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Cannabis sales in Colorado top $1 billion in eight months

Cannabis sales in Colorado top $1 billion in eight months

Sara Tiradossi October 12, 2017

Colorado’s cannabis sales have peaked in 2017 with more than $1 billion from the combined sales of medical and social cannabis. Counting more than a 20 percent increase in overall cannabis sales,...

Natural foods store now selling CBD extracts nationwide

Natural foods store now selling CBD extracts nationwide

Sara Tiradossi October 12, 2017

Lucky’s Market, the Colorado-based natural foods chain, is now selling nearly a dozen brands of hemp-derived extracts rich in cannabidiol (CBD), one of the main compounds of cannabis. Lucky’s director...

California Gov. Jerry Brown is cool with you smoking on the beach

California Gov. Jerry Brown is cool with you smoking on the beach

October 10, 2017

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor California Gov. Jerry Brown has an unsurprisingly reasonable take on people smoking on the state’s beaches and in its parks. He thinks you should be allowed...

High sales in Nevada's social market come as no surprise

High sales in Nevada’s social market come as no surprise

October 9, 2017

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Nevada only started selling cannabis for social use in July, and it’s already raking in a lot of money from it, according to a new report from the state’s...

Settlement reached between Gorilla Glue Co. and cannabis company in trademark infringement suit

Settlement reached between Gorilla Glue Co. and cannabis company in trademark infringement suit

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen October 6, 2017

A trademark infringement lawsuit between an adhesive company and a cannabis business recently reached a settlement which will phase the “Gorilla Glue” name out from the cannabis business’s inventory. The...

VIDEO: the real reason cannabis is illegal

VIDEO: the real reason cannabis is illegal

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen October 5, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=320&v=CJlqsdezhhk Adam Conover from truTV's "Adam Ruins Everything" explains how and why cannabis prohibition was created in the United States

Pictured: Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDA commissioner threatens legal action against medical cannabis companies’ medical claims

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen October 4, 2017

On Tuesday, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the agency could begin prosecuting cannabis companies who claim unproven health benefits in their products.  The FDA...

Expensive medical cannabis products drive New York patients to black market

Expensive medical cannabis products drive New York patients to black market

Sara Tiradossi October 3, 2017

New York State is facing a problem in the medical cannabis industry: it is offering a limited selection of medical cannabis products at an overly expensive price. Medical patients in New York State...

CBD products briefly featured on Target.com later removed from shelves with little explanation

CBD products briefly featured on Target.com later removed from shelves with little explanation

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen October 2, 2017

A Denver-based cannabis company announced on Thursday morning their CBD products would be featured on Target.com, until the company pulled product off of the shelves by the afternoon. CW Hemp began...

Canadian producer exports medical cannabis to New Zealand

Canadian producer exports medical cannabis to New Zealand

Sara Tiradossi October 1, 2017

Tilray, a Canadian medical cannabis producer, has successfully exported its medical cannabis products to New Zealand. The products will be distributed to pharmacies that serve registered patients in...

Snoop Dogg and his cannabis investment firm pour $2M into new dispensary software

Snoop Dogg and his cannabis investment firm pour $2M into new dispensary software

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 30, 2017

A venture capital firm which includes Snoop Dogg as one of its business partners is investing in a Canadian cannabis tech company. Casa Verde, Snoop Dogg's firm, made a $2 million investment into...

Pictured:  The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research in Seattle, Washington

CNB Exclusive Interview: researcher explains why 1 in 4 cancer patients use cannabis to alleviate symptoms

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 29, 2017

A new study found one in four patients from a Washington-state cancer center used medical cannabis to treat their symptoms in the past year. Cannabis News Box sat down with Dr. Steven Pergam, one...

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