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Last month marked one of the biggest days of the year in cannabis culture, and one of the cannabis industry’s largest sales days: 4/20. For most of the states where cannabis is legal in some form, this meant cannabis was sold in a dispensary and consumed off-site.
May 13, 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
Cannabiz Media will be attending MJBizDaily’s European Cannabis Symposium on May 6, 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark where Founders Larry Schwartz and Ed Keating will host an exhibit at Table #5 throughout the day.
April 29, 2019
While more than half of Americans can access either medical or recreational marijuana (or both) in their home states, that doesn’t mean it’s easy for marijuana companies to spread the word about their products and services.
April 12, 2019
An excellent way to build your cannabis business’ brand reputation, grow your audience, and turn members of your target market into buying customers is to connect with online influencers –
April 9, 2019
In 2018, BioTrackTHC merged with Helix TCS, Inc. To read an updated interview conducted in April 2020 with Justin Mayhall of BioTrack, click here. BioTrackTHC is an industry-leading seed-to-sale inventory management and dispensary point-of-sale (POS) ...
April 3, 2019
The Cannabiz Media team analyzed data from over 332,000 emails sent by its clients through the Cannabiz Media License Database between January 1 and March 1, 2019 to learn what’s working in email marketing to cannabis license holders.
March 28, 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
As more states approve medical and recreational cannabis sales, the number of licensed cannabis retailers and dispensaries continues to grow. So far in 2019, cannabis retailers and dispensaries have been at the crux of rapid growth and change.
March 19, 2019
Sustainability — both economic and environmental — has been a major consideration in the cannabis industry for years, and as more states approve medical and recreational cannabis, the use and overuse of resources becomes a bigger concern.
March 15, 2019
The news has been filled lately with stories about cannabis cultivation across the country and in Canada, Europe, and South America, and competition is rampant. A 2019 study from Farm Journal found that even conventional farmers are eyeing the cannabis industry ...
March 12, 2019
The marijuana cultivation landscape continues to evolve in the arid western United States. Many Western states have legalized adult-use marijuana (Alaska, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington), and as a result, ...
March 8, 2019
As we move closer to the end of the first quarter of 2019, the cannabis industry continues to evolve. Cannabis manufacturers are growing, and mergers are dominating the news, particularly mergers and strategic acquisitions ...
March 5, 2019
Marijuana testing labs will be worth $1.4 billion by 2021 based on High Times’ estimation, which represents an annual growth rate greater than 10%. Sounds good, right? Unfortunately, there’s a problem.
March 1, 2019
The Cannabis Conference 2019, produced by Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary, will be held at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, April 1-3. Discounted pricing for Cannabis Conference 2019 will expire on February 28, ...
February 27, 2019
As the cannabis industry grows, it’s not surprising that more colleges are adding cannabis courses and complete degree programs to their catalogs. In fact, colleges are starting to realize that not offering cannabis-related courses and programs is a significant missed opportunity.
February 22, 2019
Cannabiz Media has been tracking marijuana and hemp licenses for five years. When we first launched our database to the public in 2016, there were a number of states that provided varying amounts of information related to cannabis licenses.
February 15, 2019
NCIA is holding the third annual Seed to Sale Show at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts on February 12-13, 2019. As a partner of NCIA, Cannabiz Media is an event sponsor and will also be exhibiting at Booth #710.
January 30, 2019
The fourth quarter of 2018 was notable as states like Connecticut doubled their dispensaries from nine to 18 while Oklahoma went on a spree issuing 162 caregiver, 805 dispensary, 1,302 grower, and 341 processor licenses by year end.
January 28, 2019
For most of the twentieth century, hemp and its derivatives have been illegal to produce, with a small break during World War II. Then in the 2014 Farm Bill, the Federal government permitted states to establish research pilot programs ...
January 23, 2019
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