Industry News

Rescission of Medical Marijuana Memorandum

Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a one-page memorandum on Jan. 4, 2018 (the “Sessions Memo”) rescinding both the Cole and Ogden Memoranda which essentially established a Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutorial safe harbor for medical... more »

California Marijuana Market : $7.6 billion by 2020.

OAKLAND, Calif. – The legalization of general-use cannabis in California will boost statewide sales to $7.6 billion in four years, according to an industry research firm. Arcview... more »

Top 10 Vendors in the LED Lighting Market

LONDON -- Technavio announces the top 10 leading vendors in their recent global LED lighting market for horticulture application report. The report presents the major vendors that manufacture LED lighting products for horticulture applications in the Americas,... more »

Helix TCS Becomes Largest BioTrackTHC Owner

DENVER -- Helix TCS and capital partner Rose Capital entered into a binding agreement last week to purchase all of the BioTrackTHC shares held by Steven Siegel and Brian McClintock, two of the three founders of the company, for... more »

Culture-Based Cannabis Tests: Inaccurate?

WOBURN, Mass. – A genetics research company issued a study today that finds problems with some traditional yeast/mold safety tests for cannabis. Medicinal Genomics (MGC) and Courtagen Life Sciences published “Metagenomic analysis of medicinal Cannabis samples; pathogenic bacteria, toxigenic fungi,... more »

TRANSPORT: Packing & Shipping System

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. -- Sugarmade Inc. announces its CannaShroud™ cannabis transport packing system specifically designed to allow for protected transportation of cannabis. The product is available immediately for vendor orders at the Company's new website,... more »

Signal Bay Purchases Green Style Analytics

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Signal Bay Inc. announced the purchase Nov. 3 of Green Style Analytics Lab in Yuba City, Calif. The acquisition brings Signal Bay’s total testing laboratories operating under the EVIO Labs brand to five,... more »

Colorado Group Says 60 Minutes MJ Report Slanted

DENVER – A 60 Minutes report concering an upcoming vote in Pueblo, Colo., on recreational marijuana drew criticism from a leading cannabis consulting firm for what it considered “biased and unsubstantiated” information. [caption id="attachment_1009" align="alignleft"... more »

Golf Tourney Raises $40K for Cannabis Charity

DENVER - Leaders of O.penVAPE, Safe Harbor Private Banking and the Growing Hope Foundation presents $40,000 in total proceeds from the O.penVAPE Open Charity Golf Tournament to the Flowering Hope Foundation late last week. O.penVAPE, a Denver-based... more »

Agritek Holdings Licenses California Premiums Cannabis Brand

LOS ANGELES – Agritek Holdings Inc. a leader in compassionate care technology and agricultural solutions for the recreational cannabis industry, today announced that the Company has executed a Letter of Intent and Joint Venture Agreement... more »