Jan 21, 2021 | National
Four red states – Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky and South Carolina – could legalize medical marijuana through their legislatures this year, and, if successful, they could generate hundreds of millions of dollars in business opportunities across the supply chain over time....
Jan 20, 2021 | National
Over and over again, I meet cannabis growers who are not yet aware of a widespread disease that has been appearing more and more across the United States – hop latent viroid (HpLVd). Viroids are not viruses but, rather, a plant-specific pathogenic RNA. But there is...
Jan 20, 2021 | National
For the first time since 2017, the median price per pound of recreational marijuana sold by cultivators to retailers topped $1,500 in December, according to data provided by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Prices also rebounded for cannabis sold to wholesale...
Jan 19, 2021 | National
French startup Qairos Energies said it will invest nearly €18.8 million ($23 million) in its planned facility that will turn locally grown hemp into hydrogen and methane. Qairos, based in Mareil-en-Champagne, said its hydrogen output will be converted into...
Jan 19, 2021 | National
Steve DeAngelo is one of the marijuana industry’s most high-profile pioneers. But earlier this month, DeAngelo and the Oakland, California-based company he co-founded in 2006, Harborside, formally parted ways. Moreover, the role of chair emeritus, which...
Jan 19, 2021 | National
Cannabis enthusiast Chelsea Handler has teamed up with dispensaries Sweet Flower and The Apothecarium to launch the “America is Back Kit,” a curated mix of her favorite brands and items, in celebration of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Handler’s kit...