U.S, February 21, 2020 (MERYJANE) The collective bargaining agreement approved by owners on Thursday also includes provisions that increase minimum salaries and expands benefits for active and retired players.
Players in the National Football League will no longer face suspensions if they test...
U.S, April 10, 2020 (CANNABISBUSINESSTIMES) California is the largest cannabis market in the U.S., but it also is the state market that arguably has grappled with the greatest challenges since adult-use legalization rolled out there Jan. 1, 2018.
With a many-decades-long history of...
U.S, April 30, 2020 (hempindustrydaily) (This story has been updated to reflect that the company has applied to license cannabis varieties in Colombia.)
A Colombian company with aspirations of raising hemp in Uruguay and exporting it for sale in the U.S. has the plants and permission...
U.S, March 23, 2020 (CANNABISBUSINESSTIMES) Under an emergency declaration issued March 20 by Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak in the wake of the nationwide coronavirus outbreak, all medical and adult-use cannabis dispensaries must close their storefronts to the public, although deliveries will still be allowed, according to the Reno...
UNITED STATES, October 8, 2019 (HEMP INDUSTRY DAILY)- First-time hemp farmers who hurried to cash in after the crop became federally legal may be the biggest losers of this crop year, experts say.
Congress legalized hemp to bring a new crop to farmers hurting from depressed markets, low prices and...
U.S, April Amid drug shortages, could cannabis lessen the burden?
If COVID-19 has made anything clear, it’s the precarious position of many vital global supply chains. One of the most alarming issues is the risk to pharmaceutical production networks. Last month China’s manufacturing and...
U.S, August 5, 2021 (CANNABISBUSINESSTIMES) A new state regime for legal cannabis brings with it a new group of investigators and enforcers. New licensees may face state officials who are still learning and interpreting the regulations, have an abundance of investigatory resources with very few targets, and...
UNITED STATES, August 29, 2019 (HEMP INDUSTRY DAILY)- Connecticut-based BR Brands, which owns and distributes a range of marijuana and hemp products, acquired Mary’s Brands, the Colorado maker of a cannabis skin patch.
Terms of the acquisition were not made public.
After the deal closed, Mary’s Brands CEO Lynn Honderd stepped down...
U.S, July 24, 2019 (MARIJUANA BUSINESS DAILY)- An Israeli company was granted a license to import and commercialize medical marijuana, marking an industry first in a country that expects cannabis exports to be an economic driver for the sector.
However, the country is yet to see its first commercial medical...
U.S, May 26, 2020 (HEMPGAZETTE) While support for medical cannabis still remains very strong in New Zealand, the issue of legalising recreational cannabis is a different story – particularly among 40 year-olds.
Researchers at the University of Otago carried out a survey...