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Ora Pharm Awarded Callaghan Innovation Grant For Environmentally Friendly Innovative Technology to Grow High-Yield New Zealand Medicinal Cannabis
<![CDATA[ Ora Pharm, a New Zealand-based cannabis company, has been awarded a Callaghan Innovation Grant to develop environmentally friendly and innovative technology to cultivate medical cannabis in New Zealand that will ensure consistent quality, potency and...
Colorado Adds 7 Products to List of Pesticides That Can Be Used Cannabis
<![CDATA[ The list for pesticides that can be used on cannabis without being a violation of the Pesticide Applicators' Act has been updated. Please note the following products have been added: BotaniGard Optima ES Mycotrol Optima ESO BoteGHA Optima ES Natria...
5 Tips to Capitalize on Friday Sales at Your Dispensary
<![CDATA[ Friday has become many dispensaries’ highest sales day across the nation. With the weekend just getting started and many people’s payday being at the end of the week, Fridays continue to provide cannabis retailers with increased customer traffic and the...
South Dakota’s Cannabis Patient Registry Continues to Grow, as Do the Desired Plants
<![CDATA[ From seed to harvest, cannabis plants take roughly four months to complete their lifecycles, followed by another two months, or more, for drying, curing and packaging before any end products are ready for commercial sale. That cultivation and processing...
With 209 Million Cannabis Users Worldwide, UN Drug Report Delves Into Legalization Impacts
<![CDATA[ As regular cannabis use has increased worldwide, so too has the proportion of people with psychiatric disorders and suicides associated with that regular use, according to the United Nations. The number of hospitalizations is up too. Those were a couple...
Verano Announces Opening of MÜV Winter Haven, the Company’s 48th Florida Dispensary
<![CDATA[ The dispensary is based in Polk County, the fastest growing county by population in Florida, with a population of 753,520 Verano’s active operations span 13 states, comprised of 101 dispensaries and 13 cultivation and processing facilities with more than...
California Lawmakers Consider Budget Trailer Bill to Eliminate Cannabis Cultivation Tax
<![CDATA[ High taxes have long burdened California’s legal cannabis operators, and Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers are considering legislative relief for the industry through the Democratic governor’s budget proposal, as well as a new budget trailer bill that...
Louisiana Governor Signs Legislation to Protect Workers Who Use Medical Cannabis, Open Additional Dispensaries
<![CDATA[ Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed legislation into law this month to protect workers who use medical cannabis and to allow the state to more than triple the number of dispensaries currently serving patients. House Bill 988, sponsored by Rep. Mandie...
New York Regulators to Open Application Process for Adult-Use Cannabis Processors
<![CDATA[ As New York regulators continue taking steps to launch the state’s adult-use cannabis market, the Cannabis Control Board on June 22 unanimously approved opening the application process for adult-use cannabis processors, according to a Buffalo News report....
Cannabis Companies Lend Support for Pride Month 2022
<![CDATA[ Pride Month occurs every year in June and honors the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The first Pride march was held in New York City in June of 1970, the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, according to the U.S. Library of Congress, and...