Items tagged with cannabis industry
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| Silicon Valley meets Bob Marley [03.07.2015] | Men in suits swarmed everywhere, but no spliff or bong could be seen. Any doubts that the legal marijuana (or cannabis) industry is now a serious bus ... |
| Marijuana incorporated: cannabis eases into a billion-dollar business high [22.05.2015] | Now legalised in 23 states and the District of Columbia for medical use and four states – Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska – and DC for recrea ... |
| BSJ developing plan to ensure Jamaica's ganja is protected [02.05.2015] | The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), which was mandated to design a regulatory plan for the decriminalised ganja industry, has developed a 17-step ... |
| US president cautions against hopes of ganja legalisation [10.04.2015] | President Barack Obama cautioned persons who have hopes of marijuana being legalised, as he explained the difference between legalisation and decrimi ... |
| Canadian company to tap into Jamaica for medicinal cannabis supply [04.04.2015] | A Canadian company is seeking to tap into the Jamaican market for the supply of dried marijuana to the medicinal marijuana industry in Canada. Market ... |
| Big need for marijuana banking, yet Congress has ‘no appetite’ to fix issue [03.04.2015] | Congress doesn’t have the appetite to deal with the conflict between federal and state laws that has caused a banking crisis for the burgeoning marij ... |
| Farmers encouraged to make use of ganja opportunities [18.03.2015] | Small ganja farmers across the island are being encouraged to make use of the opportunities that will be available in the medicinal ganja industry. S ... |
| 2014 performance of cannabis stocks by quarter [02.03.2015] | Cannabis stocks proved lucrative at the beginning of 2014, but the chances of a solid return deteriorated in the second half of the year. An investor ... |
| Lowe wants public sector cooperation on ganja [28.02.2015] | Executive Chairman of Medicanja, Dr Henry Lowe, is urging a spirit of cooperation between government ministries and agencies involved in the developm ... |
| The weed war undermines science [10.02.2015] | Columbia professor Carl Hart: "The National Institute on Drug Abuse funds 90 percent of the world's research on drug abuse with our tax dollars. The ... |
| Ganja interests wary of internal business rivalry [31.01.2015] | Despite strong ministerial and legislative signals, segments of the marijuana lobby are unsure that sufficient protections will be afforded to the pe ... |
| Israeli medical marijuana creates buzz but no high — will it go global? [31.01.2015] | Israel has become a world leader in science on the medical uses of marijuana, and its producers could become major exporters of medical cannabis. But ... |
| High hopes: Legalized pot is on the way [29.01.2015] | Moving from illicit to licit requires regulations that allow enough of a legal market to dry out the black one – ideally, while bringing in much-need ... |
| Report predicts 18 states will legalize pot by 2020 [25.01.2015] | A new report predicts that 18 U.S. states will have legalized recreational marijuana in the next five years, a huge increase from the four states tha ... |
| The legalization of marijuana: a good example of flexible policymaking [21.01.2015] | Marijuana policy may not seem like the natural setting to model policies that pursue inclusive growth, but the innovative policy-making processes ini ... |
| Seattle's legal marijuana euphoria over as industry undergoes growing pains [15.01.2015] | The legal marijuana market in the state of Washington opened last summer to a dearth of weed. Some stores periodically closed because they didn’t hav ... |
| Canadian lawyers scent profit as medical marijuana industry prepares to go legit [06.01.2015] | Since 2001, Canada has allowed patients to grow their own marijuana or designate a grower to do so on their behalf, but a policy change established t ... |
| KanaVape: Cannabis e-cigarette to go on sale in the UK [16.12.2014] | The vaping trend seemingly knows no bounds as the first “cannabis” e-cigarette goes on sale in the UK. The KanaVape, which contains hemp, has been le ... |
| France plans to stub out e-joints [15.12.2014] | France has sought to stamp out a new electronic cigarette containing cannabis, launched with the claim that it provides all of the relaxation but non ... |
| Pot industry plants seeds on Capitol Hill [04.12.2014] | The legal weed industry is trying to grow something else these days: political influence. The National Cannabis Industry Association has spent $60,00 ... |
| Marijuana’s big-money Marley Brand makes a splash [24.11.2014] | Last week, NBC’s Today Show giddily announced an exclusive: Privateer Holdings, the Seattle marijuana company long acclaimed locally for its straight ... |
| Marijuana industry sets its sights on the mainstream [24.11.2014] | Marijuana is growing up. As Colorado and Washington’s recreational marijuana industries blossom and new markets in Oregon and Alaska begin to take sh ... |
| Is ‘Big Marijuana’ inevitable? [18.11.2014] | It looks like the use of recreational marijuana is heading down the path of legalization across the country. Voters in Alaska, Oregon and the Distric ... |
| Stir it up: Bob Marley to headline corporate cannabis brand [17.11.2014] | The Marley family and a Seattle-based private equity firm announced the creation of Marley Natural, "a premium cannabis brand rooted in the life and ... |
| Cannabis hedge funds join the green rush [14.11.2014] | The pot business is exploding. The devotees toiling away since states started legalizing medical marijuana nearly 20 years ago now must compete in a ... |
| The Marlboro of marijuana [07.11.2014] | Would household names really consider selling cannabis? They already have. In 1969 a Philip Morris executive wrote to the Justice Department, request ... |
| Fear of cannabis commerce didn't, won't and shouldn't stop legalization [05.11.2014] | Three marijuana legalization initiatives were on the ballot this week, and all three won. That’s a better outcome than I was expecting. I was surpris ... |
| Legal marijuana could be $130 million a year business in D.C., study finds [29.10.2014] | If D.C. residents vote to legalize marijuana possession next week, it wouldn’t just mean a sea change in drug policy in the nation’s capital. It coul ... |
| The marijuana industry could be bigger than the NFL by 2020 [23.10.2014] | A report from Greenwave Advisors, a "comprehensive research and financial analysis for the emerging legalized marijuana industry," projects that lega ... |
| Race, class, and cannabis in the Caribbean [23.10.2014] | Given the regional discussions of allowing the use of ganja for medicinal purposes—and its eventual decriminalization—two prominent ganja advocates i ... |
| Colorado recreational marijuana industry begins major transformation [29.06.2014] | Only six months old, Colorado's recreational marijuana industry starts a transformation that could add hundreds of new pot businesses to the state an ... |
| Dope to your door [20.06.2014] | Evan Cox used to deliver pizza. But 18 months ago, as he was running out of money at college in Seattle, he had a new business idea. The state of Was ... |
| Barcelona is fighting an overdose of cannabis clubs [12.06.2014] | Barcelona has a new tourist attraction that some locals wish would disappear: a burgeoning number of "cannabis clubs," where people can legally buy a ... |
| Kazakhstan wants to attract Big Pharma to its ‘Cannabis Klondike’ [15.01.2014] | Despite a heavy-handed campaign against drug trafficking and related crime in the country, one Kazakh lawmaker thinks it’s time to cash in on some 14 ... |
| Banks say no to marijuana money, legal or not [14.01.2014] | Legal marijuana merchants — mainly medical marijuana outlets but also, starting this year, shops that sell recreational marijuana in Colorado and Was ... |
| Greener marijuana: can a budding industry grow sustainable agriculture? [29.10.2013] | The growing societal acceptance of cannabis in the U.S. has sparked what some call a "green rush" of people trying to cash in on what is already a mu ... |
| Will legalised marijuana lead to an economic boom? [06.05.2013] | Many Washington residents are looking to cash in on the newly legal and potentially lucrative marijuana market, which they hope will give them a new ... |
| The present continuous of cannabis clubs in Catalonia [29.03.2013] | The exponential proliferation of the number of associations, clubs and other groups that distribute cannabis among their members and create new space ... |
| Wall Street sees opportunity in marijuana [22.03.2013] | A number of businesses in the burgeoning U.S. cannabis industry are trying to enlist Wall Street's help. Some entrepreneurs see marijuana heading dow ... |
| State chief consultant Mark Kleiman knows in, outs of pot legalization [19.03.2013] | Washington state’s chief pot consultant remains a bit mysterious, but Mark Kleiman's views on legalizing pot are no mystery. He lays them out in “Mar ... |
| Will high marijuana taxes encourage black markets? [22.02.2013] | The cannabis industry is an easy target for legislatures to saddle with heavy taxes. In Washington State for instance, there is a 25% tax at three di ... |
| Two letters expose rift over new pot law [06.02.2013] | A handful of legislators recently drew up a letter raising questions and concerns about the law, including whether it can be implemented by December ... |
| Groups seek to influence new rules for growing, selling pot [05.01.2013] | The Washington state Liquor Control Board (LCB), charged with launching the world's first regulated marijuana market for social use, expects to begin ... |
| Rocky Mountain high: Pot a $200M industry in Colorado [04.01.2013] | Vigorous regulation of a thriving medical-marijuana industry in Colorado offers the best glimpse of what is coming to Washington when it launches its ... |
| Investors see profit potential in new pot law [30.11.2012] | Votes in Washington and Colorado last month to legalize pot for recreational use turbocharged marijuana as a legitimate business opportunity. Busines ... |
| U.S. marijuana vote threatens to nip B.C. market in the bud [07.11.2012] | British Columbia’s multibillion-dollar marijuana industry could take a “significant” blow now that two U.S. states – including its closest neighbour ... |
| Pot dispensaries clouding medical marijuana's image [05.10.2012] | Seattle's first-ever Medical Cannabis Cup — part gourmet weed contest, part trade show, part smoke-in — showcased the entrepreneurial drive and explo ... |
| Between collective organisation and commercialisation [08.08.2012] | The last few years have witnessed a boom in new cannabis user associations in Spain. Although there are no reliable figures for them, most are known ... |
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