The Business of Cannabis

Chicago Upstart Lands $16M to Help Cannabis Brands With Advertising

Sep 4, 2019 | Great Lakes Region

A young Chicago startup just raised $16 million in its first-ever round of funding to help cannabis companies deliver industry-compliant ad campaigns. Fyllo announced Wednesday that its $16 million seed round was led by New York-based JW Asset Management and...

Sewage Screening Turns Up Surprising Pot Data: Cannabis Weekly

Sep 4, 2019 | Canada

When it comes to cannabis, the proof is in the peeing. Canada’s national statistics agency has been collecting and testing municipal wastewater samples from five cities for traces of cannabis to gauge actual usage of the now legal drug. The results are surprising: In...

Large-Scale Marijuana Grow Facility Planned For Vacant Muskegon County Business Park

Sep 4, 2019 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

A 210-acre business park owned by Muskegon County may soon become a large-scale facility for growing marijuana. The proposed grow operation, to be called Sensi Park, would be located in the vacant Muskegon County Business Park North in Dalton Township at the corner of...

Summer Burn Out

Sep 3, 2019 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

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Harvard Study Shows Smoking Marijuana Improves Cognitive Function

Sep 3, 2019 | National

Preliminary evidence from a new study led by Harvard Medical School Affiliate McLean Hospital’s Staci Gruber, PhD, suggests that medical marijuana (MMJ) may not impair, and in many cases, may actually improve executive functioning in adults. Splendor in the...