(This is the ninth installment in a series that examines hemp markets in U.S. states. Other installments: Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia.) No hemp discussion goes far in the United States without…
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Colorado’s junior senator, Republican Cory Gardner, blinked first in a standoff with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. According to the Denver Post, Gardner said he will stop blocking judicial appointees from the Department of Justice in retal…
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A Toronto craft brewers has partnered with one of the largest medical cannabis companies in Canada to create a “cannabis-inspired beer” in a project that could be just the beginning of cross-industry collaboration on product development and…
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BioTrackTHC has been awarded the contract to provide North Dakota with a seed-to-sale medical marijuana traceability program. Jeff Gonring, BioTrackTHC’s communications director, told Marijuana Business Daily the company will be paid $589,000 ove…
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Kush Bottles, a California-based cannabis packaging company, has entered a partnership with a Maryland-based marijuana infrastructure fund that includes a $6 million investment. According to a news release, Merida Capital Partners’ equity investm…
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Can the U.S. cannabis industry claim its first plant-touching “unicorn” – a company valued at $1 billion? Captor Capital certainly thinks so. In January, the firm announced it entered into a nonbinding letter of intent to purchase 3% …
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After a roughly three-hour-long hearing in New York on Valentine’s Day, the plaintiffs in a lawsuit attempting to legalize marijuana on a national scale in the United States will have to be patient as they wait to hear if their case will move for…
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Licensed marijuana producers from across Canada are scheduled to sit down next week with Ontario government representatives to learn how they can get their products in provincial-owned MJ stores. With adult-use legalization in Canada looming this summe…
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The CEO of one of the world’s largest liquor companies says the alcohol industry is keeping close tabs on the marijuana market – with one eye on the future. “We look at it closely. The whole sector is watching it closely,” said Alexan…
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The Hemp Industries Association and a handful of cannabis entrepreneurs are taking the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to court Thursday in a high-stakes case over the agency’s 2016 pronouncement that CBD is an illegal drug – the same as mar…
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