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Many cannabis companies have been designated “essential” businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic by state and local governments across the United States. Those that choose to…

The cannabis industry is growing faster than federal and state laws can keep up. While the gap between regulation and reality persists, entrepreneurs are investing…

Cannabis capital markets appear to be drying up. Headlines once dominated by successful capital raises and expensive strategic acquisitions are now consumed with reports of…

Do consumers care about where their cannabis was grown? If it was sprayed with pesticides? Or how many pounds of carbon were released into the…

As the top regulator in the world’s largest legal cannabis market, California Bureau of Cannabis Control Chief Lori Ajax has a lot on her plate.…

Cannabis entrepreneurs thinking they can avoid franchise laws by calling their licensing another name will suffer the same fate as “accidental franchisors.”

In every market that goes legal, customers first seem to flock to products that test highest in THC, the cannabinoid found in marijuana that gives…

As an attorney in California, I get a lot of questions from current and prospective cannabis professionals about how they can be sure they can…

Since founding Floraplex, a company that manufactures and sells terpenes and terpene blends, in the summer of 2018, CEO Alec Riffle has seen it grow…

With CBD now being incorporated into seemingly every product on the planet, it seems likely that the hemp industry will surpass marijuana in the coming…