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Boulder’s cannabis data leader BDS Analytics scoops $3.5 million investment

Boulder’s cannabis data leader BDS Analytics scoops $3.5 million investment

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial June 3, 2018

One of the cannabis industry’s leaders in data repository has managed to bag a rather sizeable investment of $3.5 million. The Boulder-based company is BDS Analytics. With an investment of this magnitude,...

VIDEO: Oregon farmers get hip to hemp.

VIDEO: Oregon farmers get hip to hemp.

May 18, 2018

A surplus of cannabis in Oregon forces farmers to consider growing industrial hemp. 

https://marapharm.tv/2017/12/11/uruguay-sells-recreational-marijuana-16000-people-five-months-legalizing-drug/

Wholesale cannabis prices fell fast in 2017, and they aren’t stopping

March 8, 2018

The price per pound of legal cannabis has been plummeting for a year and a half, and it isn't stopping, according to a new report. Analysts at Cannabis Benchmarks, an independent price reporting agency,...

Oregon has too much cannabis

Oregon has too much cannabis

February 9, 2018

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor With some states, including California, dealing with the issue of perhaps not having enough cannabis to meet market demands, it would seem Oregon has the...

One third of adults are cannabis consumers in cannabis legal states

One third of adults are cannabis consumers in cannabis legal states

Sara Tiradossi December 7, 2017

According to a recent survey, up to 65 percent of adults stated they consumed cannabis at least “a few times every week.” The survey, which came from canna-business consulting firm Enlucem, considered...

Cannabis ads have little influence on consumption

Cannabis ads have little influence on consumption

Sara Tiradossi November 28, 2017

Exposure to cannabis ads does not increase the use of the plant, according to a new study funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse. The objective of the study, published this week in the American...

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...

Pesticide testing now mandatory for all Oregon cannabis

Pesticide testing now mandatory for all Oregon cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 3, 2017

Oregon’s social cannabis program released an announcement on Wednesday which declared every batch of licensed cannabis in the market must be tested for pesticides. Last fall, Oregon-based cannabis...

Pictured: Alaska Gov. Bill Walker

Two more governors respond to AG Sessions’ cannabis claims

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 18, 2017

The governors of Alaska and Washington responded to the letters sent by Attorney General Jeff Sessions which questioned the competence of their social cannabis programs. The governors of Alaska, Colorado,...

Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington

State leaders rebuke AG Sessions’ criticism of legal cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 8, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent letters with “serious questions” to the governors of Washington, Colorado, and Oregon on existing cannabis legislation last week, and now state officials have rebuked...

Oregon bill cuts slack for medical cannabis providers, creates the Oregon Cannabis Commission

Oregon bill cuts slack for medical cannabis providers, creates the Oregon Cannabis Commission

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 11, 2017

A house bill in Oregon’s legislature was recently passed, allowing growers in the Oregon Medical Cannabis program to sell up to 20 pounds in excess amounts to the social-use program, while also placing...

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