Nearly 10 years ago a 2000 Pew Research poll found that just 31% of Americans supported cannabis legalization. That number nearly doubled by 2017 when Pew Research found that 61% of Americans favored legalization.
October 18, 2019
This article is Part 1 of Cannabiz Media’s Cannabis in Canada series. Follow the link to read more from the series: Part 2: Public Retail Operations and Part 3: Private Retail Operations.
October 17, 2019
The laws of supply and demand are imbalanced in the cannabis industry across multiple states in the United States and Canadian provinces. As a result, many markets face cannabis oversupply or undersupply problems, ...
October 11, 2019
In May 2019, Alaska became the first state to allow cannabis dispensaries to apply for onsite cannabis consumption licenses. While several states have considered onsite cannabis consumption licenses and social use rules over the years, ...
October 3, 2019
The future of the hemp industry is technological innovation. This is an industry that is already growing rapidly despite the fact that formal federal and state rules aren’t in place yet. As the hemp industry grows, more advanced technology will be required ...
September 27, 2019
While the number of acres of hemp grown in the U.S. grew from 9,770 acres in 2016 to 78,176 acres in 2018, it wasn’t until the 2018 Farm Bill was passed in December 2018 that the industry really had a chance.
September 20, 2019
A study published in the journal Visual Communication in August 2019 found that the media still uses negative stereotypes when referring to cannabis consumers, including medical marijuana patients.
September 16, 2019
In 2018, 23 states grew hemp in the United States for a total of 78,176 acres of crops, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects that number to more than quadruple in 2019.
September 6, 2019
It’s been eight months since the 2018 Farm Bill passed, which legalized the production of industrial hemp, and already, the market has changed considerably. The supply of and demand for industrial hemp skyrocketed thanks to a booming cultivation market, ...
September 4, 2019
Data has become big business, and with the growth of Software as a Service (SaaS) programs that anyone can access with a working username and password, illegal data sharing has become a bigger problem in recent years.
August 16, 2019
Two out of three Americans (66%) support legalizing cannabis according to Gallup Poll data . This growing acceptance, combined with the growth of the marijuana industry and the approval of adult-use cannabis in 12 states (including the District of Columbia), ...
July 19, 2019
Social good initiatives and giving back to the communities where companies operate is expected of businesses today, but what happens when charitable organizations aren’t willing to accept your business’ donations?
July 12, 2019
Job growth in the marijuana industry has been on the rise for years, but it wasn’t until 2017 that growth exploded. According to the 2019 Cannabis Jobs Count report from Leafly and Whitney Economics, there were more than 211,000 cannabis jobs ...
June 28, 2019
Job growth in the cannabis industry has been increasing rapidly in recent years with 76% more cannabis jobs open in December 2018 than one year earlier according to Glassdoor and 211,000 new full time jobs created in the United States ...
June 21, 2019
The problem with testing for cannabis and related driving impairment is that there isn’t a direct correlation between the amount of THC a person has consumed and their impairment level like there is with alcohol consumption and impairment.
May 31, 2019
The term “cannabis effect” or “cannabis premium” refers to the inflated real estate costs that cannabis license holders are required to pay across the United States. The problem is the cost of real estate has a direct negative effect on a cannabis business, ...
May 24, 2019
Earlier this month, the Cannabiz Media team attended MJBizDaily’s two-day European Cannabis Symposium in Copenhagen, Denmark. During the event, I had the opportunity to attend several insightful presentations covering topics ...
May 21, 2019
As of January 2019, approximately 50 countries around the world officially regulate some form of medical cannabis. Some industry experts predict the number will jump to 70 by 2021. Cannabiz Media is actively adding international cannabis license data ...
May 14, 2019
Despite the fact that medical marijuana is not yet legal in more than a dozen states in the U.S. and even fewer states have legalized adult-use marijuana, the country is still the leader in cannabis sales around the world.
May 10, 2019
As we end the first quarter of 2019, several trends show continued challenges ahead for licensed cannabis testing labs as well as delivery and distribution businesses. To wrap up our series of posts this month about what’s new in cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, ...
March 26, 2019
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