Multistate cannabis industry operator Curaleaf did not provide holiday pay to members of its unionized workforce for the Juneteenth holiday despite paying its non-unionized employees, according to a company-wide email described by Grown In. Both union and non-union members of Curaleaf’s workforce did get the holiday off. According to the email outlined by Grown In,
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a pair of cases involving worker’s comp payments for medical cannabis, Marijuana Moment reports. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had asked the court to refuse the cases last month, saying such reforms should come from Congress or the executive branch. The court made the decision on the
The modern advent of Delta-8 THC products and other synthetically produced cannabinoids has wrought the excitement and concern of cannabis enthusiasts across the country: excitement because many consumers can now legally access THC products for the first time in their lives, and concern because these synthetically produced cannabinoids have yet to be fully investigated and
New York on Wednesday selected Social Equity Impact Ventures, LLC to manage the state’s $200 million Social Equity Investment Fund which will assist social equity licensees with costs associated with getting their businesses off the ground. Social Equity Impact Ventures is headed by National Basketball Association Hall of Famer Chris Webber, entrepreneur Lavetta Willis, and
Regulatory compliance is an ongoing headache for plant-touching and ancillary cannabis brands alike — if a brand doesn’t properly follow regulations, for example, it faces fines or in the worst of cases, losing its business entirely. Brands in such highly regulated industries typically hire expert consultants to assess their operation and provide working solutions to
From hempcrete to hemp wool and even hemp-based fiberglass, it has been demonstrated time and again that hemp-based building materials are a sustainable alternative to more commonly used building supplies. In this Q&A, we ask Hempitecture CEO Mattie Mead about the burgeoning hemp industry and what it could mean for the future of construction and,
The global cannabis market is expected to reach $90.4 billion by 2026, according to a MarketsandMarkets report. This equates to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28% from the cannabis market’s $20.8 billion evaluation in 2020. Within the cannabis market, concentrates are projected to have the largest CAGR through 2026 due to the wide
During the Father’s Day advertising push, hemp was included in 2,266 of the 291,936 retail sales ads, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Retail Report for Specialty Crops. In all, hemp ads comprised less than 1%, or about 0.78%, of advertising during Father’s Day. The number of ads this year marks a decline from the
Louisiana Gov. Jon Bel Edwards (D) on Tuesday signed several cannabis-related bills into law, including allowing medical cannabis access for some out-of-state patients and providing prosecution protections for non-resident medical cannabis patients, allowing nurse practitioners to recommend medical cannabis, excluding pipes used to smoke medical cannabis from the stat’s definition of drug paraphernalia, and a
According to new data by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), cannabis arrests in 2021 rose to 6,606 — up from 4,992 in 2020 — according to annual data from the DEA outlined by NORML. Additionally, 5.53 million cannabis plants were seized last year, marking a 20% increase year-to-year from 2020. The numbers represent the
