Cannabis companies would get access to small-business aid under new legislation introduced in the House last week, but whether the pandemic helps or hurts broader legalization efforts is an open question. Executives and policy experts are debating whether states and countries desperate for tax revenue as a result of the coronavirus will rush to legalize […]
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Can Cannabis Survive the Virus? Hemp Has A Leg Up
Before the coronavirus struck, the hemp industry was already wary about 2020 as oversupply problems and bankruptcies hit businesses in the new sector early in the year. Now, the nascent industry is facing an economic downturn along with the rest of the nation. But experts say there are some bright spots for the businesses that […]
How to Keep Your CBD Business Thriving Remotely
The world is on edge lately, and rightfully so. Stay at home orders across the country have very literally forced businesses of all varieties to close their doors and reassess operations from top to bottom. This has impacted virtually all industries to adjust in often profound ways. Employers have been forced into layoffs and the […]
No, cannabis is not a miracle cure for covid-19
It didn’t cure plague or cholera in the 19th century, either Pandemic panic has sparked sensational claims that cannabis cures covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. On social media and in the advertisements of cannabis and CBD retailers, the idea that cannabis prevents or remedies covid-19 is spreading rapidly. While medicinal cannabis and […]
Self-Help: How State-Legal Cannabis Operators Can Respond to the Vaping Crisis
Over the last decade, there has been a remarkably swift rise in the popularity of vaporizers and vaping products. As reported by the BBC, the number of people using vaporizers increased from 7 million in 2011 to over 41 million in 2018. But in 2019, consumers began suffering from a rash of vaping-related lung injuries—according […]
Coronavirus and Cannabis: How Pot Is Impacted by a Pandemic
As we make our way into a new chapter in “End of Days: Death By Stupidity Edition,” it’s worth taking a moment to consider how COVD-19 may impact the cannabis industry, and if cannabis can be part of a toolkit to deal with the pandemic. On Sunday, Governor Kate Brown declared a Coronavirus State of […]
States With The Most Dispensaries Per Capita
Even though use of marijuana for recreational purposes remains illegal in New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment still gets pretty high – when ranked among other states for dispensary density and tax revenue generated from cannabis sales, that is. New Mexico is seventh on the list of states with the most dispensaries per capita, according […]
Labor unions flex their muscle in fight with California cannabis industry
California’s largest marijuana association is in a bind after powerful labor unions accused the organization of distributing an anti-union document and asked Democratic politicians to “refrain from engaging with” the group in a display of organized labor’s immense political muscle at the state Capitol. The call to cut off the California Cannabis Industry Assn.’s access […]
2019 Cannabis Patent Review I: Extraction and Purification
One of the more active areas in the patenting of cannabis technology in 2019 is the related fields of cannabis extraction and cannabinoid purification. Cannabis operators now must educate themselves and navigate an emerging landscape of U.S. cannabis extraction and purification patents for freedom to operate, while also looking for opportunities to patent their own innovations. […]
Cannabis edibles: Labels should convey THC levels more accurately
Most young adults do not understand the advertised levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in edibles, a new study finds, but the researchers have come up with better way of communicating this information on labels. Research from 2015–2016 shows that, in the United States, almost 10% of the adult population and nearly 24% of youth had used […]
