Trends & Articles Breakthru Beverage Group to Invest $9.2 Million in a Marijuana Company by Sophia Vida September 10, 2018 Breakthru Beverage Group, which is co led by the NHL's Chicago BlackHawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz, has said it would be investing $9.2 million into CannTrust, a Canadian marijuana producer. The company has signed a letter of inten...
Trends & Articles Rep. Pete Sessions is Now Receptive to Legal Access to Medicinal Cannabis by Sophia Vida September 05, 2018 Rep. Pete Sessions, a Republican from Texas, has made it very apparent in the past about how he feels about marijuana. He has blocked about three dozen marijuana amendments from being considered on the House floor before. It's ...
Trends & Articles Marijuana Legal States Are Seeking A Banking Solution for Marijuana Businesses by Sophia Vida September 04, 2018 Due to the fact that marijuana is still illegal under federal law, many banks will not even touch anything marijuana related. Marijuana-legal states are on their own trying to find a solution for banking in what is a very lucra...
Trends & Articles Canopy Growth Wants to Become the Amazon of Marijuana by Sophia Vida August 31, 2018 Canopy Growth has been shining in the spotlight this month since Constellation Brands made a staggering $4 billion investment into the Canadian marijuana company. The company's CEO Bruce Linton has some lofty goals. While he sa...
Legal Related President Trump’s Administration Launches Secret Committee to Combat Marijuana by Sophia Vida August 30, 2018 According to a new Buzzfeed report, President Trump's administration has secretly formed a committee to combat the positive narrative surrounding marijuana. The Buzzfeed report says that the administration has recruited fourtee...
Science related (Medical) Study Finds that Your Genes Could Make You Crave Marijuana by Sophia Vida August 28, 2018 According to a new study that was published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, there are 35 different genes that make a person more likely to crave marijuana. Data used from 180,000 people determined that there is a relationsh...
Trends & Articles This Company Is Teaming Up With Hip Hop Artists to Market a Marijuana Robot by Sophia Vida August 23, 2018 Israel-based Seedo is partnering up with several well-known hip hop artists in the United States (though their names have not been released) to market a robot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to autonomously grow marijuana p...
Trends & Articles There is a Rise of Dogs Being Poisoned by Marijuana in This State by Sophia Vida August 20, 2018 According to an Oregon veterinarian, there is a rise on marijuana related dog poisoning. Dr. Adam Stone, who is a veterinarian at Bend Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center, has said, "We saw more cases of marijuana toxic...
Trends & Articles You Can Use an Espresso Machines To Make Marijuana Extracts by Sophia Vida August 17, 2018 According to researchers, all it may take is an espresso machine to be able to extract cannabis ingredients in under sixty seconds. A recent experiment detailed in a manuscript that is due to be published in The International J...
Science related (Medical) New Study Reveals How Marijuana Helps Stomach Problems by Sophia Vida August 15, 2018 According to a new study from University of Massachusetts and University of Bath, there may be an answer now as to why marijuana has helped gut issues. Researchers from the universities are the first to demonstrate the physical...