PRESS RELEASE DENVER — VS Strategies announced Wednesday that nationally recognized marijuana policy reform advocate Mason Tvert will be joining the firm next month as vice president of public relations and communications. Tvert will come to VS Strategies from the Marijuana Policy Project, the nation’s largest marijuana policy organization, where he has served as director of communications since December 2012. […]
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First Self-Regulatory Organization for the U.S. Cannabis Industry, National Association of Cannabis Businesses, Launches Today to Establish Voluntary National Standards
PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK (June 15, 2017) – The cannabis industry’s first self-regulatory organization (SRO), the National Association of Cannabis Businesses (NACB), officially launched today with a mission to support the compliance, transparency and growth of cannabis businesses in the U.S. Led by a team of government, legal, banking and data security experts, the NACB […]
Organic and Ethical Cannabis Organizations Announce Merger
PRESS RELEASE Newly Re-Named Cannabis Certification Council Receives Legacy Funding Mandate to Ensure High Labor Standards and Organic Integrity for Cannabis Produced and Sold in the United States DENVER (June 6, 2017) – The Organic Cannabis Association and Ethical Cannabis Alliance, non-profit organizations respectively based in Denver, Colorado, and Portland, Oregon, are merging and adopting […]
Tobacco Wholesalers Are Lobbying to Get into Marijuana Business
Plenty of companies are angling to get in on the coming legalized pot bonanza. Some, however, are lobbying the state to carve off a piece just for them: cigarette wholesalers. The companies that track, deliver, and tax all the cigarettes sold in Massachusetts are seeking a similar monopoly on recreational marijuana when sales begin in […]
Native American Tribes Looking to Join the Marijuana Industry Tax Free
With medical marijuana legal in most states and recreational marijuana in a growing number, there is still much talk about taxing the profits. Some fear that the industry will be taxed to death, and that the continuing federal tax problems of section 280E of the tax code, the industry faces a tax double whammy. That’s […]
StarGreen Capital Will Invest $100 million Over the Next Year to Support Entrepreneurs in California’s Legal Medical and Recreational Cannabis Industries
PRESS RELEASE The firm will provide funding, real estate and business development services to cultivators, manufacturers and retailers in the rapid-growth industry BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – StarGreen Capital announced today its plans to invest $100 million over the next year in California’s legal medical and recreational cannabis industries. StarGreen will provide capital and business development […]
American Legion Wants Trump to Remove Marijuana as a Schedule I Substance
America’s largest veterans service organization has a message for President Donald Trump: Reschedule marijuana to permit research into its medical efficacy for treating vets suffering from traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. The appeal by the American Legion was included in a letter sent to the White House last month. The letter requests a […]
Wana Brands and AltMed Enterprises sign licensing deals to expand product offerings in Colorado and Arizona
PRESS RELEASE Wana Brands’ leading edibles will enter Arizona, while AME’s MüV Line of medical cannabis products will launch in Colorado Boulder, Colo.; Sarasota, Fla. (May 17, 2017) – Wana Brands and AltMed Enterprises announce the completion of licensing deals to bring Wana Brands’ top selling edibles to the Arizona market and AME’s award winning […]
Can Marijuana Treat Drug Addiction?
Harm reduction is a strategy for treating addiction that begins with acceptance. A friendlier, less disciplined sister of abstinence, this philosophy aims to reduce the overall level of drug use among people who are unable or simply unwilling to stop. What should naturally follow is a decrease in the many negative consequences of drug use. […]
Marijuana Dispensaries Are Getting in on the Mother’s Day Action
If your mom is a “cool” mom, cannabis companies want you to think outside the box for this year’s present. Several cannabis companies aren’t shying away from Mother’s Day like last year, just the opposite they are embracing it. “2017 is a different story. We are expecting most clients to offer promotions/sales around Mother’s Day,” […]
