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New Report: Women Prefer Cannabis Strains High in CBD

RYAH Finds Top Priority is Treating Mental Health, Over 28,000 Women Surveyed New York, NY, October 30, 2019 – RYAH Medtech, Inc. (“RYAH” or the “Company”), a big data and technology company focused on valuable predictive analysis in the global medical plant intake industry, has released a data analytics report on women and their medical […]

Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference Connecting Cannabis Investors & Executives in Chicago

The Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference will take place at Chicago’s Palmer House on October 22 and 23, 2019. Cannabis investors will have a chance to come face-to-face with cannabis companies to hear about their advancements in the rapidly growing industry, while cannabis executives will have an opportunity to grow their business and attract investors with […]

SinglePoint Getting Off on the Right Foot with Pure American Hemp Cigarettes

If a company wants to generate substantial revenue from a tobacco product, it better get into convenience stores. According to the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) 2019 State of the Industry Report, conventional cigarette sales are declining, but sales of “other tobacco products” (OTP) are on the rise. In 2018, OTP dollar sales jumped […]

cbdMD Sales Growing, Key Influencers Continue to Bring the Product Mainstream

  CBD, or cannabidiol, has moved into the mainstream, a normalization process that has been supported by several regulatory and legislative events. The framework may be on the government side, but consumer uptake is being accelerated by key influencers promoting brands while educating the public on these events, as well as the potential benefits of […]

CBD Playing an Increasing Role in Health & Wellness

The legalization of cannabis has enabled far greater research into the potential medicinal benefits offered by the plant – especially cannabidiol (CBD), the most abundant non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in both cannabis and hemp. This increased research has led to the creation of hundreds of new and innovative alternatives to health and wellness products.  Rapidly Changing […]

A Leader In Washington, GreenStar Eyes Expansion

Washington State has long been a pioneer in the cannabis industry. Medical marijuana has been legal since 1998 and the state was the first in the U.S. to approve recreational marijuana, doing so on December 6, 2012. The market continues to grow, including retail sales reaching $972 million in 2018 from $851 million in 2017. […]

SinglePoint and Convectium: Investing in Cannabis Packaging Speed

  The negative stigmas attached to cannabis continue to fade away like a puff of smoke in the wind. Most people are now well aware of the therapeutic benefits of the cannabis plant and its cousin hemp. Investors are certainly aware of the massive industry unfolding. Against this backdrop, cannabis operations have moved from the […]

A Look Under the Rug at the Savvy Penetration of Europe’s Cannabis Market by Supreme Heights

As the nascent European legal cannabis market emerges, Canadian companies that have cut their teeth in their home markets are taking that experience overseas to capitalize on a much larger market opportunity. The Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (TSX: FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) is a model of how to build a successful cannabis portfolio at a blistering […]

Want a Powerplay Cannabis Brand? Know Your Consumer

With recreational or medical marijuana allowed in 33 U.S. states, about 224 million people now have legal access to cannabis. An April Hill-HarrisX poll showed that 84% of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, including 42% of respondents expressing their belief it should be legal for any use. The growing approval rates for cannabis signal a […]

The Yield Growth: Building A Cannabis Lifestyle Product Empire

Ayurveda is an ancient medicine system dating back thousands of years in India.  In Sanskrit, the word means “The Science of Life.” In the simplest sense, it is a holistic approach to healing – including medicating with cannabis – in a harmonious manner with the Earth, including locally sourcing natural ingredients. For The Yield Growth […]

SinglePoint is Covering the Bases in the Hemp CBD Industry

Cannabidiol, or CBD, is the main non-psychotropic active ingredient in cannabis and hemp. In the United States, passage of the 2018 Farm Bill led the federal government to declassify hemp as a dangerous drug, opening the doors for states to implement regulatory programs overseeing legal hemp production and processing. As a result, the CBD-in-everything-you-can-imagine trend […]

Strong Financial Results Precede Alkaline Water’s Move Into CBD Beverages

  The United States’ federal government, through passage of the Farm Bill in late 2018, in essence removed hemp from its list of dangerous drugs. Since then, states have been formulating regulations for the cultivation, processing, and sales of hemp-derived products, the bulk of which contain cannabidiol, or CBD. Canada is expected to legalize hemp- […]

More Companies Lining Up to Get Their Hands on Lexaria’s DehydraTECH™ Platform

When you’ve got something great, it may take a little bit of time for people to learn about it, but once word starts getting around, it can yield a windfall of interest. That’s the case with Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (CSE: LXX) (OTCQX: LXRP) and its DehydraTECH™ technology that enhances qualities and uptake of all sorts […]

Hemptown Poised to Profit Following Passage of US Farm Bill

  Hemptown Poised to Profit Following Passage of US Farm Bill Prior to the 2018 US Farm Bill, hemp – defined by the legislation as the cannabis plant containing less than 0.3% THC – carried the same legal classification as THC-rich cannabis, and aside from a handful of pilot projects, the mass production of industrial […]

ICC Expanding to New Zealand with NUBU Supply Agreement

    Although the possession of any amount of cannabis has been illegal in New Zealand since 1975, half of the population aged 17-65 admit to trying cannabis, while one in six report being regular users, giving the country the ninth-highest cannabis consumption level in the world. In December of last year, the Misuse of […]

Weekend Unlimited Sets Sights on Washington State; Plus Exclusive Interview With CEO Chris Backus

