News and Trends
Restaurant Business
Pass the Cannabis, Please: Marijuana Among Restaurant Trends for 2019
CBD is becoming ubiquitous despite being, strictly speaking, not quite legal everywhere.
Cannabis
State Regulators Consider Better Ways to Determine Who Controls Cannabis Business
More flexibility is needed when assessing whether leases and lending and brand licensing agreements create a controlling interest
Legal Marijuana
Marijuana in Maine: Slow Motion Crawl Toward Adult-Use Sales
An obstructionist governor has drastically slowed the already complicated process of creating a regulatory structure from scratch.
Legal Marijuana
Adults In Massachusetts Can Legally Buy Marijuana Starting Today
It's been a long wait but Massachusetts is now the first eastern state to allow recreational sales.
Legal Marijuana
Pro-Marijuana Candidates Were Big Midterm Winners but Now They Need to be Prodded
Many new office holders support legal marijuana but few made it their highest priority.
Edibles
Cannabis Edibles Market Set to Quadruple in U.S., Canada to $4B
A new report sees the market for edibles growing from about $1B to $4B by 2022, apparently at the cost of smoked marijuana.
Legal Marijuana
Key Cannabis Legalization Wins Could Bring in Upwards of $2 Billion in New Sales
With few exceptions, voted approved both ballot measures and candidates favorable to legal marijuana, at least for medical purposes.
Canada
What American Tourists Need to Know About Canadian Marijuana Legalization
It's true marijuana is nationally legal in Canada but the local rules vary.
week in weed
This Week in Weed: Americans Vote on Cannabis!
Americans make big weed decisions in midterm elections, Jeff Sessions is out and cannabis stocks rise, and can cartels keep up?
Legal Marijuana
Pesticide Contamination Is a Growing Cannabis Safety Concern
Marijuana's continuing status as illegal under federal law makes the job of regulating it for consumer safety much harder.
Legal Marijuana
Flower, Vape or Edible? Survey Offers a Glimpse of What California Cannabis Users Prefer
The demographics of California cannabis users are not what many would expect.
Legal Marijuana
AG Jeff Sessions Was (Basically) Fired: The Cannabis Industry Reacts
We tried but we couldn't find anybody unhappy about it.
Politics
Marijuana Wins Big in the Midterms
Michigan, Missouri and Utah go legal, North Dakota goes illegal, and other big news from the election.
Cannabis
Hemp Oil vs. CBD Oil: What's the Difference?
The marijuana plants has so many positive uses that people in the future will think we were insane for ever making it illegal.
Raising Money
3 Hottest Trends In Cannabis Start-Ups
Top VCs share what's catching their eye as the year comes to a close.
