Industry News

NM Cannabis Company Expands into Hemp Category

Ultra Health, a cannabis company in New Mexico, announced it was awarded continual production licenses to grow hemp at its Bernalillo and Tularosa sites and will dedicate 872,000 square feet of its operation to hemp... more »

Marlboro Taps Into Cannabis Market

Marlboro, one of the world's biggest tobacco companies is diving into the cannabis market with a $2.4 billion deal. Marlboro maker, Altria Group Inc., is taking a 45 percent stake in Cronos Group, the Canadian... more »

Cannabis Conference to Take Place at University of Tulsa

The Laureate Institute of Brain Research in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is sponsoring a conference “Cannabis: What We Have Learned Through Scientific Research” on January 17, 2019. The conference will take place at the Lorton Performance Center... more »

Cannabis Conference to Take Place at University of Tulsa

The Laureate Institute of Brain Research in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is sponsoring a conference "Cannabis: What We Have Learned Through Scientific Research" on January 17, 2019. The conference will take place at the Lorton Performance Center... more »

And the 2018 Election Results Are In …

An interesting statistic we uncovered following yesterday’s elections: one in four Americans now lives in a state where cannabis is fully legal for all adults. In Michigan, voters approved marijuana legalization by a margin of... more »

And the 2018 Election Results Are In …

An interesting statistic we uncovered following yesterday's elections: one in four Americans now lives in a state where cannabis is fully legal for all adults. In Michigan, voters approved marijuana legalization by a margin of... more »

CA Researchers to Study Effect of Cannabis on Young Adults

Researchers at Drexel University are studying the health and behavioral effects of medical marijuana use for young adults living in Los Angeles, and the study has recently been renewed for another five years. The project... more »

Canada Goes Legal

On Wednesday, Canada became the first industrialized nation to legalize recreational marijuana. Medical marijuana has been legal in the country since 2001. Canadian provinces and municipalities have been preparing for months for this monumental event.... more »

Michigan Commercial Cannabis Convention Quickly Approaching

The first-even Michigan Commercial Cannabis Convention and Expo will take place at Detroit's Cobo Center Oct. 30-31, which is about a week before Michigan will vote on Proposal 1 to legalize recreational use of marijuana.... more »

San Francisco to Launch Cannabis Oversight Committee

San Francisco city officials announced plans to create a committee that would oversee and assess cannabis industry regulations throughout the city. Proposed by Supervisor Sandra Fewer, the Cannabis Oversight Committee is intended to examine the... more »