US Customs and Border Protection Sued By Law Firm For Banning Canadian Cannabis Workers Last year, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made headlines after announcing that they would be issuing lifetime bans to Canadian cannabis workers who wanted to enter the United States. Canada legalized cannabis at the…
Canadian Cannabis Firm Canopy Growth Makes Debut On Wall Street May 24, 2018 will be one of the most historic dates in the history of the legal cannabis industry. Canopy Growth Corp (CGC), the biggest provider of medical cannabis in Canada, just made its debut into the New York Stock…
Baker Technologies Inc., a Denver-based developer of software for cannabis businesses, has drafted a seemingly simple recipe for success: strength in numbers. The startup that started out with desires of being a consolidator — acquiring and integrating other cannabis-centric technology firms — will itself be folded into a larger firm.…
Published: Feb 7, 2018, 10:29 am • Updated: Feb 7, 2018, 10:29 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Cannabis data clearinghouse New Frontier Data has made a move to bring hemp into its fold with the acquisition of Denver-based Hemp Business Journal, the firms are expected to announce Wednesday.…
Published: Feb 2, 2018, 10:43 am • Updated: Feb 2, 2018, 10:56 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff As Canada’s stock exchanges and securities regulators grow increasingly concerned about the state of legal cannabs south of the border, a Canadian medical marijuana company has started to divest its U.S.-based…
Published: Dec 14, 2017, 8:39 am • Updated: Dec 14, 2017, 8:56 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff The chaotic corporate tale of marijuana tech firm MassRoots has entered a new chapter with the Denver-based company making its second executive change in as many months. The Denver-based company made…
Published: Nov 28, 2017, 2:15 pm • Updated: Nov 28, 2017, 5:59 pm By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff MJ Freeway, one of the first companies to create “seed-to-sale” tracking and business software for the legal cannabis industry, has just disclosed it was the target of another cyberattack; one that…
Published: Sep 15, 2017, 12:08 pm • Updated: Sep 15, 2017, 12:08 pm Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Emalee Hyde, CEO of cannabis public-relations firm Sinsemilla and the City. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • What it’s like being a medical marijuana refugee, and how to plan for relocating. • When you’re…
Published: Aug 23, 2017, 4:30 pm • Updated: Aug 23, 2017, 4:30 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff MassRoots Inc., a Denver-based marijuana tech and social media firm, plans to snap up web-based rules and regulations company CannaRegs Ltd. in a $ 12 million stock transaction, the companies announced…
Published: Jun 29, 2017, 12:13 pm • Updated: Jun 29, 2017, 12:21 pm By The Associated Press HONOLULU — Hawaii’s largest workers’ compensation insurer is canceling insurance policies for seven medical marijuana dispensaries preparing to open this summer. Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co., citing concerns over criminal liability since the…