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Ex-Wec Champ Steve Cantwell Flamed out Of MMA and Into a Budding Cannabis Empire

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How old was former WEC champion Steve Cantwell when he grew his first cannabis plant? He wasn’t in college. He wasn’t in high school. Hell, he...

Charlotte Figi, Who Inspired Nationwide Medical Marijuana Reform, Dies at 13

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Charlotte Figi, a Colorado girl who was among the first children to be treated with cannabidiol (CBD) to control seizures, has died from...

Cannabis & Artificial Intelligence: The Arrival of Robopot?

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Artificial intelligence technologies are now being crafted specifically for the cannabis industry, and boosters say these two business spheres are...

Illinois Cannabis Industry Deemed 'Essential' During Coronavirus

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Illinois marijuana businesses are exempt from Gov. JB Pritzker's "stay at home" executive order to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. The...

Santa Barbara County's cannabis taxes on track to exceed last year’s by $3.3M

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Santa Barbara County’s cannabis tax revenues for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019-20, from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, rose 13% over the same...

Aurora Cannabis in Penny Stock Territory After Another Bad Week

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It’s been an even rougher stretch than usual for Aurora Cannabis. The Canadian cannabis producer’s stock dropped below a dollar on the New York...

Large Cannabis Operators Positioned to Dominate Arizona Recreational Cannabis Market

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Arizona’s fast-growing, roughly $750 million a year medical marijuana market was fortified by multistate operators (MSOs) that moved into the...

Is the Coronavirus Impacting US Cannabis Sales?

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Didn’t the cannabis industry have enough problems to deal with? Well, a new problem has emerged! The deadly coronavirus, which started in China...

The American Businessman Who Went Through Hell in a Burmese Prison

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It’s a bluebird December day in Colorado and John Todoroki is riding a high-speed chairlift to the top of Vail Mountain. At 10,000 feet, the air...

In San Francisco, cannabis business hasn’t hit the highs expected when it went legal

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High prices, increased competition and a largely unchecked illegal market have taken the bloom off San Francisco’s budding cannabis business...

New Mexico Ranks High in New Cannabis Study

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Even though use of marijuana for recreational purposes remains illegal in New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment still gets pretty high – when ranked...

Nearly 80% of Illicit-Market Vape Cartridges Unfit for Consumption

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Platinum partnered with Miramar, Calif.’s Mankind Dispensary to allow customers to exchange illicit-market vapes for a Platinum vape product...

Marijuana Farmers Want More Protection From Weather Damage

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Have you had ice wine? The sweet dessert wine is made from grapes frozen on the vine, requiring a large labor force to harvest the entire crop...

Coronavirus Puts Pressure on the Cannabis Supply Chain

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Greenhouse Wellness, a dispensary located in Ellicott City, Md., already has a 10- to 18-week delay on vape cartridge shipments due to the...

Cannabis Payments Are Ripe For Fintech Innovation

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It is undeniable that cannabis is more than just a budding industry — it is big business. In Denver, ground zero of legalization of cannabis...

MLB Players Can't Have Cannabis Investments, Sponsorship's — But Can Get High

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With spring training now in full swing, Major League Baseball is further clarifying its stance on marijuana. Players can now consume cannabis...

Federal prosecutors investigate California marijuana companies in wide-ranging probe

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Eastern District of California seeks documents on roughly 30 companies from cannabis-retail listing service Weedmaps, according to grand-jury...

Utah’s first marijuana pharmacy opens in Salt Lake City

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Utah’s first medical cannabis pharmacy opened Monday, giving patients a long-awaited legal option for buying marijuana treatments without...
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