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Legal cannabis is now the country’s fastest-growing industry. According to a study by Arcview Market Research, Americans spent around $11 billion on legal cannabis in 2018 (up from $8.5 billion in 2017). That number is expected to double by 2021, and is likely based on conservative estimates of nationwide legalization. By 2025, annual cannabis-related sales are expected to surpass $26 billion.
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Cannabis Business
What The US Can Learn From Holland’s Coffee Shop Cannabis Model
Overall, Amsterdam is more of a liberal city than people may think, especially due to their wide variety of cannabis coffee shops and cafes.
Continue reading What The US Can Learn From Holland’s Coffee Shop Cannabis Model at The Fresh Toast.
Ancillary marijuana businesses can avoid banking hurdles by turning to smaller financial institutions
Though the majority of U.S. financial institutions remain hesitant to offer accounts and loans to non-plant-touching cannabis companies, there are steps those businesses can take to land a banking partner.
Ancillary marijuana businesses can avoid banki…
Marijuana Is The Hottest Accessory For These Big Box Retailers This Holiday
Big-box retailers plan to enter the cannabis market by selling you all the marijuana accessories you’ll ever need.
Continue reading Marijuana Is The Hottest Accessory For These Big Box Retailers This Holiday at The Fresh Toast.
Massachusetts Sold $400 Million of Weed During First Year of Legalization
Bay State dispensaries averaged more than $1 million in cannabis sales every single day since last November, when adult-use legalization started.
License revoked for California vape maker Kushy Punch after state seizes $21 million worth of products
California cannabis regulators have revoked the business license of well-known vaporizer brand Kushy Punch after the company was raided last month and found to be operating from an unlicensed facility. After receiving a complaint about illegal cannabis…
Cannabis Investing
Florida’s Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Ordered 57 Tons of Weed Since March
Now that a judge has overturned Florida’s ban on smokable medical marijuana, dispensaries have ordered nearly two million ounces of smokable flower.
Canada’s Pot Stocks Get Hammered Again: Is the Party Over for Cannabis Investors?
There was a time just a few short months ago that buying into the world of legal cannabis seemed like a sure thing. A major pot stock sell off continued on markets Monday, partially because consumers are less than enthused about legally available canna…
Major cannabis firm MedMen slashes more than 190 jobs, unloads assets to bolster bottom line
MedMen, a Los Angeles-based multistate marijuana operator, announced it is laying off more than 190 employees to shore up its bottom line, joining a growing list of cannabis companies shedding workers amid falling MJ stock prices and a dearth of outsid…
Aurora Shares Sink on Weak Results and Halting Construction of Cannabis Plants
Aurora Cannabis Inc. shares sank to a two-year low Friday after its revenues missed expectations and the pot producer announced it was halting construction at one production facility and pausing work at another to save more than $190 million in planned…
Why Cannabis Legalization in Other Parts of the World Could Be Bad News for North American Pot Stocks
With cannabis companies focusing more on profitability, will that curb expansion efforts? Cannabis legalization is generally good news for the industry and companies looking to expand into other parts of the world. However, that’s not necessarily alway…
Cannabis Law
‘Incredibly Low’: Only 118 Pardons Granted for Pot Possession in First 4 Months
Liberal government brought in program to dispel stigma for Canadians with cannabis records. Four months after the Liberal government passed legislation to provide free, fast pot pardons, just 118 people have had their records cleared — a figure one obs…
Cannabis Consumers Are More Politically Active Than Abstainers
The next time you attend a political rally or street protest, don’t be too surprised if you smell a wisp of marijuana smoke in the air.
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What The US Can Learn From Holland’s Coffee Shop Cannabis Model
Overall, Amsterdam is more of a liberal city than people may think, especially due to their wide variety of cannabis coffee shops and cafes.
Continue reading What The US Can Learn From Holland’s Coffee Shop Cannabis Model at The Fresh Toast.
Federal Health Agency to Prohibit Funds Going to Treating Addiction With Cannabis
Officials say that do not “want individuals receiving funds for treatment services to be exposed to marijuana and somehow given the impression that it’s a treatment.”
The post Federal Health Agency to Prohibit Funds Going to Treating Addiction With Cannabis appeared first on High Times.
Will Newly Developing Drug Breathalyzers Replace Other Forms of Testing?
For many years blood and urine testing for alcohol and drug detection has been the gold standard in the workplace, with law enforcement, and, in the courts. Blood and urine testing typically utilizes gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) in either a lab setting or on site and the results has been found to be scientifically admissible in a court of law. There are newly developing alternative testing devises that use oral fluid and drug breathalyzers. Several factors are contributing to the development and use of these alternatives.Click here to:
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