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'Pot law' is a budding industry for Michigan attorneys - Cannabis News
With the passage of Proposal 1 in last Tuesday's midterm election, Michigan attorneys are gearing up for an influx of people interested in the business side of the budding marijuana industry.
‘Godfather’ Director Francis Ford Coppola Launches Luxury Marijuana Brand - Cannabis News
Legendary filmmaker and winery owner Francis Ford Coppola is premiering his own marijuana line.
New York Liquor Stores Want To Sell Marijuana - Cannabis News
Instead of creating a whole new system of specialized stores to distribute marijuana when it becomes legal, New York should just allow existing liquor and wine retail outlets to sell cannabis to adults. That’s the position of a new advocacy effort launched by owners of booze shops this month.
At the moment, no restaurants are legally allowed to sell cannabis or hemp infused food and beverages although things like hemp grain and oil, hemp protein baking flour are permitted ingredients in edible products.
The cannabis food and drink sector has seen a large increase in patent filings in the last five years, according to a PatSnap report.
What are the next state-legal markets likely to excite the capital markets?
A new report by ArcView shows that branding will be key for edible makers.
A Canadian marijuana company has been granted permission by the U.S. federal government to export medicinal cannabis to California for scientific research.
Coke’s possible foray into the marijuana sector comes as beverage makers are trying to add cannabis as a trendy ingredient while their traditional businesses slow.
Brightfield Group, which has established itself as a thought leader in the CBD space, just announced projections for the hemp CBD industry to become a $5.7 billion market by next year, with a projection of growth by nearly 40x to $22 billion by 2022.
For Desert Hot Springs Inn, a small 61-year-old boutique hotel located 15 minutes away from Palm Springs, California, rebranding as cannabis friendly was a way to adapt to the local economy.
The only coffee company with more locations in Canada than Second Cup is Starbucks.
Oregon weed isn't just the cheapest in the country. Its wholesale prices for outdoor-grown cannabis flower are now the lowest the United States has ever seen.
As legal marijuana enters a new, credible age in the U.S., its connoisseurs are maturing right along with the industry.
The CEO of the accelerator program said once recreational or medical marijuana becomes legal, whether at the federal level or at the state level, the participants of the accelerator will be 10 steps ahead of those who want to enter the industry after it has been legalized.
Cannabis tourism is growing at a fast clip, drawing thousands of people — and millions of dollars — to states where adult use of cannabis is legal.
Constellation Brands Inc., which for seven decades has made its money off beer, wine and whiskey, sees its future in a marijuana leaf.
Job seekers from in and around Calgary lined up to hand in their resumes Tuesday for an opportunity to work in the cannabis industry, as new retail company 420 Premium Market held a job fair at the BMO Centre at Stampede Park.
"It’s an edible but it hits you less a time versus an edible where it takes longer to work. And there’s no learning curve - everyone knows how to drink a beverage.”
