After weed blossomed from its shrouded past to become a heavily regulated multibillion dollar industry, Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary and the co-founder of the world’s largest cannabis company are betting psychedelics could be next. The duo both teamed up to back Mind Med, a startup that debuted Tuesday on Toronto’s NEO stock exchange that seeks to […]
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CLEVELAND, Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cannabis Business Times magazine (Cannabis Business Times) and Cannabis Dispensary magazine (Cannabis Dispensary) announced today the 2020 Best Cannabis Companies To Work For – Dispensaries and Cultivation. Profiles of the Best Cannabis Companies to Work For are featured in Cannabis Business Times‘ February issue, and at CannabisBusinessTimes.com, and in Cannabis Dispensary’s January/February issue, and at CannabisDispensaryMag.com. The awards program recognizes North American cannabis […]
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Long lines of customers assembled in Illinois on Jan. 1 to make the first legal recreational marijuana purchases in the state. More than 77,000 transactions were made that added up to nearly $3.2 million. Toi Hutchinson, the Illinois governor’s senior advisor for cannabis control, announced the sales numbers during a press conference Jan. 2. Although Illinois isn’t […]
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Drake is getting into the cannabis business. Together with cannabis producer Canopy Growth Corp, the musician and entertainer is launching the More Life Growth Company, a licensed cannabis producer based in Drake’s hometown Toronto. “The opportunity to partner with a world-class company like Canopy Growth on a global scale is really exciting,” said Drake in […]
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The legalization of cannabis has created a new approach to the sale of the product, and it’s a change for the better, says Ian Laing, the owner of Earth to Sky Cannabis in Sooke. “Discrimination against cannabis is based on long-standing and ill-informed beliefs about cannabis that are going to take some time to overcome,” […]
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