Las Vegas Hopes To Become A Pioneer In Creating Public Consumption Spaces. LAS VEGAS — Planet 13’s cannabis “superstore” on the Strip has 30,000 square feet of retail space alongside a cafe, a bar and a marijuana processing center, all behind a glass wall where customers can see the various contraptions used for making cannabis […]
Amazon Is Supporting The Effort To Reform The Nations Cannabis Policy An update on our advocacy for equitable workplaces. In June 2021, we announced that Amazon would exclude marijuana from our comprehensive pre-employment drug screening program for unregulated positions (e.g., positions not regulated by the Department of Transportation). We also reinstated the employment eligibility for […]
Opening Of US Borders Signals Return Of International Cannabis Shoppers The United States has reopened its doors to visitors from abroad, which could boost adult-use cannabis retailers in tourist-friendly markets as international tourists with a hankering for legal marijuana return to American soil. Some recreational cannabis store operators with experience serving tourists told MJBizDaily that […]
Turning A CBD Farming Byproduct Into Feed For Cows, Chickens And Sheep What happens if you feed cannabis to sheep? It’s a question you might expect from someone using cannabinoids, rather than studying it. But researchers in Oregon are asking this question — specifically about hemp — in an effort to unlock its potential as […]
Biden Administration Can Legalize Marijuana Without Waiting For Lawmakers, Congressional Researchers Say President Joe Biden can grant mass amnesty to people who have violated federal marijuana laws, congressional researchers said in a new report, adding that his administration can also move to federally legalize cannabis without waiting for lawmakers to act. The new analysis published […]
Marijuana Tech Firm Dutchie Raises 350 Million As Big Funding Deals Flourish Marijuana retail technology firm Dutchie said Thursday it has snagged $350 million of funding to support its fast growth, the latest in a frenzy of $100 million-plus capital raises that signal cannabis investors are writing increasingly large checks. Dutchie’s Series D funding round […]
Largest Hemp Processing Facility In The US Set To Open In Southern Indiana LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday morning for HempRise at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville. HempRise, which extracts CBD from hemp and supplies it to other companies for things like medicines and oils, said it invested […]
CBD Maker Hemp Distributor Raises 10 Million For Expansion Los Angeles-based cannabis holding company Marijuana Company of America (MCOA) raised $10 million via an equity line of credit agreement with White Lion Capital. The proceeds will be used “to drive growth,” MCOA said in a Tuesday news release. Specifically, the release noted, the funding will […]
The Future Of The Marijuana Industry In America It’s the world’s most commonly cultivated, trafficked, and used drug; as the push for legalization at home and abroad grows, marijuana is garnering significant attention from investors, manufacturers, and researchers. Despite the plant being illegal under federal law as a Schedule I drug, the U.S. legal marijuana […]
The State That Sells the Most Weed May Surprise You National retail sales figures for July included a small segment called “miscellaneous store retailers,” in which the U.S. Department of Commerce included the no-longer-so-small cannabis dispensaries. With sales at the nation’s miscellaneous store retailers increasing by 3.5% in July from June to a record $14 […]
CBD Makes Headways Into Sports As Industry Brands Partner With Pro Golfers And Car Racers PGA Tour and NASCAR are widely seen as most accepting of the plant among U.S. sports leagues Athletes can still be banned for using cannabis, but industry heavyweights are finding other ways to work their way into the lucrative U.S. […]
Violas Harrington Institute Provides Education to Bring New Wave of Talent to Cannabis Industry The educational platform, which is powered by the Cleveland School of Cannabis, aims to create economic opportunities for individuals, especially those in Black communities, who are looking to enter the market. Black-owned cannabis brand Viola has launched its own education platform […]
