Items tagged with cannabis industry
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| Cannabis cash conundrum: Some businesses bury money, others truck it to a federal vault [12.07.2017] | With recreational use set to become legal next year under Proposition 64, cannabis sales in the state are expected to top $7.5 billion in 2020, up fr ... |
| Canada’s biggest licensed weed producer is losing money [27.06.2017] | Canada’s largest licensed cannabis producer seems to have no problem driving in sales, but it is still struggling to get to profit territory. Canopy ... |
| U.K. tobacco giant gets medicinal cannabis expertise [13.06.2017] | Imperial Brands Plc gained the services of a leader in the field of medicinal cannabis as the British tobacco manufacturer seeks to further its push ... |
| Federal bills from Colorado legislators seek to shield state marijuana laws, open banking [18.05.2017] | Colorado federal lawmakers amplified efforts to protect state-enacted marijuana laws and cannabis businesses supporting banking legislation for the m ... |
| Bob Marley, ganja and the green stuff – is selling Brand Jamaica just a pipe dream? [03.05.2017] | When Bob Marley and the Wailers first performed Get Up, Stand Up to a restive 1970s Jamaica, never could they have guessed that the government would ... |
| Early marijuana sales ‘unbelievably high’ after legalization: U.S. consultant [30.04.2017] | A U.S. consultant hired by Ottawa to assess Canada’s eventual recreational pot market says jurisdictions that regulate cannabis should expect “unbeli ... |
| New federal bill would allow banking for marijuana businesses [27.04.2017] | Marijuana businesses can’t openly bank and congressman Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., is hoping to change that. Perlmutter on Thursday introduced the Secure ... |
| Canada’s plan to be the world leader in legal weed [20.04.2017] | Cannabis is already big business in Canada. The drug was approved for medicinal use 20 years ago, and almost 30 percent of young adults say they use ... |
| Marijuana goes industrial in California [15.04.2017] | The vast and fertile Salinas valley is often called the salad bowl of the nation for the countless heads of lettuce growing across its floor. Now Cal ... |
| The world’s first pot-focused exchange-traded fund [10.04.2017] | The launch of the world’s first cannabis-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF), on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is welcome news to aficionados of marijua ... |
| Liberals set to table marijuana legislation, but key details need to be resolved [10.04.2017] | The federal government will table a bill to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday that is expected to tightly control the ability of producers ... |
| Over-regulation impeding bloom of Jamaican cannabis industry [04.04.2017] | Over-regulation of Jamaica’s cannabis industry is deterring farmers from entering the legal market, and impeding development - indicating why drug po ... |
| Big Pharma's anti-marijuana stance aims to squash the competition, activists say [03.04.2017] | As marijuana legalization swept the US in November, Arizona was alone in its rejection of legal weed. There, a pharmaceutical company called Insys wa ... |
| Marijuana industry faces challenge in gaining Canadians’ trust, survey finds [29.03.2017] | Marijuana stocks may have leapt higher on the news of Ottawa’s plans to legalize the drug by next year, but the industry is facing an uphill battle i ... |
| Pot legalization: Canada doesn’t need another profit-seeking drug industry [28.03.2017] | When Canadians have expressed concerns about upcoming cannabis legalization, the government has assured them that the legal cannabis industry will be ... |
| Israel seeks piece of projected $50 billion medical marijuana market [27.03.2017] | Israel, a leader in marijuana research and health technology, is attracting international investment as it tries to position itself as a cutting-edge ... |
| Marijuana stocks drop as Trudeau’s pot czar says Canada won’t rush into legalization [07.03.2017] | As investors flock to Canada’s burgeoning marijuana sector, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is signaling recreational pot sales aren’t imm ... |
| ‘Building the airplane while it’s being flown’ [30.01.2017] | In the outskirts of Sacramento, a handful of government workers face a daunting task: By next year, craft regulations and rules that will govern Cali ... |
| Israel moves to decriminalize marijuana use [26.01.2017] | Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announces support for new policy for enforcing marijuana use, which favors fines and educational initiatives, wi ... |
| The next big bubble could be in Canada’s soaring pot market [07.12.2016] | The surge of capital into Canada’s nascent marijuana industry has sent stock prices soaring – and brought warnings it’s a bubble that could soon burs ... |
| Trudeau’s bait and switch on legalization? [04.12.2016] | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently expressed frustration around the current cannabis landscape, explaining, “Until we have brought in the propose ... |
| Donald Trump’s attorney general pick could destroy the recreational pot industry [21.11.2016] | Attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is a fervent foe of marijuana legalization. But if he were confirmed as President-elect Trump’s ... |
| Marijuana reform went 8 for 9 on the ballot this week [10.11.2016] | Marijuana reform won in eight out of the nine states where it was put on the ballot, the strongest signal to date that the public is ready to embrace ... |
| Marijuana legalization won big on Election Day. It will keep winning [09.11.2016] | In California voters approved legalization. The country’s most populous state and biggest economy will allow people to buy marijuana for recreational ... |
| 'Commercialization won out': will legal marijuana be the next big tobacco? [30.10.2016] | Candi CdeBaca voted to legalize the free sale of marijuana in Colorado four years ago because she thought it would be good for her Denver neighborhoo ... |
