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The 2016 Cannabis Collaborative Conference (CCC), a two-day convention and networking event focused on the business side of the fast-growing cannabis industry, will take place February 3 and 4 at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center (Portland Expo Center), according to CCC producer Mary...

The 2016 Cannabis Collaborative Conference (CCC), a two-day convention and networking event focused on the business side of the fast-growing cannabis industry, will take place February 3 and 4 at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center (Portland Expo Center), according to CCC producer Mary...

If there's one thing Las Vegas wants to do — it's attract more tourists. Even with 42 million visitors last year, the question always remains how to get that number even higher. The answer might lie in a new industry known as cannabis tourism. That's right — travel options that center...

The Canadian cannabis industry is poised for rapid growth over the coming years. After rolling out the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), the country opened the door to the corporatization of the cannabis industry. Health Canada projected that more than 400,000 patients would...

Hello my fellow cannabis lovers! Just here to educated myself and dive deeper into the cannabis world. Just a college girl now but hopefully once I get my degree in Event Management I can tie that in with marijuana. I have grown a love and huge interest in the medical marijuana industry over the...

The US may be on the cusp of creating a home-grown industry from a long-demonized plant. The US hemp industry is pushing hard for a measure that would make it legal for US businesses to produce the substance, and if lawmakers approve it, consumers could soon find US-grown hemp in their food...

Wall Street investors are deciding it's time to just say yes to marijuana as legalization of cannabis in more U.S. states has them smelling money-making opportunities. Hundreds of East Coast investors, dressed in business suits and ties, gathered in New York on Wednesday to learn more about...

In 2014, the U.S. market for legalized cannabis grew as fast as a weed, increasing nearly 75% to $2.7 billion, according to The ArcView Group. The California-based cannabis research and investment company estimates that this year the market will stretch toward $4.5 billion in sales. "At this...

This past November Ohio voters soundly rejected marijuana legalization initiative. However legalized marijuana currently exists in four states — Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington — and the District of Columbia. Another six states are looking to legalize marijuana: Maine, Massachusetts...

Regulations are actually making money laundering and tax evasion more likely, while making it harder for legitimate Maine companies to do business. It is an absurd flaw that members of a large and state-sanctioned industry such as medical marijuana are forced to conduct business largely in...

The Asbury Park Press' Dec. 24 editorial, "Don't gamble with marijuana in Atlantic City," opposing my proposal to bring recreational marijuana to the city only demonstrates the ever-expanding problems with the gaming industry. The Press seemed eager to embrace establishment-fed alternatives...

The Alaska Cannabis Institute will soon be holding a Business Forum to help those interested in joining the new industry get started. The Forum will be held on Saturday, January 30th and Sunday, January 31st on the Alaska Pacific University campus. The Summit will allow participants to...

A number of junior mining companies, hard-pressed by the commodities rout, appear to be cutting back on exploration in favour of a more promising business: marijuana. That these resource companies are turning to marijuana is hardly surprising. Data from US Global Investors shows that in 2014...

When it comes to fast-growing industries, there may be none with better growth prospects than marijuana. Based on some estimates, legalizing marijuana across the country could lead to a $35 billion market. Separately, NerdWallet has suggested that legalizing marijuana would generate around $3.1...

As rural youth have known for more than a generation, growing pot, even in the Canadian climate, is not so difficult. A sunny patch between young pines, a bit of fertilizer and seed and then go away till autumn. The constraint on pot production has never been agricultural. Marijuana laws...

With the cannabis industry booming in states like Colorado, Washington and California, it may be surprising that a new startup has decided to take root in Philadelphia. While marijuana laws are certainly more relaxed in the city thanks to legislation decriminalizing small amounts of weed...

Nearly a year behind schedule, Florida health officials on Monday selected five "dispensing organizations" to grow, process and distribute non-euphoric medical marijuana for a select group of sick patients. But many in the industry believe that the biggest challenge in the drawn-out process...

Nearly a year behind schedule, Florida health officials on Monday selected five "dispensing organizations" to grow, process and distribute non-euphoric medical marijuana for a select group of sick patients. But many in the industry believe that the biggest challenge in the drawn-out process...

The marijuana movement, for lack of a better phrase, is growing like a weed. Looking back only two decades we would not find a single state allowing marijuana to be legally sold in a shop or prescribed by a physician, and only a quarter of respondents in Gallup's national survey shared a...

A plant the federal law says is a Schedule I controlled substance was used to make the U.S. flag that will fly over the Capitol on Veterans Day. Industrial hemp could be a boon for small farmers, say proponents, including the U.S. veteran who grew the hemp used to make the flag. An American...