Last December the Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Hemp Farming Act, delighting the thousands of entrepreneurs who had started CBD businesses in anticipation of this moment. I mean, who wouldn’t be excited about being one of the first movers in what is projected to be a $22 billion dollar market? Let’s pump the breaks. Even though […]
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Oct. 17 marked a milestone for cannabis activists and advocates after almost a century of prohibition, but there’s still a lot of work to do. Marking the first cannabis consumer trade show in Canada since legalization, industry business leaders, experts, investors, entrepreneurs and pioneers gathered at the Lift & Co. Cannabis Business Conference 2019 in downtown Vancouver […]
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A businessman from China hopped on a private jet last month, landed in Canada and went hiking on the Cascade Range in BC. And then he smoked a fat blunt. This experience cost $12,500. It’s part of a ‘high-hiking’ tour hosted by Butiq Escapes, a luxury weed tourism company based out of Victoria, where a […]
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Thailand’s parliament has voted to approve cannabis for medical use, with a key lawmaker calling it a “New Year’s gift” to the Thai people. Recreational use will remain illegal. Marijuana was used in Thailand as a traditional medicine, until it was banned in the 1930s. South East Asia has some of the world’s toughest penalties […]
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With a push from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Congress just voted to legalize hemp. Hemp is derived from the cannabis plant, but it doesn’t get you high. Instead, it’s typically used for its fiber to make all kinds of products — food, paper, cardboard, carpets, clothes, rope, and more. But hemp production and sales have […]
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