Company Drug Testing – 3 Tricks Companies Now Use That You Don’t Know About Drug testing is a practical way to test employees for the use of drugs or identify prescription drug or alcohol use. It helps employers benefit from commending insurance rates on policies like worker’s compensation. In order…
How Mexico Proposes to Legalize Cannabis and Keep Foreign Companies from Dominating the Market https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/10/27/128-million-people-about-to-gain-access-to-legal-p.aspx I have been keeping my eye on the Mexican cannabis initiative for some time now considering that once legalized, 128 million people will have access to the cannabis marketplace. However, considering that the current president…
Federal Report Shows That More Banks Are Now Welcoming Cannabis Businesses Banking has always been a major hurdle for legal cannabis businesses. Due to the cannabis’s status as a Schedule 1 substance, financial institutions including banks and credit unions, want nothing to do with pot businesses because of the burden…
When Coca-Cola publicly announces it is sizing up business opportunities in an industry, people take notice. That was the case in mid September when Coke — the world’s largest beverage company with a market cap north of $ 211 billion — said it was keeping an eye on cannabis infused…
How Alcohol Companies are Dealing with Cannabis Legalization If there are two comparable recreational substances on the market – it’s alcohol and tobacco. I know some of you are quietly raging about that statement. “Alcohol and Cannabis are NOTHING ALIKE!” That is true, the substances are completely different. The safety…
A Colorado cannabis company has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit in Denver federal court claiming a rival in Conifer filched its cannabinoid medical product formula. United Cannabis Corporation of Golden (UCANN) filed the lawsuit in Denver U.S. District Court Monday against Pure Hemp Collective Inc. of Conifer. The lawsuit seeks an injunction…
Published: Jan 29, 2018, 4:25 pm • Updated: Jan 29, 2018, 4:25 pm By Kristine Owram and Jen Skerritt, Bloomberg News Another day, another near-billion-dollar deal in Canada’s marijuana industry. Aphria Inc. agreed to buy Nuuvera Inc., a global cannabis company based in Brampton, Ontario, for about C$ 826 million…
Published: Dec 12, 2017, 10:35 am • Updated: Dec 12, 2017, 10:46 am By Jen Skerritt, Bloomberg The takeover battle between two Canadian medical marijuana producers is turning more acrimonious as CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. is raising new concerns that securities laws may have been violated by Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s C$…
Published: Nov 1, 2017, 11:40 am • Updated: Nov 1, 2017, 11:48 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff The Colorado company known for the “Charlotte’s Web” cannabidiol extract and three other businesses that make CBD products were put on notice by the FDA for illegally making unsubstantiated health claims.…
Published: Sep 22, 2017, 9:04 am • Updated: Sep 22, 2017, 10:18 am By The Associated Press MEDIA, Pa. — A southeastern Pennsylvania county sued 11 pharmaceutical companies Thursday for marketing tactics that county officials say misrepresent the dangers of long-term opioid usage while a national overdose crisis continues to…