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High Park Announces Agreement to Supply Yukon Liquor Corporation

PRESS RELEASE Tilray Canada Ltd. (“Tilray”) announced today that the company has signed an agreement with the Yukon Liquor Corporation (YLC) to supply the territory with a diverse array of cannabis products in anticipation of legalization later this year. Tilray…

Martellus Bennett Says ’89 Percent’ Of NFL Players Use Cannabis

Recently retired NFL player Martellus Bennett has a rough estimate of how many of his former compatriots smoke marijuana. It's pretty high. "I want to say about 89 percent," Bennett told Chris Simms and Adam Lefkoe on their Bleacher Report podcast this week after…

ZipRecruiter CEO Says Cannabis Is Fastest Growing Job Category

The head of a leading firm that connects businesses with job seekers says that employment in the legal marijuana industry is growing faster than any other field. "You know what the fastest-growing job category in the United States is?" ZipRecruiter.com co-founder and CEO Ian Siegel…

Next Frontier Biosciences Expands Verra Wellness Product Lines into California via Partnership with BAS Research

PRESS RELEASE Brings advanced cannabinoid formulations and delivery methods to world’s largest cannabis market DENVER (DATE TK, 2018)– Next Frontier Biosciences, a Colorado-based cannabis drug development and commercialization firm, today announced a partnership with BAS Research to bring its Verra Wellness…

Tilray Launches High Park Company to Produce and Distribute Adult-Use Cannabis in Canada

PRESS RELEASE In anticipation of the historic legalization of adult-use cannabis in Canada, I am pleased to share that today Tilray, Inc. ("Tilray") announced the creation of wholly-owned subsidiary High Park Company™ (“High Park”) to produce and distribute a broad-based portfolio of cannabis…

New Study Shows Link Between Legal Cannabis And Lower Opioid Rates

Two studies published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine find that the availability of medical and recreational marijuana is linked to lower rates of opiate prescribing. In the first study, Hefei Wen of the University of Kentucky and Jason M.…

CANTetra announces plans to build processing facility in Bodie, WA to transform Chinese imported CBD

PRESS RELEASE Vancouver, BC, April 1, 2018 (CBE Newswire) Canadian based CANTetra (CCE:CANT) has announced plans to build their multi-million dollar tricyclic processing facility in Bodie, Washington south of their corporate headquarters in Penticton B.C. The move was timed to take…

Blue Moon Brewer Is Launching Cannabis Infused Drinks

DENVER — The inventor of Blue Moon beer is launching three marijuana-infused drinks that promise intoxication without the alcoholic headache. The drinks, served chilled and initially only available in Colorado this fall, will contain no alcohol but will instead be infused…

Green Thumb Industries (GTI) Named a Finalist for Crain’s Chicago Business Best Places to Work List

PRESS RELEASE Company Expects to Double Workforce in 2018 By Adding 250 Jobs Chicago (March 26, 2018) – Green Thumb Industries (GTI), a national cannabis cultivator and dispensary operator dedicated to providing dignified access to safe and effective cannabis, has…

Long Distance Runner Flavie Dokken Goes the Extra Mile with Wana Brands

PRESS RELEASE Popular Cannabis Edibles Producer and Ultra Marathon Runner Join Forces to Highlight the Positive Effect that Cannabis can have on Athletic Training and Recovery Boulder, Colo. (March 27, 2018) – Wana Brands — Colorado’s No. 1 selling edibles…

Green Thumb Industries (GTI) Named a Finalist for Crain’s Chicago Business Best Places to Work List

PRESS RELEASE Company Expects to Double Workforce in 2018 By Adding 250 Jobs Chicago (March 26, 2018) – Green Thumb Industries (GTI), a national cannabis cultivator and dispensary operator dedicated to providing dignified access to safe and effective cannabis, has…

Tilray Forms Strategic Alliance with Leading Pharmaceutical Company

March 21, 2018
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PRESS RELEASE On behalf of the entire Tilray team, I am pleased to announce that Tilray has formed a strategic alliance with a major pharmaceutical company. Tilray is now allied with Sandoz Canada Inc., a part of the Novartis group and a…

Marijuana Is the New Gold for Mining Companies Going to Pot

Turns out, it may be easier to strike gold by growing green. Just ask Jay Wilgar, a former wind power developer who started a medical marijuana company with friend Travis Kanellos after hatching the idea while lifting weights at a…

San Francisco Is The First City In California To Embrace Cannabis Lounges

The smoke was thick and business brisk at the Barbary Coast Dispensary's marijuana smoking lounge, a darkened room that resembles a steakhouse or upscale sports tavern with its red leather seats, deep booths with high dividers, and hardwood floors. "There's…

In The Age Of Legal Cannabis, Employment Drug Tests Are Down

Employers are struggling to hire workers in the tightening U.S. job market. Marijuana is now legal in nine states and Washington, D.C., meaning more than one in five American adults can eat, drink, smoke or vape as they please. The result…