PRESS RELEASE Launches EU and global expansion strategy with fully integrated license issued by federal government of Malta NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Columbia Care LLC, the leading medical cannabis company in the United States (U.S.), announced today that it received notification that its application for licensure in Malta has been approved […]
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In the suit, SIVA Enterprises ET AL v. Lance Ott ET AL, Judge Deny’s Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Federal Lawsuit
The following was posted on SIVA’s attorney’s website Cannabis Team Obtains Federal Court Order Protecting the Access of Cannabis Businesses to Federal Remedies November 6, 2018 Dean Rocco (Partner-Los Angeles), Ian Stewart (Partner-Los Angeles) and Nicole Aaronson (Associate-Los Angeles) successfully defended a motion seeking dismissal of a federal lawsuit brought on behalf of a top […]
A Healthy Upside for Topicals
Cannabis-infused balms, lotions, and oils are reaching an increasingly diverse audience. While we all refer to the category broadly as “topicals”, innovations in formulation, application, and delivery have resulted in an interesting array of products available to consumers. For example, THC-free topicals can be found in CBD stores, and dispensaries offer a range of formulations, […]
Smart, Secure Environments: How Deep Learning Can Boost Safety
By Steve Birkmeier The current and projected explosive growth of the cannabis market has created a wide variety of opportunities for various stakeholders, delivering exciting benefits in a number of aspects, such as job and tax revenue creation. But it is not an industry without challenges, with one of the most important being the necessity […]
Cannabis Workers Lack Formal Safety Training: Study
By Spencer Mahoney There’s a looming need to establish formal health and safety training in the rapidly growing cannabis industry. That’s the conclusion of a survey of cannabis workers who told Colorado State University occupational health researchers that they received inconsistent training, despite their likely exposure to biological, chemical and physical hazards. The study, its […]
Tilray, Inc. Announces Closing of US$450 Million 5.00% Convertible Notes Offering
PRESS RELEASE NANAIMO, British Columbia – Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLRY), a global leader in cannabis research, cultivation, production and distribution, today announced that it has closed its offering of 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “notes”) for gross proceeds of US$450 million in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities […]
High Park Farms™ Receives Cannabis Sales License from Health Canada
PRESS RELEASE High Park Farms™ Ltd., a subsidiary of Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY), announced today that it has received its sales license from Health Canada to sell cannabis under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR). The license will allow High Park Farms to supply and sell finished cannabis products within the ACMPR as well […]
Learning Lessons from Troubled Tobacco
When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declares that use of a product has reached “epidemic proportions,” industries tend to notice. The FDA did just that on Wednesday, September 12, in regards to teenage and minor usage of e-cigarettes manufactured by companies like JUUL and sold by numerous retailers. In warning letters sent to 1,100 […]
KushCo Holdings Adds to International Expansion with Opening of China Office
PRESS RELEASE Presence in China Reinforces Manufacturing Relationships and Quality Control GARDEN GROVE, Calif., September 12, 2018 – KushCo Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: KSHB) (“KushCo” or the “Company”), the parent company of innovative cannabis industry leaders such as Kush Bottles, Kush Energy, The Hybrid Creative, and Koleto Packaging Solutions, which provide a range of services and products for […]
TGOD and Aurora Cannabis Extend Agreement
PRESS RELEASE The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (the “Company” or “TGOD”)(TSX:TGOD)(US:TGODF) announces it has agreed with Aurora Cannabis Inc. (“Aurora”) (TSX:ACB) to extend Aurora’s exercise deadline of its first milestone option (the “Milestone Option”) under the TGOD Aurora Investor Rights Agreement by 6 weeks to October 12, 2018. The first Milestone Option entitles Aurora […]
Global Publicly Traded Company Announces Strong Financial Earnings Largely Due to Demand For Hemp Cannabidiol (CBD)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Aug. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Elixinol Global Limited (ASX: EXL, Group or the Company), a global company operating in the industrial hemp, dietary supplements and emerging medicinal cannabis sectors, has reported strong revenue growth for 1H FY2018 (December year end) of AU$14.9m, up 110% on 1H FY2017. Underlying EBITDA of $0.8m was […]
Global Publicly Traded Company Announces Strong Financial Earnings Largely Due to Demand For Hemp Cannabidiol (CBD)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Aug. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Elixinol Global Limited (ASX: EXL, Group or the Company), a global company operating in the industrial hemp, dietary supplements and emerging medicinal cannabis sectors, has reported strong revenue growth for 1H FY2018 (December year-end) of AU$14.9m, up 110% on 1H FY2017. Underlying EBITDA of $0.8m was up […]
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America, Part 8
Part 8 of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for www.CannabisBusinessExecutive.com the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable socio-political changes underway first at the state, and soon, federal level regarding cannabis policy. Part […]
The Whole Gamet: Packaging Made Perfect
The big challenge for most companies in the emerging cannabis industry is how to package and label their product to be compliant with state regulations while still having it look great and carry the brand’s message to the end-user. Because of all the requirements, this is not an easy task. This article is not going to list […]
Flowhub Expands Leadership Team to Support Growing Demand for Cannabis Compliance Software
PRESS RELEASE Neohire places Josh Adragna as Vice President of Sales at Flowhub Tarzana, California, July 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flowhub is one of the fastest growing cannabis compliance software providers in North America. To help fuel their growth and claim an even bigger share of the cannabis market, Flowhub partnered with executive search agency, […]
Alberta cannabis to undergird Beijing Winter Olympics
Some Alberta cannabis cultivators will be fuelling winter Olympic bobsleds instead of bongs. Industrial hemp fibre, processed in Calgary from cannabis plants grown in southern Alberta, will help pave the way for safe, stable bobsled and luge runs at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. Last week, the first 163-kilogram shipment of Canadian Greenfield Technologies’ NForce-Fiber […]
At 89, legendary psychiatrist and marijuana advocate still wonders about Harvard professorship
“I want a goddamn strong statement on marijuana,” the distinctive voice on the tape growls. “I mean, one on marijuana that just tears the ass out of them.” It was May 1971, and Richard Nixon was fuming over a review included in his morning news summary of the book “Marihuana Reconsidered,” in which 42-year-old Harvard […]
GfK MRI Measuring Cannabis Use in Ongoing Nationwide Study
PRESS RELEASE Top-quality consumer research now covers both recreational, medical consumption The new questions are now in the field, with data scheduled to become available next March; MRI is capturing recreational marijuana use within the past 6 months, and medical use in the last year. MRI clients will be able to analyze the new cannabis […]
