By: Chuck Epstein of Salar Group It’s no secret that every aspiring entrepreneur focuses on building a brand. For certain industries, this is a valid pursuit. But for the emerging cannabis industry, devoting excessive resources in time and money to build a brand may be a...
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By: Yahoo This year could be big one for marijuana legalization, with states like Arizona, Maine and Vermont likely to jump on the bandwagon, which is already led by Alaska, Colorado and Washington. As of June, marijuana was legalized in some way in 23 states and Washington D.C,...
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By: John Downs MJINews Any discussion about investment risks in the cannabis industry must, of course, start with the fact that cannabis is federally illegal. Beyond the risk to personal freedom (which I believe is remote if one is an honest operator – see: COLE MEMO)...
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By: Chuck Epstein After a 15-year wait, the first medical marijuana dispensary opened in Nevada in July 2015 in Reno and the second opened in August in Las Vegas where out of the more than 9,500 registered medical marijuana users in the state, over 6,700 live...
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By: Leafly Republican congressman and staunch cannabis opponent Andy Harris this week defended his support of cannabis prohibition by citing statistics about African-Americans — statistics that aren't only wrong but could be considered downright offensive. The exchange came during a Maryland town hall after advocates questioned U.S....
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By: Extract of Sun Times Democratic presidential hopefuls spent much of Sunday evening’s fourth primary debate in Charleston, South Carolina, sparring over health care, foreign policy and guns, but drug policy reform did come up a few times during the evening. Early into the debate, Vermont Sen....
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By: The Cheat Sheet Marijuana Legality by State | InsideGov Among the issues facing the 2016 presidential candidates, most aren’t quite as touchy as the debate surrounding marijuana legalization. We’re definitely past the days when then-candidate Bill Clinton said he “didn’t inhale” marijuana during his college days to...
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By: The Sacramento Bee Alice Huffman, longtime head of the state NAACP, contemplated leading a campaign next fall to legalize recreational marijuana in California, and went as far as submitting her own proposal, then joined with cannabis activists on a separate measure. Both efforts faltered, along with...
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By: The Denver Post Could pot clubs in Denver be a way to deal with increasing public consumption in the city’s parks and on the 16th Street Mall? Amazingly, that’s what Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is asking — a dramatic shift in his stance from only three...
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By: Caroline Cahill @ MJINews During a press conference on Jan. 13, 2016, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed two main reasons why Canada is pursuing recreational marijuana legalization: to protect minors from accessing marijuana and to squelch the black market’s marijuana revenue. “First of all, right now,...
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