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Women have moved into the marijuana industry in impressive numbers, making up a large segment of both customers of the product and the entrepreneurs producing it. One study showed that women make up 36 percent of the executives in the marijuana industry, with the numbers especially high in...

Last month I gave the keynote address at the Cannabis World Congress Business Expo in New York City. CWCBExpo is the trade show for the cannabis industry. I had the pleasure of meeting thousands of like-minded cannabis activists, and the experience was truly refreshing and inspiring on many...

For an industry still in its early stages, legal marijuana already has surpassed many other businesses in generating jobs. In a new report called the Marijuana Business Factbook 2017, the marijuana industry is reported to have created 165,000 to 230,000 full- and part-time jobs in the United...

Several U.S. senators, including Rand Paul (R-KY), want Attorney General Jeff Session to reassure industrial hemp farmers that the Justice Department will abide by legislation restricting federal interference in the fledgling industry. In a letter to Sessions released Friday, Sens. Paul, Jeff...

Once shunned by business people and outlawed by public officials, the marijuana industry is fast gaining respectability — and investors. At a gathering of marijuana supporters scheduled for Sunday in Detroit, there will be no rappers, no “medicating tent,” no vendors pitching ornate hash pipes...

It has happened: Last Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the bill that regulates legal cannabis in the state. Known as the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), the bill consolidates the two laws that regulated legal cannabis to create one set of rules...

Names like marijuana, grass, pot, Mary Jane and ganja are all terms that refer to the agreed international term cannabis. Over time the terms marijuana and cannabis have been used interchangeably, but should they? The truth is there is no marijuana plant. There is a cannabis plant that...

We have discussed in this column the explosive growth of the cannabis market, fueled by technology, a receptive market and legislative developments. But there is growing murkiness from the Administration about throttling this growth. But first, some perspective. The cannabis industry now rivals...

The daytime temperatures, as usual for the summer months, soared well into the triple digits in Mesquite on Saturday. That didn't keep a line from forming at Deep Roots Harvest for the opening of recreational marijuana sales in Nevada. The heat was so intense that, by noon, just two hours...

I've had my share of criticisms of the current state legislature. I understood why they wanted a pay raise, didn't think it was warranted, and certainly didn't think it deserved the top priority they gave it. And I think there's big-time room for improvement in their budgeting priorities...

Last Thursday, a new bill was introduced that would effectively end the federal prohibition on medical cannabis. While I was certainly happy to see this bipartisan effort created, I was also reminded of how frustrating it is that such a bill needs to be introduced in the first place. Why...

The rules have to come from somewhere. For some cannabis industry leaders, they'd rather be the ones to set the rules and regulations for their businesses. It's a double-edged sword when they say they just want to be treated like any other legitimate industry. Equal treatment could of...

Statistically, the cannabis industry is experiencing some of the highest growth in the world right now. Legislative efforts across the country have resulted in the passage of medical and recreational laws in 29 states as well as the District of Columbia. And just recently, Canada's Prime...

A new industry body has been formed to position Australia as a leader in the production of medical cannabis. The Medical Cannabis Council, launching in Melbourne on Thursday, will be the unifying voice for the industry to engage with governments on all matters concerning medical cannabis...

The alcohol folks said Question 2 – which passed 54 percent to 45 percent – gave them the right to be the middleman: the people who transport the recreational marijuana from the growhouse to the store. First Judicial District Judge James Wilson agreed. His ruling, which prevents the Nevada...

When you hear that the 4th Annual Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo is in New York City and taking over a corner of the Jacob Javits Center — the 12th largest convention center in the US — attention must be paid. Now the writer of this article is allergic to cannabis, and was quite...

California lawmakers' approval of the state budget on last week came with a piece of attached legislation with major implications for the cannabis industry, which is in its first year as a fully regulated business sector. SB 94 — which passed with a 31-to-3 vote — essentially merges the...

They are bankers, accountants and computer engineers — mainstream in every way but for one respect: their love of cannabis and the desire to make megabucks in a growing US industry. This week in New York, around 120 people took part in workshops on where and how to invest in cannabis...

Cannabis companies are turning to the world's most popular digital currency in an effort to get rid of all of that cash. The inability to access traditional financial institutions is one of the marijuana industry's biggest impediments. Legal cannabis was a $6 billion industry last year and...

Pot. Weed. Mary Jane. Ganja. There are many names for the plant recently legalized in Nevada for recreational use. But not all words are created equal and some industry reps are using the term cannabis instead of marijuana because of its historical context. Let's turn to our contributor Brook...