The Business of Cannabis

CBD Users, Beware! You Could Fail Drug Tests Even If There’s No THC In What You’re Using

Oct 26, 2019 | National

There’s a fine line between treatment and trouble.CBD is the compound in cannabis known for its medicinal properties. THC is the psychoactive component. Federal law allows CBD derived only from hemp plants, and containing no more than 0.3% THC – far below...

Major Weed Companies Are Cutting Hundreds of Jobs as the Industry Struggles

Oct 26, 2019 | Canada

The Canadian weed company that’s going to destroy $77 million worth of illegal cannabis plants and inventory, is slashing the jobs of a quarter of its workforce. It is the second major cannabis company to announce hundreds of layoffs this week amid a big downturn...

4 Key Players Just Held a Marijuana Summit

Oct 26, 2019 | National

Taken together, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut are home to 44.8 million people. That’s nearly 14% of the entire U.S. population. So when the governors of those four states got together to discuss marijuana legalization, I took notice. The...

Michigan Health Department Tests Show Vitamin e Acetate Found In Some Vaping Products

Oct 25, 2019 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is alerting vaping and e-cigarette users about recent test results the state received from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on vaping materials collected from lung injury patients in the state. Lung...

How To Become A Master Cannabis Grower

Oct 25, 2019 | National

Whatever your reasons are for wanting to become a Master Cannabis Grower, you are no doubt wondering how exactly to go about it. For decades, marijuana growers have had to work outside the law as well as in competition with one another, so trade practices...