5 things to know about Md.’s marijuana bills halfway through session March 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Maryland 0 Comments As the General Assembly enters the final weeks of its 90-day session, here’s how the debate to prop up a legal cannabis market is shaping up. Work on the bill began last summer with several key members of the House… Read More→
Courts could throw state marijuana markets into disarray October 3, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments President Joe Biden is showing no interest in loosening federal restrictions that have left states in charge of developing how the multibillion-dollar U.S. cannabis industry grows. The nation’s courts may ultimately force the issue — in a chaotic fashion that… Read More→
Africa Warms Up To Marijuana Farming For Research And Export September 15, 2021 AggregatedNews Africa 0 Comments Traditionally treated as a taboo plant in most African countries, marijuana is slowly being embraced across the continent, as scientists and researchers explore new medical therapies for emerging diseases. The burgeoning, multibillion dollar marijuana market is driven by unprecedented global… Read More→
Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World February 25, 2021 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments When a crew of cannabis activists reached the Mexican Senate here in Mexico City in February 2020, shovels in hand, they started digging up the yellow-tipped bushes near the security check, then the knee-high grass that surrounds the plaza. They… Read More→
Marijuana Is Legal in New Jersey, but Sales Are Months Away February 23, 2021 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments After years of false starts and failed attempts, Gov. Philip D. Murphy on Monday signed into law three bills that effectively permit and regulate the use of recreational marijuana in New Jersey, making it the most populous state in the… Read More→
Mexico is poised to become the biggest legal marijuana market in the world. Who will most benefit? October 12, 2020 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Mexico’s marijuana revolution is on display steps from the nation’s Senate, where for the last nine months activists have maintained a fragrant cannabis garden. Each day, hundreds of people stroll amid a labyrinth of towering green plants, freely lighting joints… Read More→
State ballot measures to legalize cannabis could add $9 billion to US marijuana market September 24, 2020 AggregatedNews Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota 0 Comments Despite a delay in the U.S. House of Representatives vote for a bill that would seek to legalize cannabis at the national level, the legal cannabis market in the U.S. still stands to substantially grow as more states plan to… Read More→
Marijuana: A $166 Billion Market? May 1, 2019 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments This is the most aggressive peak annual sales estimate to date by Wall Street. Marijuana may be "just a plant," but it has Wall Street and investors seeing green and grinning ear to ear at its long-term growth potential. Long… Read More→
How Minnesota can fix its medical marijuana market March 18, 2019 AggregatedNews Minnesota 0 Comments Minnesota’s medical marijuana program has struggled for years as the flaws in its design have caused issue after issue. New patients are leaving the program in droves, turning to the black market or prescription opioids because they cannot afford the processed… Read More→
No. 1 Wall Street pot analyst says the marijuana market will be much bigger than she first thought October 10, 2018 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Cannabis Investments 0 Comments The cannabis industry's rapid evolution and new strategic partnerships with mainstream brands reveal a far larger possible market for legal marijuana than investors and analysts first anticipated, according to Cowen. "With cannabis, you're talking about this massive step change in… Read More→
Data Shows Medical Marijuana Dominates Market over Recreational May 5, 2017 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments In a data-driven business environment, everyone is waiting on the latest statistical reports to show what directions consumer spending -- an obvious clear indication of consumer attitudes -- is heading. As a relatively new industry, the legalized marijuana sector still is… Read More→
Buyers Beware as the Hype Builds and Uncertainty Remains March 28, 2017 Rob Meagher The Buck Stops Here 0 Comments Some things are for certain. The sun will rise and fall each day; a day on our planet earth is 24-hours long; and there are (give or take) 365 and 1/4 days in a year to give or take a… Read More→
So What’s the Deal With Recreational Marijuana in Nevada? November 14, 2016 AggregatedNews Nevada 0 Comments Adult use of marijuana becomes legal for Nevadans at the start of 2017. But for most of the general public, there will be no place to buy it — legally at least. And that leaves some, including state Sen. Tick… Read More→