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New Jersey Governor Murphy Signs Bills Legalizing Cannabis

TRENTON – Gov. Phil Murphy signed three bills today that together legalize cannabis in New Jersey and put an end to thousands of arrests. Finally, New Jersey’s legal cannabis marketplace will be launched and the ...

Colombia Authorizes Cannabis Flower Exports For Commercial Purposes

BOGOTA – The Colombian government will authorize the export of dried cannabis flower for commercial purposes. Currently, Cannabis flower exports from Colombia have been authorized only for scientific purposes. Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) ...

Exploring Cannabis Funding Around the World – Latin America – Part 1

HCN Investigates – In 2013, Uruguay became the first country to legalize recreational cannabis. Recreational cannabis is now widely available in this nation, but other countries in Latin America have been slow to follow suit. ...

Exploring Cannabis Funding Around the World – Latin America – Part 2

HCN Investigates – Cannabis Funding Details in Latam. With the notable exceptions of Uruguay and Colombia, the Latin American cannabis industry remains in its infancy. While Latin American cannabis will likely be worth more than ...

CBD and Psoriasis: What Does the Research Say?

According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, more than 125 million people around the globe suffer from this immune condition, making psoriasis one of the world’s most widespread diseases. Psoriasis didn’t become this prevalent because it’s ...

HCN Investigates: What Will the Cannabinoid Market Look Like in 2025?

If you had known ahead of time that the domestic CBD market would explode in 2017, what would you have done differently? There’s no need to wonder—a new opportunity is now arising that could completely ...

California Sets In Motion Decriminalization of Psilocybin

SACRAMENTO – Democrat State Senator Scott Wiener, of San Francisco, introduced a bill for California lawmakers on Thursday that would decriminalize substances such as psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, ketamine, DMT and mescaline in that state. California ...

Domestic Cannabis Industry Has Reached 321,000 Full-Time Jobs

The cannabis industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the country. It is helping to invigorate local and state economies across the nation and has proven itself to be an essential service as deemed ...

HEXO to acquire Zenabis in $235M all-stock deal

OTTAWA and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HEXO Corp. ("HEXO") (TSX: HEXO; NYSE: HEXO) and Zenabis Global Inc. ("Zenabis") (TSX: ZENA) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a ...

Humboldt Bans Hemp to Protect Cannabis Crops From X Pollination

HUMBOLDT, California. The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on ban last week to protect cannabis cultivation, taxation. Their ban the growing of low-THC hemp plants went into effect Monday, creating one of the ...

Quick Guide: Everything You Need To Know About Hemp Biomass

Everything You Need to Know About Hemp Biomass Mature, female Cannabis sativa plants consist of many different constituent parts, and not all of these parts are needed to make popular, cannabinoid-rich bulk products like hemp ...

Global Cannabis Market Projected To Reach $90.4 billion In 5 Years

The cannabis industry is booming yet again and new data confirms it. A new report forecasts the global marijuana market to reach a value of $90.4 billion by 2026. The same report puts the current ...

Mile High State Consumed $10 Billion Dollars Of Cannabis

DENVER – Colorado cannabis businesses have cumulatively sold $10 billion of cannabis since 2014, according to new data released by the Colorado Department of Revenue (CDOR) on Tuesday. As of January, the state has collected ...

Roy Bingham Steps Down After 6 Years At BDSA

BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BDSA is pleased to announce Pete Karabas of KEY Investment Partners as chairman of the board as Co-Founder, Roy Bingham, steps down from the chairman role six years after founding the ...

Silo Wellness Hosts First Wellness Retreat in Jamaica

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — On the back of their successful capital raise of CA$4.9 million, Silo Wellness will operate it first wellness retreat in Jamaica.This expands Silo Wellness psychedelic retreats in both Jamaica and Oregon, ...

Another Former Politician, Kathleen Sebelius, Joins Cannabis Industry

National Cannabis Roundtable (NCR) has welcomed yet another politician in its ranks. Kathleen Sebelius, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary under former President Barack Obama, has joined the group to serve as an ...

Ice Cube Joins Celebrity Brand Rush In Cannabis

LOS ANGELES – The trail-blazing Compton rapper, Ice Cube, famous for talking about cannabis in his music, launched his own cannabis line called Fryday Kush, inspired by his iconic movie Friday. “Fryday Kush is made ...

MedMen Set To Report Sales and Forward Plans in 2Q Financials

MedMen Enterprises Inc. ("MedMen" or the "Company") (CSE: MMEN) (OTCQX: MMNFF), a cannabis retailer with operations across the United States, confirmed that it will release its financial results for the second quarter fiscal 2021 ended ...

Top Cannabis Companies And Advocacy Groups Unite To Form The U.S. Cannabis Council

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Top cannabis businesses, associations, and advocacy organizations in the United States today launched the U.S. Cannabis Council (USCC), a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization that strategically aligns and unifies its members’ collective voices to advance cannabis ...

A Return to Live Cannabis Events in 2021: Wishful Thinking or Exciting Reality?

The coronavirus pandemic has forced many changes in our society. For the cannabis community, it has put the brakes on conferences, smoke sessions, and parties integral to pushing the needle forward. But with vaccine inoculations ...

Virginia Cannabis Retail Sales Scheduled To Begin in 2024

RICHMOND – With 68% of Virginia’s registered voters support legalizing cannabis, the Virginian General Assembly voted Friday to allow cannabis possession, manufacture and sale.  Under the bill passed by their Senate on Friday, simple possession ...

Soccer Legend Boosts Cannabis Company In London Stock Exchange Debut

LONDON, England – A cannabinoids company backed by David Beckham and benefiting from his super-stardom will this week become the first company of its kind to formally unveil plans for a main London stock market ...

New Research: Cannabis Not Connected To Rise In Substance Abuse

PHILADELPHIA – Colorado and Washington legalization of cannabis is not associated with any increase in teens or young adults seeking drug abuse treatment for hard drugs like opioids, cocaine, or methamphetamine, according to data published in ...

Cannabis Social Equity Bill Introduced in Oregon

PORTLAND – Repairing the harm from decades of inequity from the War on Drugs is the goal of the Cannabis Social Equity Act introduced this week by a coalition of legislators in the Oregon State Legislature. ...