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The California Community Reinvestment Grants Program recently announced recipients for fiscal year 2022-2023. The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) announced that it is once again giving a handful of grants to various health departments and non-profit

Brands rely heavily on social media to raise awareness. With relatively low overhead costs and the potential for considerable reach, a robust social media strategy is crucial for sustainable growth. Compound that with the fact that nearly half of industry operators have an annual marketing budget of

HELENA - Just over a year into Montana’s recreational marijuana program, the legal framework for the system has shifted again with new laws passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov Greg Gianforte this week. Changes to marijuana laws remained under debate at the State Capitol up until the last day

Former NFL running back Le’Veon Bell says he smoked marijuana before playing in games. Bell said on the “Steel Here” podcast that he had some of his best games while under the influence of marijuana. “Looking back on this, that’s what I did,” Bell said, via ESPN. “When I was playing football, I

Can a cannabis-based medicine help treat aggressive brain tumors? Scientists in the UK are getting closer to answering that question. Ongoing lab research is about to become real-world as the project just recruited its first volunteers. The ARISTOCRAT study on the effectiveness of Sativex, a

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has obtained an emergency order to shut down WeedGenics. WeedGenics is an alleged Ponzi-like scheme orchestrated by two individuals who managed more than $60 million from investors by promoting a fraudulent cannabis business

Michigan voters legalized adult-use cannabis in 2018. Policymakers in Michigan are considering major changes to the state’s drug testing policy, particularly as it pertains to cannabis use. The potential changes come more than four years after voters there approved a ballot measure that legalized

Zoning issues are limiting dispensary locations. When New York’s Office of Cannabis Management granted a conditional dispensary license to Union Chill, the team behind the Southern Tier Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) thought they’d cleared the largest hurdle to open their shop. That

Oversupply, lack of demand, competition with neighboring legal states, and black market sales, puts Colorado cannabis businesses in a bind. A recent report from The Denver Post analyzes the fallout of the post-pandemic cannabis industry in Colorado. While once the state reached a peak of $226

Officers seized approximately 142kg of pot at Dublin Port. Law enforcement officials in Ireland on Sunday seized hundreds of pounds in “herbal cannabis” at a Dublin port, leading to the arrest of “a man in his 40s.” According to a press release from the Irish Tax and Customs, revenue officers in the

In a stunning display of the financial potential of legal cannabis, states across the US have collected a combined total of more than $15,1 billion in tax revenue from adult-use cannabis sales since 2014. As cannabis business owners navigate regulations that can change by state and face growing

Lowcountry automaker Volvo Cars needs to hire 1,300 workers as its Berkeley County plant gears up for electric vehicle production in the coming year, but a couple of key factors disqualifying job candidates in the past are still in play for this round of hiring — drug tests and background checks. It

While many in the industry continue to extol the commercial opportunities of the cannabis industry in order to try and turn the dial on government and institutional support, FoxNRTH’s Principal Chris Murray believes in a different approach. By applying a ‘systems approach’, and seeing the industry

Dr Boehnke is a research assistant professor and the director of controversial compounds in the University of Michigan Medical School’s Department of Anesthesiology and Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center. The email from my new job was not the welcome I was anticipating. I would “be required to

InterCure will distribute Tyson's edible products to international markets. Boxing legend Mike Tyson is punching his way into the business world, announcing a partnership with Israeli medical marijuana company InterCure. InterCure will exclusively cultivate, manufacture and distribute the former

High-potency marijuana associated with psychosis, curbs anxiety, depression. An advertising campaign by One Chance to Grow Up displays warnings from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division regarding marijuana concentrate use. Is high potency marijuana bad for individuals with preexisting mental

Cannabis terpenes let brewers impart a 'whiff of cannabis' while the beverage itself still tastes of beer. Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. had a clearheaded idea for the experience it hoped to capture by infusing its IPA “Pulp Daddy” with cannabis terpenes. ‘There’s no THC. There’s no CBD. What we

PORTAGE - The city council of a small town in Michigan is considering a proposed ordinance amendment that, if passed, could allow drive-thru services at local marijuana businesses. First introduced for first reading April 18, Ordinance Amendment #22/23-9 looks to change several commercial marijuana

Rhode Island marijuana shops could soon join their Massachusetts competitors advertising on billboards throughout the Ocean State. The Rhode Island House of Representatives voted unanimously Tuesday to give the state's cannabis regulation office the power to make rules on marijuana advertising while

We’ve reported on how California’s illicit pot market has hurt the heavily taxed and regulated legal market. Expanding on that, agriculture reporter Kim Chipman this week follows up on her earlier reporting about water theft in California to look at how the industry is contributing to the state’s