420Post Jan. 20 Features Cannabis Branding, Marketing
If you want to learn from cannabis branding and marketing experts how to make your cannabis business generate a social media buzz, 420Post Jan. 20 at 1 pm has got you covered. Jared Mirsky, founder and CEO of nationally known Wick & Mortar, a cannabis-focused...
French Energy Company To Invest $23 Million In Hemp-Fueled Gas Plant
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...
A Marijuana Pioneer Changes Course: Q&A With Harborside Co-Founder Steve DeAngelo
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...
“America Is Back”: Chelsea Handler Debuts Cannabis Line For Inauguration Day
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...
Indiana State Senator Introduces Two Bills To Decriminalize And Regulate Marijuana
Indiana state Senator Karen Tallian, a Democrat, has introduced two bills to decriminalize and regulate marijuana for adults. The two measures, SB 87 and SB 223, were introduced earlier this month. SB 87 would establish a commission to regulate all forms of cannabis...
Biden Taps Marijuana Legalization Supporter To Lead Democratic National Committee
President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is a strong backer of marijuana legalization—the latest example of a nominee holding cannabis policy reform views that go further than the incoming president’s. If confirmed by party...
Michigan Marijuana Report Audience Growing Rapidly
Dan Keelan, publisher of the Michigan Marijuana Report, updates how much the digital publication has grown in the past year and hints at some of the new programs that will be launched in 2021. As a disclaimer, Mike Brennan is Editor of MIMarijuanaReport.Com....
Four20Post: Two Edibles Makers Tell You How To Do It
On Four20Post Jan. 13, we interviewed Rachel King, co-founder of Kaneh cannabis, which makes infused edible cookies and brownies and sells them in Michigan, and Travis Wilson, owner operator of Noble Road, the only edibles company in Michigan to make their products...
Ten Marijuana Businesses Sue Berkley Over Licensing Process
Ten marijuana companies filed suit against the Detroit suburb of Berkley, Michigan, in an attempt to overturn a license scoring process that left all of them without business permits. According to C&G Newspapers, the city identified three cannabis...
Michigan’s Recreational Cannabis Sales Were Up 482 Percent In 2020
New data from Headset, a company that analyzes cannabis consumer trends, revealed that recreational weed sales in Michigan rose by 482 percent between January and December of last year. In January, rec weed sales were somewhere around $9.8 million, and by December had...
