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Why Canada’s Mail Order Marijuana Business Is Not Going Away

When cannabis legalization was first proposed to Canadians as part of the Liberal Party’s platform in the 2015 federal election, one of the benefits that Canadians were promised was a reduction in organized crime. This reduction in crime was supposed...

Canada’s Black Market Makes it Difficult to Enforce Federal Cannabis Laws

Even though cannabis became legal overnight in Canada on October 17, establishing the country’s legal retail industry could take months. In fact, access to retail storefronts is highly uneven across Canada, due to different rules governing cannabis in different...

Inside a CBD Dinner Party at Loosie’s in Brooklyn

Soon enough, the three-dozen guests took their seats at three tables, arranged in a big U. I sat next to Drew, an anesthesiologist and mountain biker who could easily have passed as Vin Diesel’s hipster stunt double. Drew was...

Vermont CBD Makers and Sellers Stress Purity, Standards

Derek Mercury, owner of Jeffersonville, Vermont-based Maple Plus, says simple is better. “It’s a very simple product,” he says of the enhanced maple sugar that became available on April 20 of this year. “There’s just two ingredients.” Those ingredients: maple sugar...

Missouri Has Three Marijuana Initiatives on the Ballot. Here’s Your Guide on Each

Voting remains one of the principle acts of being a citizen of the democracy. And on November 6th, citizens of the “Show Me” state can show up to the polls. There, Missourians can choose to vote for the right...

Vancouver, Canada’s Marijuana Capital, Struggles to Tame the Black Market

As Canada embarks on a national experiment to legalize marijuana, Vancouver illustrates the difficulties of policing the illegal trade.

Trade Group: Nevada to Collect $1B in 7 Years from Marijuana

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A report for a cannabis trade group says marijuana production, processing, and sales could reap more than $1 billion in tax revenue for Nevada over seven years. A customer purchases marijuana from Essence in Las Vegas...

Marijuana.com’s 5 Election Contests You Have to Watch

The fate of marijuana reform rests largely in the hands of our elected officials. Ballot initiatives can introduce marijuana legalization into states and counties, but elected officials ultimately are responsible for shaping the policy, creating the programs, and implementing the...

In Nevada, Legal Cannabis Added $1 Billion Impact to State Economy

Nevada’s legal cannabis industry generated nearly $1 billion in total output activity for the state’s economy in its first year of legalized recreational sales, a top industry group said Friday. Cannabis brought at least 8,300 full-time jobs to Nevada, an...

French Baby Hospitalized, Comatose After Swallowing Cannabis

The British tabloid press is reporting on a 10-month-old baby who had to be rushed to the hospital after accidentally swallowing cannabis. Police in Lyon, France, arrested the baby’s parents after they checked their child into the emergency room....
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Cannabis Supply Chain and Tariffs, What You Need To Know

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