Medical Cannabis Excellence in Malta
Malta is a small country with big ambitions to reinvent itself as the medical cannabis capital of Europe. Speaking at the Medical Cannabis World Forum, Parliamentary Secretary Dr Deo Debattista explained how it will get there. In March 2018, Malta officially legalized medical cannabis, in a move which Parliamentary Secretary Dr Deo Debattista tweeted ‘once […]
Canadian Legal-Cannabis Low Grade Quality Fuels the Black Market
Eighty percent of sales remain in illegal hands as questions about quality, labeling dog some legal products Glen Korstrom Anandia Labs president John Coleman believes THC levels should be stated on labels as a range, instead of as a specific number, because it varies within tested cannabis batches Concerns about the quality and safety of […]
CBD Import Industry in UK
Peter McCusker While CBD storms the global health and well-being market, there lies a frustrating paradox at the heart of the UK industry, a complete dependence on imports. In its own domestic UK market the one million – and rising daily – CBD users are solely reliant on imports. Rebekah Shaman, chair of the British […]
United States: FDA Announcement on THC and CBD Based Cannabis Products
Duane Morris With the enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (also known as the 2018 Farm Bill), hemp-derived CBD appeared to be on the table for marketing all across the country. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) press release issued that same day put a hold on the jubilation, stating that […]
Reason for the Government of Sweden for buying Stock from Aurora Cannabis and Canopy Growth
Sweden’s public pension fund has gone to pot. Keith Speights On average, more than 32 million shares of Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB) are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). For Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC), the average trading volume is much lower — around 8 million shares. There’s no way to know who’s doing all this […]
Will you use your credit card to buy legal weed in N.J.?
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez speaks after leaving a closed-door meeting about Saudi Arabia with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in November 2018. Jonathan D. Salant Entrepreneurs everywhere are eyeing the billion-dollar legal weed industry, an economic opportunity unrivaled in modern N.J. history. NJ Cannabis Insider features exclusive weekly content geared toward those interested in the […]
Two Cannabis Stocks To Add to the S&P 500
These pot stocks come closest to meeting the S&P 500’s stringent inclusion requirements. Sean Williams Marijuana stocks have been pretty much unstoppable since the beginning of 2016, and even more so since the beginning of 2019. In the first quarter, more than a dozen pot stocks logged gains of at least 73%, with the very […]
Weekly Deal Watch: Busiest week of the year for publicly traded cannabis M&A
With 11 deals closed, last week was the busiest so far this year for M&A deals involving publicly traded cannabis companies. Seven of the 11 deals involved plant-touching companies, with the remaining transactions in the ancillary products and services segment. Three privately owned companies also completed transactions, bringing the weekly total to 14, the second-busiest […]
Winabis, When Wine Wears Hemp
Alexandre Abellan The idea of Winabis was born with the development of wines really flavored with cannabis (in the states where its recreational use is allowed) Emerald green, the Winabis reproduces the aromatic palette of cannabis smoke. Without providing the same psychoactive effects. Presented on ProWein, the cuvée is officially launched. If there are wines […]