Items tagged with cannabis industry
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| The next big bubble could be in Canada’s soaring pot market [07.12.2016] | The surge of capital into Canada’s nascent marijuana industry has sent stock prices soaring – and brought warnings it’s a bubble that could soon burs ... |
| Trudeau’s bait and switch on legalization? [04.12.2016] | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently expressed frustration around the current cannabis landscape, explaining, “Until we have brought in the propose ... |
| Donald Trump’s attorney general pick could destroy the recreational pot industry [21.11.2016] | Attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is a fervent foe of marijuana legalization. But if he were confirmed as President-elect Trump’s ... |
| Marijuana reform went 8 for 9 on the ballot this week [10.11.2016] | Marijuana reform won in eight out of the nine states where it was put on the ballot, the strongest signal to date that the public is ready to embrace ... |
| Marijuana legalization won big on Election Day. It will keep winning [09.11.2016] | In California voters approved legalization. The country’s most populous state and biggest economy will allow people to buy marijuana for recreational ... |
| 'Commercialization won out': will legal marijuana be the next big tobacco? [30.10.2016] | Candi CdeBaca voted to legalize the free sale of marijuana in Colorado four years ago because she thought it would be good for her Denver neighborhoo ... |
| Pot stock hits record high as more U.S. states press ahead with legalization [11.10.2016] | As polls indicate California, Massachusetts, Maine, Nevada and Arizona are poised to approve referendums dramatically expanding legal U.S. cannabis u ... |
| American says he wants to protect Jamaica’s natural ganja [24.09.2016] | Anticipating that original ganja strains are likely to become extinct after the new, legitimate ganja industry opens up in Jamaica, American business ... |
| Overseas backers push ganja co-op for Jamaica [15.09.2016] | A group of international investors is looking to partner with local interests, particularly small farmers to corner the local and export market for g ... |
| Cannabis industry expected to be worth $50 billion by 2026 [11.09.2016] | The legal cannabis industry in the U.S. may grow to $50 billion in the next decade, expanding to more than eight times its current size, as lawful po ... |
| In Israel, booming medical marijuana looks to conquer new highs [11.09.2016] | Israel is a well-known as a pioneer in medical cannabis. This summer, the government approved a plan initiated by Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to r ... |
| Did the DEA just kick open the door for the pharmaceuticalization of pot? [11.08.2016] | While much ink has been spilled over the last few days regarding DEA’s refusal to recognize marijuana as a medicine and its unwillingness to reclassi ... |
| The goal of legalized cannabis shouldn’t be corporate gold [15.07.2016] | As the government crawls towards legalization with the appointment of a task force, my tempered enthusiasm has started to wane, replaced by dismay. I ... |
| The goal of legalized cannabis shouldn’t be corporate gold [14.07.2016] | Canada has a tradition of overregulation and one can already sense that the government is poised to place a myriad of restrictions on production and ... |
| The pot law that could be 'deal-breaker for the drug war' [04.07.2016] | California's pot legalization initiative, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), qualified for the ballot in November, setting the stage for a vote t ... |
| Who's funding the US cannabis industry? [23.06.2016] | Funding is one of the biggest challenges for the cannabis industry, which still exists in a legal grey area. Cannabis has been legalised for medical ... |
| The first big company to say it’s serving the legal marijuana trade? Microsoft. [15.06.2016] | As state after state has legalized marijuana in one way or another, big names in corporate America have stayed away entirely. Marijuana, after all, i ... |
| The activists helping illegal pot dealers turn into legit marijuana businessmen [08.06.2016] | In California, where voters are expected to legalize recreational marijuana in November, there’s a small, but growing movement to eliminate barriers ... |
| Jamaica targets billions in taxes from weed [28.05.2016] | The Government is targeting annual revenue of US$2 billion from the ganja industry when regulations to govern the sector are finally in place. Minist ... |
