Martha Stewart has spent this summer dropping knowledge and serving lewks on her Instagram account. She’s pretty much given the go-ahead to make your Martha-Ritas as strong as possible (and to drink them out of glasses bigger than the average birdbaths). She seriously stunned the internet with a picture from her East Hampton pool and, because she’s Martha Stewart, […]
Marijuana edibles
Florida marijuana patients able to gobble up pot products
Just one week after health officials signed off on guidelines for edible pot products, Florida’s largest medical marijuana operator on Wednesday began selling THC-infused brownies, cookies, chocolates and gel caps in Tallahassee. The edible products are appearing on shelves nearly four years after Floridians approved a 2016 constitutional amendment that legalized medical marijuana for a […]
Edibles could boost Florida’s medical marijuana sales by $200M annually
The addition of edibles to Florida’s medical marijuana market could boost a projected near-$1 billion in 2020 cannabis sales by 20 percent, or $200 million, industry analysts said. The Florida Office of Medical Marijuana Use (OMMU) released long-awaited guidelines for medical marijuana edibles Wednesday night, three years after voters approved a constitutional amendment legalizing medical […]
Florida quietly publishes medical marijuana edibles rules
In 2015, a small group of Department of Health employees including Florida’s chief medical marijuana regulator, Christian Bax, and then-surgeon general Celeste Philip hopped on a plane to Denver. They linked up with the Colorado Department of Public Health to tour cannabis production facilities and see what a nascent marijuana industry could achieve. Edibles worthy […]
BevCanna and Argentia Gold to bring line of cannabis-infused beverages to the Atlantic provinces
BevCanna Enterprises Inc (CSE:BEV) (OTCMKTS:BVNNF), a dominant player in the infused cannabis beverages industry, said Thursday that it has finalized a deal with Maritime-based licensed cannabis producer Argentia Gold Corp to exclusively represent BevCanna’s line of cannabis-infused beverages in Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island (PEI) and New Brunswick. The two companies have signed a definitive agreement […]
You Know What Else Has Sold Well During the Pandemic? Weed Edibles
Ben Emerson had never tried cannabis edibles before his birthday in April. He was raised in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, which he left five years ago, and marijuana was “this thing that I had never really even thought that I was allowed to do,” he said. “And then I’m like, ‘Wait, I can actually make […]
Dixie Brands, a Denver-Based Weed Edibles Company, Will Change Name
Dixie Brands, a Denver-based marijuana edibles and drink manufacturer with operations in six states, will change the brand’s name, according to an announcement from the company. The company is making the move given the historical context of “Dixie,” a word connected to the South with disputed origins dating back to the 1700s; “Dixie,” a nineteenth-century […]
Canopy Growth CEO says new data on cannabis beverages show they can be bigger than hard seltzer
The world’s largest cannabis company Canopy Growth (CGC) saw shares fall another 5% Monday after cratering 20% following Friday’s fourth-quarter results, which disappointed against even its own revenue guidance. Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus cut Canopy to a Sell rating while Morningstar maintained its “No moat” rating on the Ontario-based cannabis giant, indicating an unlikely differentiation from an […]
SF marijuana dispensaries see big shift to edibles amid coronavirus
When San Francisco’s shelter-in-place order was announced on March 16, many city residents ran to the grocery store to stock up on things like canned goods and toilet paper. Other residents went straight to their local dispensary. “The day of shelter in place was the busiest day we’ve ever had,” said Eliot Dobris, a spokesperson […]
Bill calling for secrecy in marijuana industry divides cannabis community in Maine
Efforts to keep some marijuana license details secret has divided Maine’s cannabis community: some see secrecy as protection from rivals and theft, while others worry it will allow out-of-state raiders to take over the local adult-use market. But the industry is united against a state proposal to deem alcohol-based extraction of marijuana oil a hazardous process, saying […]
