Canada’s Aurora Ships 50kg of Cannabis to German Subsidiary
Wed / Sep 27th
Canadian licensed producer Aurora Cannabis last week shipped 50 kilograms of medical cannabis from its facility in Alberta to Berlin,… Read More
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TG Branfalt
TG joined Ganjapreneur in 2014 as a news writer and began hosting the Ganjapreneur podcast in 2016. He is based in upstate New York, where he also teaches media studies at a local university.
Former Miss Iowa Launches Blockchain, Cryptocurrency for the Cannabis Space
Wed / Sep 27th
A cannabis-centric blockchain – a publicly distributed ledger – called Paragon has been launched to serve the cannabis industry, and… Read More
California MMJ Industry Sees $375M in Q2 Sales
Wed / Sep 27th
Legal cannabis sales in California reached $375 million in the second quarter of 2017, with flower accounting for 55 percent… Read More
Amendment Protecting State MMJ Programs Included in Temporary Spending Bill
Tue / Sep 26th
The Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, which protects state-legal medical cannabis programs from federal interference, has been included in a budget agreement which… Read More
Maine Draft Rules Would Prohibit Smoking, Vaping at Cannabis Clubs
Tue / Sep 26th
Draft rules for Maine’s forthcoming adult-use program do not provide an exemption to the state’s no-smoking laws, which would force… Read More
Report: Wholesale Cannabis Prices Remain Stable into Q2
Tue / Sep 26th
According to New Leaf Data Services’ Cannabis Benchmarks report, wholesale cannabis prices averaged $1,614 per pound in the first half… Read More
Pennsylvania Seeking Public Comments on MMJ Draft Rules
Tue / Sep 26th
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is seeking public comments from potential medical cannabis patients and caregivers on the draft rules… Read More
Vermont Awards Fifth Dispensary License
Mon / Sep 25th
Vermont regulators have awarded the state’s fifth medical cannabis dispensary license to PhytoScience Institute, LLC., who will open shops in… Read More
Poll: MMJ Overwhelmingly Popular in Utah
Mon / Sep 25th
A new poll from UtahPolicy.com has found that 74 percent of Utahns support the petition bid to legalize medical cannabis… Read More
Study: One in Four Cancer Patients at Washington Clinic Use Cannabis to Treat Symptoms
Mon / Sep 25th
According to a study published in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, 24 percent of cancer patients… Read More
Health Canada to Launch Cannabis Awareness Public Health Campaign
Mon / Sep 25th
Health Canada plans to launch a cannabis awareness public health campaign aimed at teens and young adults which will focus… Read More
Las Vegas Dispensary Receives Green Light to Stay Open 24/7
Fri / Sep 22nd
The Las Vegas, Nevada City Council has unanimously approved a measure that allows Oasis Cannabis to stay open 24 hours-a-day,… Read More
Hemp Cultivation Applications Open in New York
Fri / Sep 22nd
Applications for farmers to participate in New York’s recently expanded hemp research program are now open until Nov. 22 after… Read More
Bill to Legalize Cannabis Use and Create Industry Introduced in Iceland
Fri / Sep 22nd
A bill to implement a legal cannabis industry has been introduced in Iceland by Pawel Bartoszek, a member of the… Read More
Study: THCA ‘Worth Consideration’ as Huntington’s Therapy
Fri / Sep 22nd
Scientific advisory board members of Emerald Health Therapeutics Inc., a Canadian licensed medical cannabis company, have co-authored a study suggesting… Read More
Survey: Recent Medical School Grads Not Prepared to Recommend MMJ
Thu / Sep 21st
According to a survey of medical school curriculum deans conducted by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in… Read More
Ontario, Canada’s Niagara College to Offer Cannabis Cultivation Degree
Thu / Sep 21st
Niagara College, located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, will soon offer a one-year post-graduate program in cannabis cultivation as the nation… Read More
Colorado’s Front Range Biosciences Raises $3M in Bridge Funding; Plans California Expansion
Thu / Sep 21st
Lafayette, Colorado-based Front Range Biosciences, which specializes in cannabis tissue propagation, has raised $3 million in bridge funding which will… Read More
Tikun Olam and MariMed Partnership to Expand into 4 States
Thu / Sep 21st
Tikun Olam and MariMed Inc. have agreed to expand their partnership which will see Tikun-branded products rolled out in Rhode… Read More
Study: 34% of Chronic Pain Patients Enrolled in MMJ Program Quit Pharmaceuticals
Wed / Sep 20th
A new study by researchers from the University of New Mexico found that 34 percent of chronic pain patients enrolled… Read More
Delaware Eases MMJ Access for PTSD Patients
Wed / Sep 20th
Delaware post-traumatic stress disorder patients now have easier access to the state’s medical cannabis program after Gov. John Carney signed… Read More
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Field Sobriety Tests Not Valid to Test Cannabis Impairment
Wed / Sep 20th
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that field tests currently used to test for alcohol impairment cannot be used… Read More
Dr. Oz Says MMJ Useful as Exit Drug on ‘Fox & Friends’ Appearance
Wed / Sep 20th
In an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” Dr. Mehmet Oz, famously known as Dr. Oz, said that there is a… Read More
Arkansas Finance Department Flooded with MMJ Industry Applications on Deadline Day
Tue / Sep 19th
As officials expected, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration were flooded with medical cannabis business applications on the day… Read More