A look into the future of industrial hemp Unsustainable Alberta resources beware: there is a new kid on the block. Jesse Pollack and Angel Gan from the environmental technology program at SAIT discussed their ongoing sustainability project in an interview on Feb. 25. They are looking at hemp, a tall, green and stalky...

The bill that would legalize cultivation of Australia medical marijuana is guaranteed to become law, with the main opposition party immediately pledging support Robert Grandt works in the grow room at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver, March 11, 2015. (Denver Post file) CANBERRA, Australia — Australian lawmakers...

“Marijuana that has been “”manicured”” to remove seeds and stems is kept in barrels in a temperature-controlled vault at the Ol’ Miss facility.” JERUSALEM (CNNMoney) — Israel’s fast-growing cannabis industry has high hopes for a new market — exports of medical marijuana to America. The country is already a leading...

The first marijuana business proposal to go through the city of Glenwood Springs’ newly established City Council review process has resulted in a favorable outcome for the new owners of the Green Dragon to add edibles manufacturing to the operation. Green Dragon, which was the second retail recreational marijuana...

If a chief executive of a pot private equity firm is to be believed, legalising cannabis in Mexico can create a legal recreational and medical cannabis market that can bring in $2.45 billion dollars a year. Medical marijuana growers are increasingly turning to Mexico for business opportunities after a Supreme Court...

SEATTLE, WA / ACCESSWIRE / January 19, 2016 / CFN Media – The Canadian cannabis industry is poised for rapid growth over the coming years. After rolling out the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), the country opened the door to the corporatization of the cannabis industry. Health Canada projected that...

Strict federal regulations ensure their products are safe, of a reliable potency, and grown in a sterile environment, explains an infographic recently published by one of those licensed producers (LPs). But as the Straight reported last year and, again, last week(January 14), companies authorized under the Marihuana...

It clocked in at $70 million last fiscal year alone. Pot is a boon for tax revenues in Colorado, outpacing revenue from alcohol taxes in the fiscal year ending on June 30. Colorado collected almost $70 million in marijuana taxes during that time, nearly double the $42 million collected from alcohol taxes. The state...

Could Canada Post become Canada Pot? The Crown corporation is desperately seeking new revenue sources, as mail volumes drop five per cent a year. At the same time, the federal government is equally frantic in its hunt for income, as the economy slows. The suggestion from producers of medicinal marijuana is that Canada...

BOGOTA — Colombia, famed for the violence of its cocaine cartels, is planning a move into the more genteel drugs business of marijuana-based oils and creams. The Andean nation’s climate and regulations make it ideally suited to profit from the incipient trade in legal marijuana, Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria...