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Recent Acquisition Created World’s Largest Cannabis Company

Recent Acquisition Created World’s Largest Cannabis Company

Trulieve Cannabis Corporation, based in Florida but operating across multiple states, has bought Harvest, a chain of stores and dispensaries selling medical and recreational marijuana. This deal has ...

4 years ago

From NBA to THC: Chris Webber to Open a Cannabis Facility in Detroit

From NBA to THC: Chris Webber to Open a Cannabis Facility in Detroit

Former NBA star Chris Webber unveiled his plans of opening a multi-million dollar marijuana business in his native city of Detroit. What he called a ‘cannabis compound’ will create a lot ...

4 years ago

Los Angeles County DA Will Erase 58,000 Pot Convictions

Los Angeles County DA Will Erase 58,000 Pot Convictions

L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón announced on Monday that his office would dismiss as many as 58,000 past cannabis convictions. These records of people convicted for low-level cannabis ...

4 years ago

Amazon Spent $5 Million Lobbying Cannabis Legalization in the 2nd Quarter of 2021 Alone

Amazon Spent $5 Million Lobbying Cannabis Legalization in the 2nd Quarter of 2021 Alone

The company said in a statement this Tuesday that it was actively lobbying the US government to end the federal prohibition of cannabis in the country. Amazon first voiced its support for the full ...

4 years ago

500,000 Signatures in Less Than a Week: Italy Wants Cannabis Decriminalization

500,000 Signatures in Less Than a Week: Italy Wants Cannabis Decriminalization

ReferendumCannabis, a group lobbying for broad legalization of the substance in Italy, and the country’s several smaller parties have collected enough signatures for a popular referendum on ...

4 years ago

Genetic Sequencing Shows Cannabis Was Domesticated 12 Millennia Ago

Genetic Sequencing Shows Cannabis Was Domesticated 12 Millennia Ago

Many people fail to realize that the current interest in cannabis isn’t just a recent fad and that this plant species has been serving various needs of humans for thousands of years. A recent ...

4 years ago

Zurich, Switzerland, to Allow Recreational Cannabis Sales as a Pilot Program

Zurich, Switzerland, to Allow Recreational Cannabis Sales as a Pilot Program

Next year, Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, will launch a pilot program that will allow adults to legally buy and consume various cannabis products. The decades-long ban on cannabis sales ...

4 years ago

LEGO Will Only Use Hemp Plastic in 10 Years

LEGO Will Only Use Hemp Plastic in 10 Years

The legendary Danish toymaker decided that, by 2030, it can make the transition from the currently used plastic resin to environmentally friendly hemp. The look and feel of LEGO blocks will remain ...

4 years ago

WADA to Review Cannabis Ban After the Controversy with an Olympics Hopeful

WADA to Review Cannabis Ban After the Controversy with an Olympics Hopeful

The Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency said in a press release Tuesday that it would review the status of cannabis on its Prohibited List sometime next year. This decision comes ...

4 years ago

Cannabis Use at All-Time High Among US College Students

Cannabis Use at All-Time High Among US College Students

According to the recent MTF survey, cannabis consumption among college students aged 19 to 22 has dramatically increased over the past five years and reached record levels in 2020. One in twelve ...

4 years ago

Italy: A Plan to Legalize Home Cultivation of Cannabis Set in Motion

Italy: A Plan to Legalize Home Cultivation of Cannabis Set in Motion

Italian legislators announced Wednesday that they adopted the initiative that would legalize the cultivation of up to four cannabis plants in one’s own home. The proclaimed goal is to ease ...

4 years ago

Zimbabwe’s 57 Licensed Producers to Start Cannabis Exports Soon

Zimbabwe’s 57 Licensed Producers to Start Cannabis Exports Soon

The government of Zimbabwe has issued 57 licenses to companies that want to cultivate and process cannabis, according to the country’s Investment and Development Agency. Most of these ...

4 years ago

Amazon Stops Marijuana Screenings for Its Drivers

Amazon Stops Marijuana Screenings for Its Drivers

Are you a stoner and you love riding bikes? AND are you also searching for a job? Well then this is good news for you, fellow! Pull out your laptop and pimp up your CV, it's time to fill out a job ...

4 years ago

Panama Legalizes Medical Marijuana

Panama Legalizes Medical Marijuana

Another country takes a leap towards legal marijuana. We're talking about the Central American country of Panama, which has approved the use of cannabis for medical purposes. This now turns the ...

4 years ago

Legal Marijuana Sales Reach 21 Billion Worldwide: Time to Join In?

Legal Marijuana Sales Reach 21 Billion Worldwide: Time to Join In?

A report published recently by BDSA demonstrates not only the robustness of today’s legal marijuana sales and the cannabis market in general. It also points to an exciting opportunity for ...

4 years ago

A Cannabis CEO Envisions a Lab on the Moon

A Cannabis CEO Envisions a Lab on the Moon

In his recent press release, Tate Dooley, the CEO of Key to Life, has shared his vision of a bright future of cannabis that can and should extend beyond the boundaries of our planet. Key to Life is a ...

4 years ago

Cannabis in South Africa to be Regulated, Commercialized, and Studied in Schools

Cannabis in South Africa to be Regulated, Commercialized, and Studied in Schools

South Africa’s Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development presented a roadmap to establishing a legal cannabis industry in the country. According to the text of the ...

4 years ago

South African Firm Gets Cannabis License, Considers Magic Mushrooms

South African Firm Gets Cannabis License, Considers Magic Mushrooms

Cilo Cybin Pharmaceutical Ltd. has received the first-ever permit to grow, process, and package marijuana and its derivatives in South Africa. The company thinks that its robust business model and ...

4 years ago

Major Cannabis Company Affiliated with Jay-Z Hires a Black CEO

Major Cannabis Company Affiliated with Jay-Z Hires a Black CEO

California’s leading cannabis firm announced Monday that it appointed Troy Datcher, formerly of Clorox Co., as their new chief executive officer. The Parent Company often makes headlines ...

4 years ago

Colombia Can Become the Global Cannabis Leader

Colombia Can Become the Global Cannabis Leader

With a new legislation to regulate cannabis exports now in place, Colombia’s licensed producers of the plant expect a revenue bonanza. The law gives them an opportunity to sell dried ...

4 years ago

The Future of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) In The Cannabis Market

The Future of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) In The Cannabis Market

Before there were hundreds of cannabis strains available, cannabis plants were pure landraces: Back in the 80s, the first commercial strains were released and due to the desirable characteristics, ...

4 years ago

The Spanish Agency of Medicines Approves The Cultivation of 3 Hectares of Cannabis

The Spanish Agency of Medicines Approves The Cultivation of 3 Hectares of Cannabis

The world's point of view on cannabis is still in continuous change, and always, thankfully, in a positive way. Now, the good news is coming all the way from Soria, a city located in the ...

4 years ago

UK: A New Study Surveyed Users About the Best Model of Cannabis Regulation

UK: A New Study Surveyed Users About the Best Model of Cannabis Regulation

A team of UK scientists set out to generate a model of regulating the future cannabis market in the country. Their aim was not so much to approach the task with healthcare and policing in mind, but ...

4 years ago