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A Nebraska-based company signed Thursday the first contract to supply US-grown hemp fiber to a sustainable apparel company, according to an investor close to the deal. Bastcore, LLC, purchases raw hemp grown by US farmers and has a proprietary process for converting hemp stalks into...

This week, weed got higher than ever when it was launched into space by cannabis company Herban Planet. And CBD is no longer considered "doping' by the world authority that administers drug testing for Olympians. Read on. World Anti-Doping Agency Makes a Dope Decision The World...

Canada Post, the Canadian crown corporation that is the nation's main postal service, has said it will start delivering marijuana after legalization. The announcement was made at a conference in Montreal yesterday, with a representative from Canada Post saying the company will deliver...

Native Roots, the largest U.S. marijuana dispensary, will donate $15,750 and collected supplies to aid those affected by hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. The company dubbed Sept. 15 as 5 percent Donation Day earmarking the percentage of revenue from all 19 of its retail locations across...

President Trump's cabinet member who runs the U.S. Small Business Administration has a son with high hopes for the legal marijuana industry. Shane McMahon, the son of SBA Administrator Linda McMahon and body-slamming businessman and WWE founder Vince McMahon, has invested heavily in a company...

Canadian Jews were able to get halachically high for the High Holidays after a company became the first in Canada to obtain kosher certification for its medical marijuana. The certification was granted by the Vaad Hakashrut, a kosher certifier in Ottawa, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah...

Twenty years ago, it was vilified as a "gateway drug." Now, cannabis has grown into a big business, with the potential to become even bigger as laws are scheduled to change to reflect shifting social attitudes towards marijuana and investment picks up to take advantage of increased demand...

Aurora Cannabis' first shipment of Alberta-grown medical marijuana has been shipped to Germany to help offset "a significant shortage of supply" in the European powerhouse, the company announced Tuesday. The company shipped 50 kilograms of dried cannabis flower from its central Alberta...

A Denver-based marijuana party bus company wants to bring another "green line" to Massachusetts next year. Loopr is planning to expand to California, Nevada and Massachusetts, according to company website. Massachusetts legalized recreational use of marijuana in 2016, and by July 2018...

The company behind Westmoreland County's only planned medical marijuana dispensary assembled a team of marijuana industry experts from across the country when it applied for a state license, but it's uncertain how many of them will stick around as operations begin. The company received...

Charity organizations are reluctant to take donations from cannabis companies, even if the state has legalized the industry. Organa Brands learned this the hard way. The company was flush with success and wanted to give back to the community, but charities just said no. "It felt like a slap...

Never mind that you probably do it all the time. It's still illegal to bring cannabis across state lines. That's true even if it's legal in both states. But Botanica's Lena Davidson isn't trying just to bring cannabis from Washington to Oregon. She's trying to bring over a whole multi-brand...

If you only had a few minutes to get a sense of where the marijuana industry is headed, you might look at the free samples at the MJAC2017 InvestorsHub International Cannabis Conference over the weekend. The event looked a lot like any other business conference. People in office attire...

Cannabis patients who like Bhang chocolate bars should grab them at Arizona dispensaries while they still can. The popular THC-infused candy bars are in short supply, and it will likely be months before they're back in the state. Winner of national awards and the 2015 Best of Phoenix for...

Cannabis delivery startup Eaze Solutions Inc. has a lofty goal: By fiscal year 2020, it expects to ship the rough equivalent of a 33-foot-cube of marijuana – nearly three joints for every registered voter in the U. S. – to weed fans in America's legal markets. The goal of moving the...

With Washington State's recent moves to allow owners of marijuana retailers to have ownership interests in up to five licensed retail stores and to allow owners of licensed producers to have an interest in up to three licenses, the acquisition market in Washington remains extremely active...

Former state Rep. Alan Williams has signed up to lobby for AGRiMED Industries, a medical marijuana company based in Philadelphia that hopes to break into the Florida market. Williams, who was term-limited out of office last year after serving eight years in the House, is prohibited from...

What if someone decides to develop a retail marijuana shop in Boothbay Harbor? A vote in November could make it possible. This is the first article of a two-part series. The Boothbay Register spoke with five companies from across the U.S., about the business and safety aspects a company...

The Town Council on Monday unanimously voted to support Altitude Organic Corporation's application for a state license that if approved could allow the Colorado company to build a medical marijuana cultivation facility at 8 Chamber Road. Company officials attending the meeting said the...

ICC, South America's first fully licensed and government approved producer and distributor of recreational cannabis commenced sales on July 19, 2017 when it began to distribute its two recreational cannabis products (ALFA I and BETA I) via sixteen approved pharmacies in Uruguay. Over 4,500...