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With Thailand’s legalization of medical cannabis in February, some experts predict that other Southeast Asian countries may move to decriminalize the plant. Consultancy Prohibition Partners estimates that Asia’s medicinal cannabis market could by 2024 be worth $5.8 billion. At the end of 2018, Canada, the United States, and Mexico agreed on new terms to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement…
As the pot industry continues to expand, there are endless men and women working behind the scenes making things happen. We’ve rounded up a list of 11 women making their mark in Canada. Mimi Lam Mimi Lam, CEO and co-founder of Superette. Lift & Co CEO and co-founder of cannabis retail chain Superette, Mimi Lam is an all-star. Most recently,…
Op-Ed Feature A RECENT STORY I READ IN VANCOUVER’S THE PROVINCE BY LOCAL REPORTER NICK EAGLAND STATED THAT THE POT THAT’S COMING FROM LICENSED GROWERS SELLING INTO THE RECREATIONAL CANNABIS OUTLETS MAY BE LIGHTER THAN THE QUANTITY CITED ON THE LABEL BY AS HIGH AS 20%, A SHOCKING REVELATION, IF THIS IS A MORE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. THE STORY QUOTES A MEDICAL CANNABIS PATIENT THAT,…
Multifaceted financial news and publishing company of the InvestorBrandNetwork, CannabisNewsWire (“CNW”), today announced that it has been re-engaged by Benzinga to serve as the official newswire for the upcoming Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference that is set to take place Feb. 24-25, 2020, at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach resort in Miami Beach, Florida. A variety of well-known cannabis industry players are…
In October of 2018, Canada became the first G7 country to legalize recreational cannabis, and was only the second to fully legalize in the world after Uruguay. In the year to follow, Canada truly became a leader in the cannabis industry by showing the rest of the world what to do, and also what not to do. The year 2019…
Canada was the first major economy in the world to legalize cannabis in 2018, giving it a headstart in establishing a competitive cannabis business marketplace. But now some are saying the winds are shifting and the U.S. is catching up and becoming a more attractive place to build a cannabis business. Part of this change has to do with criticism…
VANCOUVER, Dec. 12, 2019 /CNW/ – Hollister Biosciences Inc. (CSE: HOLL, FRANKFURT: HOB) (the “Company“, or “Hollister“), a California based cannabis and hemp branding company with a vision to be the sought-after premium brand portfolio of innovative, high quality Californian-grown cannabis & hemp products and ER71 USA Inc. (“Easyriders“) an iconic brand with millions of followers globally, are pleased to announce that they have entered into a letter of intent (the “LOI“) to…
Hundreds of recreational cannabis edibles, extracts and topicals will hit B.C. shelves soon but it’s unclear whether that will be in time to bring Christmas cheer. Regulations to make those products legal came into effect on Oct. 17, 2019, one year after the federal legalization of dried cannabis, oil and seeds. But producers weren’t immediately able to ship them to…
The cannabis industry is in its infancy and while there are many who expect it to be just like any other business, there are those fighting to ensure things are different this time – aka equality and access for all. The Women of Cannabis Conference (WOCC) was founded on this principle. Now in its second year, the event “where great…
Benzinga today announced that the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference series is going to Miami in 2020 for its sixth installment. The premier gathering of cannabis entrepreneurs and investors is taking place February 24-25 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. “This conference is about bringing together the movers and shakers behind the industry. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been raised at…