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Cannabis And Hemp Tourism Is A Growth Engine

Written by Johnny Green on May 24, 2025. Posted in Business.

The concept of people traveling to faraway destinations to enjoy consuming food and wine is not a new thing. Television shows are dedicated to the activity, and massive subsectors of the tourism industry...

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Why U.S. MSOs Are Looking To Invest In Germany And Europe

Written by Johnny Green on May 21, 2025. Posted in Business.

For many years, the emerging legal cannabis industry in the United States has operated in siloed markets, with each jurisdiction having its own laws and regulations. While that is still largely the...

MJBizCon Comes Back To Las Vegas On December 3-6

Written by Johnny Green on November 29, 2024. Posted in Business.

MJBizCon, the top cannabis industry event in the United States, is coming back to Las Vegas next week on December 3rd-6th, 2024. The event, which is often described as ‘the Super Bowl of Cannabis’...

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Study Demonstrates Why Banks Are One Of The Biggest Winners Of Legalization

Written by Johnny Green on October 20, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

The banking industry and the cannabis industry have a complicated relationship due to prohibition laws. Cannabis businesses have more options for financial services than they have in the past, however,...

Study Finds That Cannabis Edibles Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain

Written by Frank Schuler on October 19, 2024. Posted in Science.

Anyone who has experienced lower back pain knows that it is far from a fun thing to have to endure. Lower back pain can be caused by a number of different factors, from living a sedentary lifestyle...

Will Cannabis Rescheduling In The U.S. Impact The International Cannabis Industry?

Written by Johnny Green on May 1, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

News broke yesterday in the United States regarding the cannabis plant’s status at the federal level. After decades of outright cannabis prohibition at the national level in the U.S., the DEA...

Federal Cannabis Reform Inches Closer In The United States

Written by Hazel Norman on January 15, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Historically, the United States has led the charge in prohibiting cannabis in all of its forms. Starting in the 1930s, the United States prohibited cannabis, even for medical purposes, and imposed its...

Cannabis Seizures At U.S./Mexico Border Fall To Historic Lows

Written by Frank Schuler on January 9, 2023. Posted in Policy.

By many measures the border shared by the United States and Mexico has served as ground-zero for the war on cannabis. It’s no secret that for many years cannabis, among other things, was smuggled...

Which Country Is More Likely To Legalize In 2023 – The U.S. Or Germany?

Written by Johnny Green on January 8, 2023. Posted in Policy.

When it comes to the ongoing fight to end global cannabis prohibition, there’s a saying that I often use – the bigger the nation’s economy, the bigger the domino. Don’t get me...