The CEO of cannabis brand Cookies and Taylor Gang Entertainment, Berner, is the first head of a cannabis company to appear on the cover of Forbes magazine. Berner, real name Gilbert Milan Jr. shared the cover via Twitter. The cover carries the caption “Marijuana Meltdown,” described Berner as the “$150 million cannabis king,” and includes
California B2B cannabis wholesale platform Nabis connects more than 1,300 retailers with over 200 exclusive brands all over California. In May, Nabis doubled its monthly average number of orders alongside growth in both brand partners and retailers, which begs the question: how are they experiencing growth while potentially on the cusp of the next economic
The Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners on Wednesday rejected the popular name and ballot title for the cannabis legalization proposal, effectively blocking it from November ballots despite the proposal garnering enough voter signatures, the Associated Press reports. An attorney for Responsible Growth Arkansas, the group supporting the initiative, told the AP that it plans to appeal
The Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) is partnering with cannabis education company Green Flower to provide members with free training courses. Green Flower will offer MCBA members four on-demand certificate programs, including retail, cultivation, manufacturing, and cannabis business essentials. Max Simon, Green Flower CEO and co-founder, said the company is “thrilled to partner with MCBA
Cannabis CEOs, founders, and entrepreneurs are often tasked with taking on many jobs and learning as they go. This can lead to spending valuable resources — like their own time — learning new skills and making mistakes a professional would have skipped. One way to lift this burden is to hire a virtual assistant for
There are a lot of reasons to keep your smoking devices clean and clear of resin. Buildup, old bong water, and the germs that grow on them are harmful to inhale. But that doesn’t mean I always keep my glass shining brightly. In fact, when I reached out to Vita Budz to try their glassware
U.S. House Reps. Troy Carter (D-LA) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) recently introduced a bipartisan bill that would establish a process for the expungement of low-level federal cannabis charges. H.R. 8557, or The Marijuana Misdemeanor Expungement Act, would direct the Chief Justice of the United States to “promulgate procedures or practices for the review, expungement, sealing,
Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency is funding $12.5 million in research at Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to study the potential therapeutic benefits of cannabis for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research will include two large-scale randomized controlled clinical trials over
Oklahoma’s two-year moratorium on issuing new medical cannabis licenses will take effect on August 26, News 9 reports. The move follows the passage of a bill last legislative session that imposed the moratorium. State officials had initially expected the moratorium to take effect on August 1 but erred in their interpretation of the effective date of
The New Mexico lawsuit seeking to force insurance companies to cover the cost for patients enrolled in the medical cannabis program for behavioral health conditions – such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), opioid use disorder, and autism-spectrum disorder – has been moved to federal court at the request of the defendants, according to NM Political