Many multi-state operators choose to focus the bulk of their initial efforts in one market, then take what they’ve learned there, and replicate their successes in other states. Lifestyle Brand Weekend Unlimited (CSE: POT, FSE: 0OS1, OTCQB: WKULF) has chosen Washington as its target market, guided by an understanding that its cannabis industry is far […]

RYAH Dose Measuring Vaporizer Hits U.S. Dispensary Shelves

NEW YORK, July 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RYAH Medtech Inc. (“RYAH” or the “Company”), announced today that its dose-measuring smart vaporizer and proprietary cartridges have hit medical dispensary shelves in the United States. RYAH selected Sweetspot, a high-end medical dispensary located in Maryland for its flagship launch. “We are excited to see RYAH on […]

CBG Spells Hope for Patients and Sales for Hemptown USA

Neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington’s and Parkinson’s come with grim prognoses, slowly debilitating a patient year after year with little doctors can do to slow, much less arrest, progression. Research is still in the early stages, but there is reason to be optimistic that a little known part of cannabis and hemp could one day provide […]

Taking a Page from the Canopy Growth Playbook, Halo Invests in Lesotho Cannabis

Lesotho (pronounced “le-so-toe” or “le-sue-two”) is a landlocked kingdom surrounded by South Africa. Most people probably never heard of it until recently, as in 2017 it was the first African country to legalize medical marijuana. Owing to the pioneering regulations, over 300 days of sunshine annually, low humidity, pristine water, educated workforce and more, the […]

Weekend Unlimited On Track to Become Certified-Organic Hemp Producer

Arthur Halleran’s northern British Columbia farm is documented to have been chemical free since 2010 with no indications of prior chemical use. The farm’s recent 200 acre plus expansion of the fields has never in its history had chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides applied to it. With the organic by nature status of the farm, […]

Israel: A Cannabis Pioneer Then…and Now

When it comes to cannabis, Israel proves that big things can come in small packages. While recreational marijuana remains illegal in Israel, a country about the size of New Hampshire, the government has been proactive in supporting cannabis research for decades while other countries stagnated in the darkness of cannabis prohibition.  In the U.S., cannabis […]

Ignite: 43 Million Instagram Followers Strong

In the 2017 award-winning film “Ingrid Goes West,” the main character, Ingrid Thorburn is infatuated with the social media influencer Taylor Sloane. While Ingrid takes mimicking Sloane to a dysfunctional level, the fact is that – all cinematic liberties aside – parts of the plot aren’t far from today’s reality. People, especially millennials and younger […]

With NanoFusion, Geyser Addresses Challenge to Extract-Based Producers

While cannabis-infused products are the fastest-growing and most lucrative segment of the industry, a key challenge in producing cannabinoids for ingestion or absorption through the skin is their insolubility. Due to their oily composition they are naturally hydrophobic, meaning that their molecules are water-repellant, making it harder for the body to absorb them. The result […]

The Global Big Data Market Meets RYAH Medtech’s Unique Vaporizer

  The output of analyzing large blocks of information, or “big data” as it is generally known, to identify trends is one of the most valuable commodities today. One of the beauties of big data is that it can pinpoint trends at all scales, from an individual to an entire country. Another is that it […]

Flush With Cash, the Name Hemptown Says it All

The cannabis space has gone through some exciting twists and turns in the last decade, including the passage of the U.S. Farm Bill that legalized industrial hemp at the start of 2019. The U.S. was the last industrialized nation to finally de-couple hemp from its cousin cannabis, effectively opening up a national highway for interstate […]

Alkaline Water Moving Into Convenience Store Market with Flavor Infused Alkaline Water

After decades of steady growth as consumers increasingly seek out healthy options for quenching their thirst, bottled water sales finally surpassed carbonated soft drinks in 2016 to become the largest beverage category in the US. The global bottled water market is forecast to surpass $217 billion by 2027 with an annual compounded growth rate of […]

Exclusive Interview with Wildflower Brands CEO: Health and Wellness Cannabis Products

Wildflower Brands (CSE: SUN, OTC: WLDFF) is a Vancouver-based company developing and designing brands that focus on plant-based health and wellness products. All of the company’s brands work in synergy toward becoming a global wellness leader. Wildflower distributes products across North America through the regulated cannabis markets as well as through nutraceutical channels, and the […]

FinCanna’s QVI Looks to Become California’s Premier Contract Manufacturer

California’s cannabis industry is projected to reach $7.7 billion in revenue by 2021, according to *BDS Analytics and Arcview Group, driven by the legalization of adult-use cannabis. Within this market, manufactured products, edibles, and concentrates have outpaced cannabis flower to become the *fastest growing segment of the market. Concentrates can be incorporated into many different […]

From Smoking to Munching; Indiva Prepared for Cannabis 2.0 Revolution

The legalization of cannabis in Canada on October 17, 2018 was seen as a progressive and forward-thinking development.It put Canada at the forefront of this exciting new industry, as the only country other than Uruguay to legalize cannabis on a federal level. However as dynamic as this legislation was, it was limited in terms of […]

Cannabis Pioneer Strainwise Takes an Innovative Approach to the Industry

STWC Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: STWC), better known as Strainwise®, was founded by two cannabis industry pioneers that aim to transform their consulting practice into a national cannabis enterprise. Co-founder/CEO Erin Phillips acquired the first recreational cannabis license in the world for one of her clients, The Annie’s: A STRAINWISE® Branded Dispensary in Central City, Colorado. […]