Ditch the drugstore: create your own medicine! A kitchen appliance is making it safe and easy to extract essential oils at home from virtually any plant-based material. The Source is a small kitchen appliance that’s safe and easy for anyone to use. The process is simple: 1. The essential oil enthusiast chooses their botanical, which […]
California is implementing new medical marijuana laws aimed at improving the regulation of cultivation, growth, sales and transport of the drug. The new laws will benefit both patients and the marijuana industry. Nearly 20 years after legalizing cannabis for medical use, the state of California has imposed new statewide rules on the transport, growth and […]
If you thought getting into the marijuana business meant starting a pot farm in Seattle or selling pot infused smoothies in Denver, think again. That was so last year. The cannabis industry has sprung anew. You see, once the marijuana industry began to boom in 2014 due to legalization in some states, there came about, […]
In our weekly PBJ edition that hit streets last Friday, we examined myriad issues regarding the July 1 legalization of recreational marijuana. Our stories included analyses of the fast-evolving regulatory field regarding the usage of pot. We also highlighted some of the challenges that could limit the industry’s growth in Oregon, as well as the […]
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Cannabis Committee, in coordination with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), and the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), announces the release of a joint statement advocating for implementation of best practices for the regulation of consumable, topical, and inhalant cannabis and hemp-derived products to ensure quality and consumer safety. These best […]
The state is going to pot, and that’s attracting “cannabusinesses” that want to get in on the wacky weed action. At least one company is seeking both retail and grow sites even though the state isn’t expected to request applications for some weeks — and for just five “organizations.” Other organizations could be added later. […]
I write on March 16, 2015, 20 days since Alaska’s prohibition ended. As a Christian I am pondering biblical references to cannabis and persecution. After a persecution ends, a nation asks: What happened? Was I complicit? Did I cause harm? Was I harmed? We persecuted know: innocent people were harmed. We who survived became a […]
A Purpose Built Travel Kit Designed For The Modern Cannabis Consumer DENVER, Colorado, March 17, 2015 — Black Rock Originals introduced its first collection of travel-inspired accessories centered around the Safety Case. The patent pending, pocket-sized case is durable, water resistant, and smell-proof. Thanks to a refined look and performance inspired exterior, the Safety Case […]
Earth Pets of Gainesville is stocked with dog treats, carpeted towers, a pet food truck and one product that has attracted attention. Sitting on the organic pet store’s shelf is Canna Companion, a capsule comprised of hemp, which is a combination of Cannabis sativa strains that offer medical benefits for pets but poses potential legal […]
Supply is outstripping demand in the unlikeliest place—legal recreational marijuana in the state of Washington. Growers who jumped into the new legal market hoping to make a killing in cannabis are now getting killed by a glut of product. “There is going to be a lot of people who are going to be in trouble,” […]
Calvin Broadus, Jr. (a.k.a. Snoop Dogg, a.k.a. Snoop Lion) is no stranger to the cannabis lifestyle, and now that some states are legalizing medical and recreational marijuana use, there’s no better time for the rapper to invest and actually make money instead of just smoking it. Sources told TechCrunch that Snoop is putting together a […]
Tommy Chong remembers the day federal agents raided his glass pipe business, making arrests and smashing bongs along the way. The 2003 raids, infamously known as Operation Pipe Dream, targeted 54 other individuals in a desperate attempt by the United States government to strike fear into marijuana smokers across the country. Chong became the face […]
Legalized marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in the country with 74 percent market growth from 2013 to 2014, according to a report released Monday. ArcView Market Research has published its third State of Legal Marijuana Markets report, showing that the industry reached $2.7 billion in total sales nationwide last year, up from $1.5 billion in […]
Smoking weed has always been a thing, but stoners these days have parent’s that will tell stories of devices like stoves for hot knives and kitchen sinks for gravity bongs. Nowadays, we hear about Volcano vaporizers, oil rigs, tincture pens, and God knows what else has came out since 2015 even started. For a newbie, […]
Seibo Shen made a lot of money in tech — he was an early employee at four startups that were acquired or went public. But for his latest venture, he didn’t just want to “add another zero to my bank account.” He wanted to rekindle that startup thrill while selling a product he truly cared […]
Thirty-eight thousand people normally don’t just disappear. So when 25-year-old Shane Fairbrother signed in to Instagram one evening last week and discovered that his company’s account, @themedtainer, had been suspended — and his loyal tens of thousands of followers were gone — he was more than a little annoyed. “I can understand kicking off certain […]
As Colorado celebrates its first year of legal weed that fueled a construction and real estate boom, industry leaders predict that 2015 will be a year that other states look to the state for expertise in everything from banking to energy consumption as the industry grapples with growing pains. Ganjapreneurs in Colorado — the first […]
