Recent Public Posts

The cannabis food and drink sector has seen a large increase in patent filings in the last five years, according to a PatSnap report. The report, which covered cannabis compounds in edibles and beverages and how new legislation offers a “once in a lifetime opportunity”, showed that 242 patent famil...

Ross Rebagliati was stripped of 1998 Olympic gold medal after positive test for the drug. With the legalizing of marijuana in Canada now official, the World Anti-Doping Agency should remove cannabis from its banned list of drugs, says Canadian Ross Rebagliati, whose Olympic snowboard gold medal was...

Quebec offers the lowest prices, Ontario among the highest, with legal cannabis prices generally not far off black market rates. Canadian cannabis consumers flocked to the country’s first legal marijuana stores and online sites Wednesday to find prices that generally compete with the black market. ...

By Jake Dimmock,MJBA Ambassador-At-Large WASHINGTON: Last night I had the pleasure of attending a special celebratory gathering of the movers and shakers of Washington’s Legal Cannabis Industry. Held at the Hard Rock Cafe, and hosted by Jared Mirsky, CEO and founder of cannabis digital agency Wick a...

Various studies have shown that medical marijuana has proven efficacious in lessening pain levels for neuropathic pain patients where other prescription medications have proven un-effective. Neuropathy is a generalized term which signifies exhibited symptoms of nerve damage in human beings—neuropat...

Nation’s Cannabis Experts Address Consumers, Healthcare Providers & Emerging Trade at October 27 & 28 St. Charles-based Forum MISSOURI: The inaugural Missouri Medical Cannabis Conference will be held Saturday & Sunday, October 27 and October 28, and will provide voters, potential patients, caretaker...

GUAM: The Governor for the US territory of Guam has signed legislation permitting qualified medical cannabis patients and their caregivers the ability to grow personal use amounts of cannabis at home. Under the new law, applicants can apply to the Department of Health and Social Services to receive ...

CALIFORNIA: MedMen Enterprises announced that it has reached agreement to sell a significant portion of its real estate assets to the newly formed Treehouse Real Estate Investment Trust (“Treehouse”). Treehouse is a real estate investment vehicle that capitalizes on the cannabis industry’s continued...

CANADA: Alternate Health, an international leader in technology solutions for the regulated cannabis industry, announced that the Company signed an arms length  agreement on October 16, 2018, to acquire 100% of Four Twenty Inc., receiving coveted cannabis distribution, manufacturing, processing and ...

As Canada makes history with its nationwide legalization of cannabis, some observers in the United States are watching with a sense of cautious optimism; in the hopes that their northern neighbor’s actions might end up having a positive impact on America’s cannabis legalization movement. But there ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health approved a petition from parents Tuesday which would allow them to use medical marijuana to treat children with autism. A petition was filed to allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana for patients with autism back in April. At a hearing in August, one pare...

COLORADO:  MedPharm, a leading medical cannabis grow, R&D laboratory and compounding facility, announced today that it has been awarded the first cannabis research license by the state of Colorado. To get the license, the state looked at the applicant’s capabilities to successfully develop and condu...

Canada on Wednesday became the first major world economy to legalize recreational marijuana, beginning a national experiment that will alter the country’s social, cultural and economic fabric, and present the nation with its biggest public policy challenge in decades. On Wednesday morning, the gove...

On Wednesday, marijuana sales will begin nationwide in Canada, making it the second country in the world — following Uruguay — with a federally legal adult-use marijuana industry.  Each Canadian province has developed its own system for how marijuana will be sold to adults. This will include governm...