by InfluencER | Jan 21, 2021 | Investors
Jay-Z has started an investment fund to help minority marijuana entrepreneurs break into the booming cannabis business. The Brooklyn-born rapper aims to diversify the legal pot industry by investing in cannabis firms owned by black people and other minorities who have...
by InfluencER | Jan 21, 2021 | Politics and Law
Legislators in North Dakota have introduced a measure to significantly expand cannabis decriminalization in the state. The bill, which was filed last week, would add to an initial marijuana decriminalization law that was passed in 2019. Under the current law,...
by InfluencER | Jan 21, 2021 | Politics and Law
California voters legalized marijuana in 2016, positioning the state as a national leader on drug reform. The Adult Use of Marijuana Act, or Proposition 64, allows Californians to purchase and consume regulated cannabis products. For many, buying weed has now become...
by InfluencER | Jan 21, 2021 | Sales and Operations
Consumer companies from Colgate-Palmolive to tobacco giant Altria are eying the opportunities that the commercialization of cannabis and its related products present. Restrictive regulation means the industry remains minute in SA, but this may change. Meanwhile,...
by InfluencER | Jan 20, 2021 | Politics and Law
Another hemp industry executive has been appointed to a federal advisory committee under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Patrick Atagi, chairman of the board at the National Industrial Hemp Council (NIHC), will serve as...