Legal cannabis gained a higher profile recently, after Seattle pot-investment firm Privateer Holdings closed a $75 million funding round. The deal included the first mainstream venture capital involvement in the sector, from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. But there’s plenty of other VC interest in legal weed, and it’s likely just the beginning of investor interest […]
While the alcohol industry has long had celebrities like Sean “Diddy” Combs and Bethenny Frankel endorsing brands, we’re just starting to see marijuana brands endorsed by musicians, actors and, well . . . Bethenny Frankel again. Entrepreneurs across the U.S. are flocking to the burgeoning cannabis industry as more and more states pass legislation legalizing […]
Legal marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in the United States and if the trend toward legalization spreads to all 50 states, marijuana could become larger than the organic food industry, according to a new report obtained by The Huffington Post. Researchers from The ArcView Group, a cannabis industry investment and research firm based in Oakland, […]
The state of the marijuana industry is hazy, but a new report shows just how incredible job growth has been in 2014 now that 148 million Americans live in pro-medical marijuana states. According to WeedHire, a company which connects employers with employees in the marijuana space, around 10,000 marijuana-related jobs have sprung up in Colorado […]
Less than half of Americans want to ban pot It’s not hard to imagine: milk fiends buying illegal, unpasteurized milk in darkened back alleys. Shady dealers running shipments of raw milk across the Mexican-American border. A high-speed police chase down I-95, the suspects tossing gallons of unpasteurized milk out the window in a frantic effort […]
When he graduated from university, Dane Pieri, like many of his generation’s brightest, headed to Silicon Valley to join the technology boom. But a few years later the 26-year-old is no longer writing computer code. Instead, he has just founded his own cannabis company. Mr Pieri, like many of his peers, has discovered there is […]
Summary All three stocks CBDS, CNAB, and CANV have seen a tremendous upward swing in the past week which certainly justifies giving attention towards the industry. The young companies still have tremendous growth that could be seen through many of their projects such as CBDS’s “Hi” edible that has not yet come out. Their involvement […]
Last year was an interesting year to say the least. Colorado basically became the first state to effectively legalize marijuana for recreational use and since then, voters in a few other states — Oregon, Alaska, and the District of Columbia — decided that they wanted in on those generous tax revenues as well. The legalization […]
It looks like investors have gotten a serious case of the munchies. During the last two fiscal years, investors spent $104.5 million to gobble up stakes in cannabis and cannabis-related companies, according to research firm CB Insights. In 2014, funding in the industry grew a whopping 941.5 percent. The biggest news in the space hit […]
This year’s International Consumer Electronics Show is now underway in Las Vegas, showing off all the latest technology that will be available to us throughout 2015. CES showcases new tech across different industries such as cellphones, video games, and home appliances. But what about weed? Ever since marijuana has gradually become legal throughout the U.S., […]
The nondescript four-story former tenement at 149 Bowery, with its ground floor “Organic Spa and Shop” sandwiched between lighting fixture outlet stores, is an unlikely staging ground for the next push in the battle against the prohibition of marijuana. Yet its third floor tenant, Marley Natural, is on the vanguard of a growing movement of […]
2014 was a big year for cannabis. It saw the birth of Washington’s recreational market, new legislation that legalized cannabis in Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C., and even the first national consumer cannabis advertisement, run in The New York Times. The industry continues to grow at a rapid pace, with innovative new products and businesses […]
Hemp protein powder is one of the cleanest, most whole food sources of protein powder you can use in any of your recipes. Made of only includes raw, whole milled hemp seeds, it retains all of the essential fatty acids found in hemp and contains no other ingredients, such as highly processed fillers. Hemp protein […]
The University of Denver — founded in 1864 and one of the most prestigious private universities in the U.S. — is going green. DU’s scenic south-Denver campus is a stone’s throw from some busy recreational pot shops, and soon students at DU’s Sturm College of Law will have the opportunity to take a class on […]
I never thought I’d see more people invest in marijuana than smoke it. But those investments are exactly what’s about to happen given a recent survey from some of the most influential and social analysts in the BioPharma space. In fact, according to Investing.com and our research, two-thirds (2/3) of the analysts love the potential […]
With pot now legal in two states for the past year,and decriminalized, conditionally legal, or medically prescribed in many more, ganja startups are gaining traction — and the growth potential is huge, if other states legalize. So far this year, pot stocks are up 147%, handily beating the S&P’s more modest gains, according to consulting […]