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At its core, the U.S. cannabis industry is a resurgence of our country’s agriculture and manufacturing capabilities. From planting the cannabis seeds and harvesting the flower, to processing distillates and selling the finished product, this rapidly expanding industry relies on natural resources and stringent packaging requirements to even make it
It’s 2020, and white men still dominate psychedelics conferences. If you’ve been in this scene for a while, you probably already know that. But this is not the whole story, it’s just the tip of the iceberg. I recently wrote a reported news story about the racial and gender homogeneity of several psychedelics themed conferences which took place virt
The timeline of cannabis in America is certainly a tumultuous one. From being spiritually and ritualistically used by Native Americans, to being vilified and criminalized by early 1900’s government officials leading to a 75 year prohibition, to an explosive “war on drugs” that had a choke hold on American culture for over two decades, marijuana and
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Problematic cannabis cultivation on Navajo Nation lands has led to a new resolution to clarify the Nation’s stance. The Navajo Nation is an American Indian territory covering more than 17.5 million acres of north-eastern Arizona, south-eastern Utah and north-western New Mexico. The Navajo Nation doesn’t allow for hemp or marijuana to be grown on it
Mila Jansen’s story is quite the odyssey. The renowned hash maker escaped from Holland’s Home for Unwed Mothers and opened both a clothing store “for the happy and free” and an underground tea house in Amsterdam before she invented the Pollinator and earned the title of Hash Queen. The Pollinator, the first mechanical tool to separate trichomes fro
With recreational sales growing from $9.8 million in January to $65.5 million by August, there’s no questioning Michigan’s potential. In December of 2019, Michigan became the tenth state in the U.S. to legalize adult-use cannabis. Less than a year in, it’s already outpaced Nevada to become the fifth highest-grossing state for cannabis sales and is
Shares of cannabis producers soared on the stock market Thursday following the vice presidential debate, during which Kamala Harris announced the Biden administration would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. "We will decriminalize marijuana and we will expunge the records of those who have been convicted of marijuana," the California sen
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The record wildfires that have blanketed the West Coast in smoke and ash also have blocked out essential sunlight and set back the growth of outdoor marijuana plants by weeks, leaving growers with less-than-ideal options for when to harvest their plants. Cannabis growers in California, Oregon and Washington state are contemplating two choices in th
Michigan has taken an innovative approach to getting more entrepreneurs involved in the state’s marijuana industry—Microbusinesses, self-contained businesses that do not interact with the rest of the marijuana market. Original link
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The largest wildfire in the history of California, the August Complex, is still burning. It has scorched more than a million acres in Northern California and is threatening three counties, Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity, that have the largest concentration of cannabis farms in the U.S., reports Inside Climate News. According to local law enforceme
To understand the unique distribution challenges of Oklahoma’s exploding cannabis market, one must first address the question that has preoccupied researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors ever since Oklahoma became second in the nation for dispensaries per capita, trailing only Oregon. That question being, “Why Oklahoma?” According to a 2018 Veri
Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized the sale or use of cannabis. Yet, the federal government is struggling to keep up, and cannabis legislation has been stagnant. As a result, there is no safe harbor in the cannabis industry, meaning there is no legislation that assures the safety of banking cannabis. So, many who enter
You may not think a fourth-generation family business with a century of engineering excellence would play a part in the still-evolving cannabis industry. And yet, this kind of expertise and technology is a strong fit for an industry where product quality is paramount. For cannabis producers, preserving the integrity of the plant, in terms of flavon
