and customers across the nation, Tuesday’s 50th anniversary of the unofficial marijuana holiday offered a fresh start following a tumultuous year that saw the pandemic upend retail businesses.
US Postal Service tells vape mailers to ready for ban
The U.S. Postal Service is reminding businesses that make vape components to prepare for new prohibitions on mailing their products because of a new law that has cannabis businesses worried.
Coronavirus pandemic deals setback to marijuana consumption lounges, but some owners stick with plans
Many marijuana businesses were just starting to open lounges and tasting rooms where their customers could enjoy the products they purchased when the coronavirus pandemic struck a year ago, forcing those plans to be put on hold.
