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From growers to investors, the marijuana industry has most everyone seeing green. According to cannabis research firm ArcView, legal weed sales are expected to grow in North America by 26% a year through 2021, yielding a nearly $22 billion market. Of course, that could be touching the tip of...

People don't immediately associate the marijuana industry with science but if you are a scientist, or plan to become one, it’s an association you will want to give some consideration. Typical jobs in the cannabis industry include budtender, cannabis trimming, packaging, grower and positions in...

Health Canada is proposing an expansion to the current system of licenses and permits for the cultivation and sale of cannabis that aims to encourage smaller growers to participate in an industry that has thus far been dominated by just four to five major licensed producers. The ministry's...

In the sea of men descending on Las Vegas for the nation's largest business conference for legal weed, the gender gap in this burgeoning industry was easy to spot. But female cannabis entrepreneurs and industry workers actively sought out each other during the largest MJBizCon yet and vowed to...

Business interests have long tried to pack legislative bodies with members who are sympathetic to their work, but electing marijuana-friendly members to the county Board of Supervisors has never been so important to the cannabis industry. Recreational marijuana sales begin on New Year's Day...

Marijuana businesses gathered Sunday at the Oregon Marijuana Business Conference to share new ideas and knowledge about the fast growing industry and network. "People need things from other people in the industry, vendors, suppliers, whatever it is. Just like any business. and here's the...

As Nevada's budding marijuana industry digs in, the United State's industry as a whole continues to grow at a rapid pace. The cannabis industry is blooming, and so are all of the businesses that support it. The world's largest cannabis industry trade show, the Marijuana Business...

To some, the marijuana industry still evokes images of grungy dreadlocks, Rastafarian symbols and shady underground markets. But as more states look to legalize either medical or recreational marijuana, many in the industry are looking to replace those stereotypes with a more clean-cut look...

Much like the cannabis industry at large, it's been a swift half-decade of maturation for the nation's largest marijuana trade show. About 400 people attended the initial iteration of the Marijuana Business Conference when it debuted in Denver in 2012. Back then, just 16 states had legal...

Mason Walker is CEO of East Fork Cultivars, an Oregon craft cannabis farm. He recently sat down with Civilized to talk about his work, the future of the cannabis industry, and what he would tell Attorney General Jeff "good people don't smoke marijuana" Sessions if he had the chance. What...

Timeless Herbal Care Jamaica, one of the first three companies that received licenses to operate businesses in the country's burgeoning medical marijuana industry, has weighed in on concerns that are now being raised about the disconnect between banks and the industry. The issue became a hot...

It's no secret the medical marijuana industry is booming. Now, people in the Valley are signing up to get certified by attending a cannabis college. Chad Olshavsky calls himself the "Canidean." He's the founder of Herbal Risings; the Valley's first school focusing on all things marijuana...

After a four-year wait to provide medical cannabis to patients, the drug could be available to Marylanders as early as this month, according to industry stakeholders. "I think we could see product in November, with increase in December and a steady flow from all operators in the new year,"...

In the business of medicinal marijuana, there are strains for almost anything that ails you. So far, though, female entrepreneurs have yet to find a variety that addresses a painful side effect of the booming legal pot industry: sexism. "More sophisticated money is coming into the space, and...

DENVER, Nov. 06, 2017 - Hoban Law Group (HLG) continues its pioneering trend in the cannabis industry with an international expansion of multiple offices. Four offices will open in the European Union by late fall and two offices in Latin America by spring of 2018. The need for this international...

From November through April 2018, Colorado pot smokers will be offered discounted Lyft rides through a collaborative campaign called 320 Movement. This is a joint effort by the Colorado Department of Transportation, Lyft and the Marijuana Industry group. The campaign originally launched in...

Santa Cruz, CA, November 02, 2017 - Jane Technologies, Inc. (Jane), the only complete end-to-end online marketplace compatible with all point-of-sale (POS) systems in the cannabis industry, announced it has rapidly expanded its footprint as its patent-pending software helps transform the...

The application cost for a medical marijuana business permit from Bangor Township -- a 14,641-person township outside Bay City -- isn't cheap. Still, at $5,000 each, the township received 18 applications in just three weeks this fall. "A guy today called me and said he's applying for three...

Seven years ago, Chris Marr was finishing his first term as a state senator from Spokane, serving as Majority Whip and Vice Chair of the Transportation Subcommittee. Today he is a lobbyist and marijuana industry consultant living in Olympia. "I normally call what I do 'strategic and...

Does it matter if we call it pot, or weed, or cannabis? Absolutely. Last month, I travelled to Los Angeles to speak on a diversity panel at the Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo, the same conference Roger Stone had been ousted as keynote speaker for his racist, tone-deaf commentary...