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A Canadian company is teaming up with AfriAg, an agricultural firm in South Africa, to grow and distribute cannabis products in southern African countries. LGC Capital, a Canadian investment company registered in Montreal that works with Cuban businesses, hopes to become the first Canadian...

Sales in the legal marijuana business are blazing hot, brushing $6.7 billion in 2016 -- but projections are expected to climb even higher to as much as $20 billion in sales by 2021, according to cannabis research firm Arcview Market Research. Despite the uptick in overall sales, the industry...

The LSU AgCenter is betting the future of its medical marijuana business on a small Las Vegas company's ability to raise the cash needed for a plant growing and processing center. GB Sciences Inc., selected last week from among seven proposals, plans to invest up to $6.5 million over the next...

As growing consumer popularity and global exposure for cannabis and hemp-based products continues to expand, the demand for hemp-based products, CBD products and other forms of cannabis and legal marijuana items are rapidly trending upward. The global hemp and cannabis market is a multi-billion...

A Montgomery County medical marijuana company has completed a $5.89 million Series B funding round just a few months after closing a Series A raise a third of its size, a Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows. Green Leaf Medical LLC is one of the few companies that received approval...

The Tragically Hip says it's partnering with a medicinal marijuana producer to contribute "creatively to their efforts." The iconic Canadian rock band says it's teaming up with the company Newstrike, which it calls "a perfect fit" for the band. In a statement on social media, the group...

The cannabis industry is creating rapid wealth among investors. However, few entrepreneurs have been as successful as Andy Williams, co-star of MSNBC's "The Pot Barons of Colorado" and founder and CEO of Medicine Man Denver, and several other companies. A few days ago, Williams gave a keynote...

A medical marijuana company has expressed interest in locating a cultivation and production facility in Yellow Springs. Village Council President Karen Wintrow announced at this week's council meeting that the Village received an inquiry late last week from Cresco Labs, a Illinois-based medical...

Pinot's Pallete, Vine Gogh, The Loaded Brush -- just a few of the names companies have coined to take advantage of the trend to drink wine while learning to paint. But you might not have heard of a combination helping aspiring artists get creative on a canvas. Puff, Pass and Paint, a...

America is in an opioid epidemic. On an average day, 91 Americans will die from an opioid-related overdose. That's according to the CDC, which also reports that the number of prescription opioids sold in the U.S. has nearly quadrupled since 1999 despite no overall change in the amount of pain...

Numerous executives in mainstream companies are jumping ship and going to work in the cannabis industry. The latest defection is PayPal's Global Head of Social and Digital Media David Peck who is leaving to become the Chief Marketing Officer at KIND Financial. KIND is a cannabis compliance...

Legalized marijuana fastest-growing industry in the world – but may not suit every investor. Pssst ... there's an investing craze under way and every man and his dog seems to be part of it. Well, okay, it's not only men, and dogs don't smoke dope, but investing in marijuana is a very popular...

Has anyone recently obtained a life insurance policy AFTER obtaining their prescription? Were you designated as a smoker or non-smoker and can you recommed a company? I have primarily only used CBD oil so I don't think this should cause a higher rate but I am trying to find out all the info...

What do two retired NFL players and a former lieutenant governor have in common? They all hope to transform marijuana into medicine in Central Pennsylvania. With medical cannabis now legal in PA, there's big money at stake for the companies that win one of the 39 permits to grow or sell...

Marijuana industry pioneer Chuck Rifici is turning to streaming – a business model often used in mining – to tackle what he says are growing pains facing the rapidly expanding sector. There are 1.4 million square feet of licensed medical marijuana production facilities in Canada, says Rifici...

Top Publicly Traded Marijuana Companies. The marijuana market is, in a lot of ways, booming. With laws trending generally (even despite a few setbacks) towards deregulation and legalization, there are quite a few weed bugs who believe that now is the right time to get in on pot stocks. But...

An iconic Israeli agricultural company part of the early national effort to "make the desert bloom," as the Zionist catchphrase goes, is now turning to an unconventional crop: marijuana. Founded in the 1960s, Netafim was the first popularizer of drip irrigation technology, which enables...

I want to grow up and become an "Arctic Farmer". Since it is below zero 9 months of the year - I have some unique problems to over come. I have a very large phototron brand new that is about 4 years old. That company went out of business so I cannot buy their nutrients or feed forumla any...

Minnesota lawmakers want to crack down on one of the state's medical marijuana companies whose former executives have been charged with illegally shipping $500,000 of marijuana oils to New York, pushing legislation allowing regulators to revoke the manufacturer's license and levy a huge fine...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota lawmakers want to crack down on one of the state's medical marijuana companies whose former executives have been charged with illegally shipping $500,000 of marijuana oils to New York, pushing legislation allowing regulators to revoke the manufacturer's license and...