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Learning the highs and lows of D.C.’s medical marijuana lingo

During a recent tour of a medical marijuana dispensary in Southeast Washington, called Anacostia Organics, I received a primer on the nomenclature of legal store-bought pot. Correction: It’s not called “pot” anymore. Linda Mercado Greene, the owner and CEO, and…

NBA players now allowed to smoke weed without being penalized, according to tentative labor agreement: report

The NBA will no longer test for marijuana, according to a tentative deal between the league and the National Basketball Players Association. The two sides announced the collective bargaining agreement, which still needs to be ratified before it becomes official,…

How the marijuana ‘green rush’ fell apart

December 30, 2022
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It wasn’t always Josh Keats’s job to drive the tractor. The co-founder of Henry’s Original once had a small crew to farm his 7-plus acres of cannabis from his base in Northern California’s Emerald Triangle. But on this fall day, it’s Keats operating…

Seniors are using marijuana more than ever before

Marvin Yeoman, 74, had tried cannabis as a young adult, but for his wife, it was new. “I never, never, ever even thought about marijuana when I was growing up — never in college, as a young adult or as…

Amazon backs marijuana legalization, drops weed testing for some jobs

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said on Tuesday it supports a proposed U.S. legislation to legalize cannabis at the federal level, and would drop weed-testing requirements for some recruitments. The e-commerce company's public policy team will be actively supporting The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and…

As U.S. Cannabis Sales Boom, Curaleaf Sees Its Growth Accelerating

Sales of state-legal cannabis boomed in the March quarter. But they’ll grow even faster this quarter, judging by the guidance of the biggest licensed cannabis company, Curaleaf Holdings. March quarter revenue grew 16% from December’s for the 23-state operator, and it says…

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Louisiana-based Waitr getting into the marijuana delivery business; here’s how it’ll work

Lafayette-based food delivery company Waitr said it is teaming up with Flow Payments to create a specialized platform for the sale and delivery of legal marijuana. The company said the partnership will use Waitr’s proprietary delivery technology along with Flow’s payment processing…

Bengal Capital Welcomes 4FRONT Ventures Josh Rosen

PRESS RELEASE Accomplished Cannabis Investment Team Adds Operations and Institutional Investing Experience January 14, 2021, Chicago, IL and Phoenix, AZ – Bengal Capital announced today that Josh Rosen, co-founder, former CEO and current Chairman of 4Front Ventures (CSE: FFNT), has…

Perkins Coie Adds Director of Public Policy for National Cannabis Industry Association Andrew J. Kline as Senior Counsel

PRESS RELEASE DENVER (January 12, 2021) – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Andrew J. Kline has joined the firm in Denver as a senior counsel in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice and Cannabis Law Industry Group. Kline brings a rare…

NBA to continue policy of not testing players for marijuana

We all see which way this issue is trending, right? While marijuana is still on its banned substance list, the NBA and players union agree to terms that would not text players in the Orlando restart bubble for pot. That…

University of the Sciences will launch more medical marijuana courses

A career in the medical marijuana industry might only be a few short classes away. The University of the Sciences last week announced three new online certificate programs on weed that expand short-term education options for medical providers, business leaders,…

Marijuana vending machines coming to Massachusetts

A new kind of vending machine is coming to Massachusetts — a self-checkout kiosk for cannabis dispensaries. Boston-based anna, which also has a presence in Colorado, announced this week that it would deploy its self-checkout products in two Colorado dispensaries…

Canada’s Aurora Cannabis surges after making a CBD deal to enter the lucrative U.S. market

Aurora Cannabis has agreed to buy U.S.-based CBD company Reliva, giving the struggling Canadian company a business foothold in America. Shares of Aurora closed off nearly 13% ahead of the Wednesday afternoon announcement. The stock surged higher in after-hours trading. However,…

Marijuana delivery in Massachusetts: Team from alcohol delivery site Drizly launches Lantern, e-commerce cannabis site

The team at Drizly, a Boston-based alcohol e-commerce marketplace, has launched a new company to deliver marijuana. Lantern is the first on-demand cannabis e-commerce company in Massachusetts, according to a news release. While it was started by the team at Drizly, the…

How weed became ‘whatever’: Leagues are ditching old policies

Ricky Williams smoked marijuana a few times in high school, and a couple of times when he played football for the University of Texas. But the first time he noticed the drug helped him relax was during his senior year…

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