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The news of former Rep. Tom Marino's (R-Pa.) complicity with the pharmaceutical industry amidst our Nation's addiction epidemic sent shockwaves across the country last week. It also torpedoed Marino's chances to become President Trump's first drug czar. People from both sides of the political...

Not everyone who enters the cannabis industry has time to work harvests, process flower and study the plant on a scientific level. Most new business owners are pulling themselves up by their bootstraps and don't have the resources to have a cost-efficiency consultant on retainer. Enter Mary J...

The cannabis industry's thirst for energy has been well documented, with a majority of commercial cultivations burning electricity indoors because of local laws banning outdoor grows...and also because it's easier to control growing environments indoors. With over 591 active cultivation licenses...

By 2026, the marijuana industry could be worth $50 billion annually, and 24-year-old Karson Humiston wants to bridge the gap between workers interested in cannabis careers and companies looking to grow their business. Humiston is the founder of online career platform Vangsters, which provides...

As Puerto Rico continues to rebuild after Hurricane Maria, one area that is particularly struggling is the medical marijuana industry. And it could cost the island millions of dollars. Puerto Rico legalized medical marijuana last December in an effort to spur economic activity for the island...

Colorado's Marijuana Enforcement Division will hold a marijuana rule-making hearing starting at 9 a.m. today, October 16, in the Gaming Commission Room, 17301 West Colfax Avenue in Golden. In advance of that session, Todd Mitchem shared the following statement, which he plans to deliver during...

When the federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries in 2011 began to scare off would-be entrepreneurs, Cassandra Farrington, CEO and co-founder of a brand new marijuana trade newsletter didn't blink. She and her business partner "kept the lights on" in their small Denver publishing...

Jane West is all about Mary Jane. The former corporate-event planner from the suburbs of Denver, Colorado founded an eponymous cannabis lifestyle brand and a pot-party planning company, Edible Events, in 2014. She believes women should be flooding the legal weed business. Now. Before men lock it...

Voters in Fairbanks and the Fairbanks North Star Borough embraced the Interior's cannabis industry Oct. 3, when they decisively shut down propositions A and 1. Now some of the entrepreneurs feel they can finally move full steam ahead. At Pakalolo Supply Company, where Alaska's first legal...

Puerto Rico's fledgling legal marijuana industry is struggling to recover as the devastation delivered by Hurricane Maria may have cost the island trade millions of dollars in damage. Its government legalized medical marijuana at the end of December, and the American territory had only just...

Marijuana entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, educators and non-profits headed to the Phoenix Convention Center to learn more about the marijuana industry and what its future may look like. Many attendees and exhibitors at the third annual Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo have a positive...

Claudia Post and Jonathan Monk want to be blunt about the future of cannabis. The industry is blowing up, but the Jewish co-owners of Cannavation, Smokin' Hot Solutions and Kannakart, all based in Philadelphia, said those in the business are still struggling to market themselves. Post, or...

People interested in exploring business opportunities in Maine’s emerging cannabis industry are encouraged to attend the third annual Maine Cannabis Convention set for Oct. 14 and 15 at the Portland Sports Complex. As Maine becomes the eighth state to legalize recreational marijuana, the Maine...

Arkansas accountants might have been given the all clear to provide professional services to medical marijuana businesses in the state, but some of the largest accounting firms in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith metro are weighing their options on whether they'll serve them anytime soon...

For civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, cannabis legalization lands squarely under his purview. "I will never tell you how to grow marijuana, I don't know how to do that," Sharpton told an audience in Boston Thursday. "But I know how to agitate." Sharpton's remarks came during the...

It’s good to see former students doing well, especially when they do well in innovative ways. That’s true for Daniel Garcia, who took my classes at Sonoma State University (SSU). Now, he’s an insurance agent for the cannabis industry. That wasn’t a career option that guidance counselors offered...

As the cannabis industry continues to grow, a debate is brewing over whether those with drug convictions should be allowed in the industry. Marijuana businesses are in a position of uncertainty amid U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' anti-drug rhetoric. Meanwhile, the fast-growing...

There's something special about Oregon's cannabis community. Besides our long history of cultivation and breeding, we've done groundbreaking research and innovation that focuses on understanding cannabis as a plant. Most of our successful dispensaries, farms and industry organizations are led by...

Every time he sees the cannabis cultivation and processing facility in southeastern Massachusetts, Peter Bernard says it makes his "New England blood boil." Bernard, president of the Massachusetts Grower Advocacy Council, told state regulators on Monday that's because the 1 million square...

It's always refreshing to see the cannabis industry treated like any other line of work, and that's exactly how Thornton's Anythink Library treated it during its Anythink Startup Month activities. Dedicated to highlighting local businesses and resources in order to foster career skills, the...