I can’t remember which documentary I watched in high school, maybe it was Food Inc., but I’ve been taught to demonize the Koch Brothers. They seemed to represent everything greedy and corrupt in American capitalism. So, I can’t help but take it with a few grains of salt when I see Charles Koch putting down […]
A California organic produce grower and shipper is introducing hemp baby greens to the produce supply chain. Field Fresh Farms, a fourth-generation farming, cooling and shipping operation with farms in Watsonville, California, and Yuma, Arizona, is among the first companies to go ahead with offering hemp baby greens as an ingredient in leafy greens salad […]
Kratom is a naturally occurring drug that is growing rapidly in popularity. It comes from an evergreen tree in Thailand that is a “cousin” to the coffee tree, and has similar effects to opioids. However, the FDA considers it pretty much the same thing, and they’ve been trying to ban it nationally for years. Their […]
A research fund of $700,000 has been given to a medical school in Australia to test the benefits of giving children in the advanced stages of cancer a prescription for medical marijuana to manage their pain and sleep. This will be a three-year study, and will tackle the largely untouched and taboo field of marijuana […]
As soon as next week, there will be a crucial vote in the US House of Representatives on an amendment to protect legal marijuana states from federal interference. This critical measure is known as the Blumenauer-McClintock-Norton-Lee amendment, after Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D), and Barbara Lee (D) (co-Chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus), Tom McClintock (R) […]
According to data from the Arizona Republic, the state of Arizona has made over $75 million in tax revenue from marijuana sales during the months of January to May. This comes after recreational sales of marijuana became legal for anyone above the age of 21. The Arizona Republic also stated that the state is scheduled […]
Taking responsibility for your company’s environmental and social impact isn’t just a “nice to have.” In today’s business environment, it’s becoming a “must-do” that can dictate a company’s long-term success. That’s according to Marc Ross and Kim Napoli, two members of cannabis law firm Vicente Sederberg’s new environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) practice. They […]
A new study has found yet another link between schizophrenia and marijuana. The study, coming out of Denmark, found that associations between the two have risen since 1995. That year, 2% of schizophrenia diagnoses were associated with marijuana. That number rose to 4% in 2000, and 8% since 2010. An author of the study emphasizes […]
As state limits on hemp-derived delta-8 THC begin to impact sales for product manufacturers and retailers, businesses are considering how they will make up the gap. Delta-8 THC has taken the industry by storm over the past 18 months, as manufacturers, stuck with a glut of low-priced CBD distillate and isolate, synthesized the product into […]
Amazon is almost constantly in the news for something, typically in a form of criticism. But with Bezos up in space, maybe there’s some room for Amazon to change its ways. In June, it was announced that Amazon would no longer require employees to pass drug tests for marijuana, and that they would lobby for […]
