The Business of Cannabis

What You Should Know About Cholesterol, Marijuana, And CBD

Feb 19, 2020 | National

In 2016, 28.2 million American adults were diagnosed with heart disease with a heart attack occurring every 40 seconds, according to the American Heart Association. As the leading cause of death for men, women and people of most racial and ethnic groups, new...

Monthly Demand For Legal Cannabis Products In U.S. Increased By 0.9% In November

Feb 13, 2020 | Feature, National

According to Anderson Economic Group’s monthly AndCan®Index, demand for legal cannabis products in the United States continued to climb in November 2019. AEG’s experts produce this monthly measurement by closely following 50 state trends for both the recreational and...

Trump Budget Proposes Ending State Medical Marijuana Protections

Feb 12, 2020 | National

Marijuana Moment is a wire service assembled by Tom Angell, a marijuana legalization activist and journalist covering marijuana reform nationwide. The views expressed by Angell or Marijuana Moment are neither endorsed by the Globe nor do they reflect the Globe’s views...

Congress Has Stalled On Marijuana Banking, So Colorado Is Taking Matters Into Its Own Hands

Feb 11, 2020 | National

Colorado is taking action to try to give more legal marijuana businesses in the state access to banking as a Congressional effort to knock down the federal barriers has stalled.  There are already a handful of banks in Colorado working...

CBD Products Are ‘Exploding’ In Pet Sector

Feb 11, 2020 | National

Hemp-based CBD pet products will represent 3-5% of all hemp CBD sales, with conversion rates of 37%, according to a new report from Nielsen Holdings PLC and Headset, a provider of analytics service for the cannabis industry. The U.S. consumer packaged goods industry...

Hemp Industry Cleared To Do Business With Banks

Feb 9, 2020 | National

The number of banks in the United States willing to lend to hemp producers can be counted on one hand. That is about to change. Federal and state bank regulators announced Tuesday that they were scrapping a burdensome requirement that banks said kept them away from...