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School's in session and cannabis is on the syllabus. Accredited schools including University of Vermont and Ohio State University have started offering courses on the biology and use of marijuana as well as legal issues around it. Credit and non-credit course available in this "growing" subject...

The marijuana industry in the United States is still in its infancy, and companies are learning how to ensure the industry is both profitable and safe. In California, for instance, there's a lack of regulation and testing of marijuana products grown in the state, and that can result in consumers...

While Cannabis legalization gains more traction, it is being slowed by an economic ecosystem that is still shrouded in black market practices as a fragmented industry. Paragon hopes that Blockchain can be the answer as they look to create a transparent, standardized, and regulated ecosystem for...

On July 27th, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations held a hearing of the full committee to markup several pieces of legislation, including S.1662, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 2018. News reports indicate that, during that hearing, the Senate...

The Dallas-Fort Worth business opportunities within the budding cannabis industry could turn out to be really “Kush” or a bunch of seeds and stems. A panel of experts discussed medical cannabis and its impact on the local business community Thursday morning at the Dallas office of Munsch Hardt...

If you want to know why New York is set to change its rules and regulations around medical marijuana, all you have to do is show up at a local dispensary and start talking to patients. But first, be prepared for security. At Manhattan's first dispensary, located at the foot of the L train at...

July 1 marked the premiere of legal cannabis for adult use in Nevada. In just four days, over $3 million in sales was generated. The demand was so high that the dispensaries ran out of weed, forcing the Republican governor to endorse emergency measures that would help put more pot on the shelves...

Bankers, accountants, lawyers, real estate brokers and other professionals hoping to serve Maine's recreational marijuana industry spent much of the $260,000 that has been paid to State House marijuana lobbyists so far in 2017. That figure is sizable by Maine standards, representing about 5...

For anyone curious about working in the world of weed, a new resource makes job-hunting easier. A recruiting agency for legal cannabis firms has launched a website that aims to serve as a one-stop shop for employers and job seekers. The site, Vangsters, allows hopefuls to apply to jobs and...

Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen is cracking down on medical-marijuana businesses he says are evading as much as $1.5 million in property taxes each year by failing to report the value of the equipment they use. Only 11 of 109 medical-marijuana businesses this year submitted itemized...

The storied Silicon Valley venture firm Benchmark Capital has launched a slew of tech companies: Twitter, Uber, Snapchat, Instagram. Now its search for the next big thing has led it to ... pot. Benchmark recently invested $8 million in Hound Labs, a startup here in Oakland that's developing a...

When Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012, few could have predicted the scale of the growth which would bloom across the industry. Legal marijuana sales in the US and Canada are now expected to pass $20.2 billion by 2021 at a predicted annual...

Finding jobs as a millennial isn't an easy proposition. With a workforce that requires experience for entry-level positions or accepting unpaid internships, most millennials struggle with acquiring work. But one area has not only enticed millennials, but actively recruited them: the cannabis...

The 24th Annual Conference of the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) will be held Sept. 9-11 at the Lexington Convention Center, the Kentucky Chapter of the Hemp Industries Association (KYHIA) announced today. Experts, policy makers, farmers, researchers and entrepreneurs from around the world...

An industry has reached the mainstream when my 70-something-year-old conservative mother asks me, "Shouldn't we be investing in this? It looks like it is going to be big." And that's the way many people are feeling about the cannabis industry, which has extended beyond the delight of potheads...

Regina will be home to a new cannabis retail store and coffee shop in early 2018 after a partnership between Leo's Group Inc. and the Toronto based company, Tokyo Smoke was made official earlier this week. Tokyo Smoke shops offer high end coffee, espresso, food, other beverages and cannabis...

Napa's largest law firm, Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty, has made a name for itself serving the legal needs of the wine industry. Now it plans to do the same with another controlled substance — cannabis. Earlier this month, DP&F announced the official launch of its cannabis practice group...

Growing up in a Colonial home in Downingtown, Alessandro Cesario cultivated an interest in the family garden, trying to become "in tune" with plants and insects, and by the time he was 16, he knew he wanted to work with plants in his career. Specifically, one plant: cannabis. So he spent four...

The cannabis industry is rapidly expanding. Public opinion has never been higher. A recent Quinnipiac University poll found that 93% of Americans support the legal use of medical cannabis when prescribed by a doctor. With analysts projecting $20 billion of annual sales by 2021, excitement from...

In many respects, the marijuana industry has been practically unstoppable. As we stand today, 29 states have legalized medical cannabis since 1996, and voters in eight states have approved the sale of cannabis for recreational use to adults over the age of 21 since 2012. With the exception of...