| Pot stock hits record high as more U.S. states press ahead with legalization [11.10.2016] | As polls indicate California, Massachusetts, Maine, Nevada and Arizona are poised to approve referendums dramatically expanding legal U.S. cannabis u ... |
| American says he wants to protect Jamaica’s natural ganja [24.09.2016] | Anticipating that original ganja strains are likely to become extinct after the new, legitimate ganja industry opens up in Jamaica, American business ... |
| Overseas backers push ganja co-op for Jamaica [15.09.2016] | A group of international investors is looking to partner with local interests, particularly small farmers to corner the local and export market for g ... |
| Cannabis industry expected to be worth $50 billion by 2026 [11.09.2016] | The legal cannabis industry in the U.S. may grow to $50 billion in the next decade, expanding to more than eight times its current size, as lawful po ... |
| In Israel, booming medical marijuana looks to conquer new highs [11.09.2016] | Israel is a well-known as a pioneer in medical cannabis. This summer, the government approved a plan initiated by Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to r ... |
| Did the DEA just kick open the door for the pharmaceuticalization of pot? [11.08.2016] | While much ink has been spilled over the last few days regarding DEA’s refusal to recognize marijuana as a medicine and its unwillingness to reclassi ... |
| The goal of legalized cannabis shouldn’t be corporate gold [15.07.2016] | As the government crawls towards legalization with the appointment of a task force, my tempered enthusiasm has started to wane, replaced by dismay. I ... |
| The goal of legalized cannabis shouldn’t be corporate gold [14.07.2016] | Canada has a tradition of overregulation and one can already sense that the government is poised to place a myriad of restrictions on production and ... |
| The pot law that could be 'deal-breaker for the drug war' [04.07.2016] | California's pot legalization initiative, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), qualified for the ballot in November, setting the stage for a vote t ... |
| Who's funding the US cannabis industry? [23.06.2016] | Funding is one of the biggest challenges for the cannabis industry, which still exists in a legal grey area. Cannabis has been legalised for medical ... |
| The first big company to say it’s serving the legal marijuana trade? Microsoft. [15.06.2016] | As state after state has legalized marijuana in one way or another, big names in corporate America have stayed away entirely. Marijuana, after all, i ... |
| The activists helping illegal pot dealers turn into legit marijuana businessmen [08.06.2016] | In California, where voters are expected to legalize recreational marijuana in November, there’s a small, but growing movement to eliminate barriers ... |
| Jamaica targets billions in taxes from weed [28.05.2016] | The Government is targeting annual revenue of US$2 billion from the ganja industry when regulations to govern the sector are finally in place. Minist ... |
| In the legal weed business, how deep does the “Suits vs. Stoners” schism run? [15.05.2016] | Cultural conflict rumbles within a nascent industry that was once a countercultural, underground operation. As fancy dispensaries and stylish product ... |
| Will Canada become America's cannabis capital? [13.05.2016] | Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has vowed to legalise recreational marijuana consumption on a federal level, opening the door to investment, l ... |
| Portland startup maps cannabis genome to protect weed from Monsanto patenting [23.04.2016] | A Portland biotechnology company has launched a 3-D map that charts the genetic evolution of cannabis genomes, protecting strains like OG Kush from f ... |
| What a looming patent war could mean for the future of the marijuana industry [20.04.2016] | On August 4, 2015, US officials quietly made history by approving the first-ever patent, No. 9095554, for a plant containing significant amounts of T ... |
| Legal marijuana sales projected to reach $6.7 billion in 2016 [31.01.2016] | Just how big is the market for legal pot? A new report by a leading marijuana industry investment and research firm found legal cannabis sales jumped ... |
| Canada’s medical pot producers set sights on recreational users [28.01.2016] | Canada’s producers of medical marijuana are sitting on a seven-tonne stash of weed, with the inventory steadily growing as supply exceeds demand in t ... |
| Canadian investors show interest in local ganja [12.01.2016] | Following the lead of several US states in holding referendums which have been supportive of reducing the legal restraints on the use of the drug, Ja ... |
| Cannabis industry, advocates trying to find right balance on marijuana legalization [08.12.2015] | Business and advocates both play a key role in furthering marijuana legalization, but finding the ideal balance is proving difficult. That was partic ... |
| Canada’s next big move? It may be legalizing pot [05.12.2015] | The new Liberal government has promised to act quickly to legalize marijuana for general use, which would make Canada the first Group of 20 country t ... |
| Big Marijuana is coming — and even legalization supporters are worried [02.12.2015] | Ohioans rejected a very unusual marijuana legalization proposal. Beyond legalizing pot, the ballot initiative would have given campaign donors direct ... |
| On ballot, Ohio grapples with specter of marijuana monopoly [31.10.2015] | Ohio lawyer Don Wirtshafter has fought for decades to make marijuana legal, calling it “my life’s work.” But when Ohio voters go to the polls to cons ... |
| Government awards third ganja research licence [26.10.2015] | Canadian nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company, Timeless Herbal Care Limited (THC), which has operations in Jamaica, is the first private entity t ... |
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