| In the legal weed business, how deep does the “Suits vs. Stoners” schism run? [15.05.2016] | Cultural conflict rumbles within a nascent industry that was once a countercultural, underground operation. As fancy dispensaries and stylish product ... |
| Will Canada become America's cannabis capital? [13.05.2016] | Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has vowed to legalise recreational marijuana consumption on a federal level, opening the door to investment, l ... |
| Portland startup maps cannabis genome to protect weed from Monsanto patenting [23.04.2016] | A Portland biotechnology company has launched a 3-D map that charts the genetic evolution of cannabis genomes, protecting strains like OG Kush from f ... |
| What a looming patent war could mean for the future of the marijuana industry [20.04.2016] | On August 4, 2015, US officials quietly made history by approving the first-ever patent, No. 9095554, for a plant containing significant amounts of T ... |
| Legal marijuana sales projected to reach $6.7 billion in 2016 [31.01.2016] | Just how big is the market for legal pot? A new report by a leading marijuana industry investment and research firm found legal cannabis sales jumped ... |
| Canada’s medical pot producers set sights on recreational users [28.01.2016] | Canada’s producers of medical marijuana are sitting on a seven-tonne stash of weed, with the inventory steadily growing as supply exceeds demand in t ... |
| Canadian investors show interest in local ganja [12.01.2016] | Following the lead of several US states in holding referendums which have been supportive of reducing the legal restraints on the use of the drug, Ja ... |
| Cannabis industry, advocates trying to find right balance on marijuana legalization [08.12.2015] | Business and advocates both play a key role in furthering marijuana legalization, but finding the ideal balance is proving difficult. That was partic ... |
| Canada’s next big move? It may be legalizing pot [05.12.2015] | The new Liberal government has promised to act quickly to legalize marijuana for general use, which would make Canada the first Group of 20 country t ... |
| Big Marijuana is coming — and even legalization supporters are worried [02.12.2015] | Ohioans rejected a very unusual marijuana legalization proposal. Beyond legalizing pot, the ballot initiative would have given campaign donors direct ... |
| On ballot, Ohio grapples with specter of marijuana monopoly [31.10.2015] | Ohio lawyer Don Wirtshafter has fought for decades to make marijuana legal, calling it “my life’s work.” But when Ohio voters go to the polls to cons ... |
| Government awards third ganja research licence [26.10.2015] | Canadian nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company, Timeless Herbal Care Limited (THC), which has operations in Jamaica, is the first private entity t ... |
| Colorado's largest pot grower sued by two consumers over pesticide use [04.10.2015] | A pair of marijuana users in Colorado — one of them a medical-card holder with a brain tumor — have sued the state's largest pot grower for allegedly ... |
| Marijuana prohibition can do more harm than good, doctors tell federal parties [20.09.2015] | If Canada's new government chooses to legalize marijuana beyond medical use then it should get into the business of controlling its supply and sale t ... |
| Ganja ready for the big times [17.09.2015] | Going by the announcement by Canada-based Timeless Herbal Care Limited (THC), Jamaica stands to benefit from a US$100-million deal to develop medical ... |
| Ganja growers warned: GET 'LEGIT' TO GET IN IT! [22.08.2015] | Local ganja growers, particularly small farmers, in Jamaica are being urged to enter the formal market to benefit from the decriminalising of the pro ... |
| ‘Medical cannabis could be worth more to Israel than natural gas’ [15.08.2015] | If Israel grew pot instead of peppers, said Dr. Tamir Gadot, CEO of pro-medical cannabis agricultural association Breath of Life, the economy would b ... |
| Ohio's legal weed proposal could create the world’s first 'pot grower oligarchy' [15.08.2015] | Ohio voters will have the opportunity to legalize the commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis this November, including for medical marijuana pati ... |
| The tragedy of the ganja policy [08.08.2015] | The amendment of the Dangerous Drugs Act 2015 in February has laid the foundation for the development of the policy framework governing a ganja indus ... |
| None but ourselves can 'free' the weed [04.07.2015] | Traditional small ganja farmers in Jamaica, accustomed to clandestinely working their fields, will now have to adhere to strict regulations in order ... |
| 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 ... |
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