U.S, September 24, 2019 (MARIJUANA BUSSINES DAILY)- Illinois’ medical marijuana program is experiencing its most significant and sustained period of growth yet, nearly three years after sales began in the state.
From August 2018 to August 2019, patient counts in the state nearly doubled, from approximately 44,000 to more than...
UNITED STATES, August 05, 2019 (MEDICAL NEWS TODAY) - Researchers have known about the pain relieving potential of cannabis for decades, but they have had to wait until now to determine how the plant creates such effective substances. Their findings may help provide a solution to the opioid crisis.
People...
UK, July 29 , 2019 (INDEPENDENT)- A group of cross-party MPs said the UK could completely legalise cannabis use within a decade following a research trip to Canada.
Labour’s David Lammy, the Liberal Democrats’ Sir Norman Lamb and Conservative MP Jonathan Djanogly visited the country to study the legal weed market, set up after the drug was decriminalised there last year.
The Tottenham...
Genifer Murray hosts Joe Hodas of Wana Brands to discuss industry progress, the Last Prisoner Project, and what the future holds for legal cannabis. U.S, June 24, 2020 (CANNBAISTECH)
Genifer Murray and Joe Hodas, CMO of Wana Brands, two industry pioneers, take a...
MEXICO, September 04, 2019 (EL UNIVERSAL)- Mexico could become the biggest medicinal marijuana producer in the world in five years if the government gives the green light for the cultivation of the plant, according to the president of an industry group.
Luis David Suárez Rodríguez, president of the Mexican Medicinal...
CANADA, February 23, 2020 (CANNABISNOW) With half a billion people under lockdown, the coronavirus outbreak in China is virtually certain to take a grave impact on the Asian superpower’s economy with ripples across the planet. And the cannabis industry is, like so many global concerns, dependent...
U.S, February 19, 2020 (MARIJUANABUSINESS) The increasingly competitive cannabis market is fostering a pay-to-play mentality among both marijuana retailers and the brands they carry.
Known as slotting fees, the practice requires brands to pay anywhere from $500 to $15,000 a month for premium...
U.S, June 5, 2020 (HEPGAZETTE) It’s been a while since we checked in with the medical cannabis situation in Oklahoma, and it turns out the state’s program is still rocketing along.
Back in July last year we mentioned Oklahoma’s medical cannabis program was growing in leaps...
U.S Jnauary 20, 2021, (HEMPINDUSTRY) Over and over again I meet hemp growers who are not yet aware of a widespread disease that has been appearing more and more across the United States – Hop Latent Viroid (HpLVd).
Viroids are not viruses, but rather...
U.S, July 10, 2020 (MERRYJANE) The task force, created in partnership with Bernie Sanders, does advocate for decriminalizing pot and mass-expungement, but not legalizing adult-use cannabis — only medical marijuana.
Two-thirds of Americans want to put an end to cannabis prohibition, according to Newsweek. Even so,...