The Business of Cannabis

4 Cannabis Stocks Projected to Grow Sales by at Least 355% Next Year

Aug 29, 2019 | Feature, National

For years, promises of growth had been more than enough to send marijuana stock valuations higher. However, things changed when Canada legalized recreational marijuana and opened its doors to adult-use weed sales on Oct. 17, 2018. No longer are promises...

Trump DEA To Move Forward On New Marijuana Grower Applications

Aug 28, 2019 | National

The Trump administration on Monday announced it will begin taking steps to expand the number of federally approved marijuana growers for scientific and medical research purposes. In a Federal Register notice set to be published Tuesday, the Drug Enforcement...

Wholesale Cannabis Prices Are Rising in Established U.S. States — Here’s Why

Aug 25, 2019 | National

Over the next decade, investors will struggle to find a more impressive growth opportunity than the rise of legal cannabis. If investment bank Stifel proves accurate with its call for $200 billion in global annual weed sales in a decade’s time,...

Up In Smoke: Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing Goes Poof In NYC And Nevada

Aug 20, 2019 | National

Starting next year, job seekers in New York City and Nevada will no longer have to worry about whether they’ll flunk a pre-employment drug test — and lose out on a job — because of that joint they smoked the week before. Legislators in both jurisdictions recently...

Mike Tyson: We Smoke $40K Of Marijuana Every Month At Ranch

Aug 18, 2019 | National

Mike Tyson is certainly enjoying his retirement. Not only has the former boxer become an advocate for marijuana while hosting a podcast called Hot Boxin’, but he also explained the extent of his marijuana use in the latest episode (h/t The...

Cannabis Restaurants Coming to California

Aug 15, 2019 | National

Like any good chef about to open a restaurant, Andrea Drummer wants to get her pairings just right. But her lamb chops with plantain-mango salsa won’t be matched with wine or beer. Instead, a “budtender” — some in the industry call them ganjiers, as in ganja...