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Investing in cannabis companies has reached a fever pitch, with shares of big names like Aurora, Tilray, and Canopy Growth being gobbled up a rate reminiscent of that of the tech boom in the late 1990s.
According to one analyst, however, one company about to go public on the Canadian stock...

At a private cannabis-infused dinner party in San Francisco last month hosted by the Herb Somm (aka expert chef and sommelier Jamie Evans) and attended by the industry’s top insiders and socialites, legendary film director turned winemaker Francis Ford Coppola debuted his latest gift to...

One of the side effects of legalizing a previously illicit business: fraud is a lot harder to hide. Like any hot sector, legal weed has attracted a fair amount of con artist looking to raise money from gullible investors, then take the money and run. Their schemes are beginning to attract...

Weed is now big (legitimate) business. In the U.S., 30 states now allow for medical marijuana and nine have legalized recreational use. Canada, meanwhile, is set to allow regulated pot sales nationwide starting Oct. 17.
Altogether, the North American market could generate an estimated $16...

Support for full cannabis legalization in the United States is higher than it's ever been – no pun intended. New research from the Pew Charitable Trust states that 62% of Americans now believe marijuana should be legal – a massive increase from 31% at the dawn of the new...

The global cannabis industry is exploding with most of the attention being paid to newly developing markets in North America and Europe. But over the last two years, the Latin American cannabis industry has been quietly making waves as more than ten significant markets there have now approved...

30 states and the District of Columbia have now legalized cannabis for medical and/or adult-use, leading millions of people to begin using the plant – some for the first time. The question is: which segment of the population is flocking to dispensaries the fastest?
According to a recent...

More and more mainstream companies are looking at getting into the cannabis market, as the “Green Rush” continues to explode around the globe. Coca-Cola and Anheuser-Busch have been rumored to be exploring the possibilities of creating infused beverages while Costco and Sephora have...

Pot stocks are off and running, thanks to Canada’s vote to legalize weed this summer. Judging by the wild swings they’ve shown in value, they’re practically the new Bitcoin. Once tiny startups like Tilray Inc., Cronos Group, Canopy Growth Corp., and GW Pharmaceuticals seemingly...

Earlier this year, the United States Food and Drug Association (“FDA”) made history by approving a medication derived from cannabis; currently a Schedule I narcotic. Epidiolex, designed to help treat rare and severe forms of epilepsy, contains cannabidiol (“CBD”), a...