Athletes for CARE

Athletes for CARE, a non-profit founded by former pro athletes who advocate for cannabis and natural ways of healing, is hosting a charity golf experience that will allow fans to hang out with sports royalty. Throughout 2021, the organization will organize a series of golfing events around North...

A large percentage of America’s youth sports programs are being dismantled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, many kids have been in sedentary mode. Athletes For CARE (A4C) — a non-profit organization founded by former pro athletes — wants to help...

Athletes for CARE recently hired Clint Johnson, former football player for the Atlanta Falcons (NFL), Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) and Notre Dame. Johnson will be the organization's Director of Development.  Athletes for CARE is focused on advocating for research, education,...

The MGO and ELLO Cannabis Practice recently launched its “The Cannabis 50” list. This industry highlight recognizes those who transformed, uplifted and inspired the growth and maturation of the cannabis industry with a focus on acts of impact this year. “In creating ‘The...

By Aaron Silverman, President of MediaJel. Will early retirements get the NFL to change its tune on cannabis? On a Saturday evening, about two weeks before the beginning of the 2019 NFL season, 29-year-old Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck stood in front of the press as he often did. This...

It was another news-filled week in the weed world... Nelson Peltz joined Aurora Cannabis Inc (NYSE: ACB) as a strategic advisor; Harvest Health & Recreation Inc (OTC: HRVSF) acquired Chicago-based Verano Holdings in an all-stock deal valued at $850 million; Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE: NLSN),...

Not long ago, the cannabis industry could take pride in the higher-than-usual percentage of C-suite positions occupied by women, with roughly 1-in-3 of these posts held by a woman. This number plummeted in just a couple of years, however, dropping from 36 percent in 2015 to 27 percent in 2017...

Greg Rovner isn't your average CEO. He has no college education and opened his first business after high school. He sold that business in 2017, after 20 years, to focus on a new venture he decided to pursue alongside a few friends who’ve been by his side since the fifth grade. Meet Heally...

Athletes For CARE — community, advocacy, research and education — is an organization that includes more than 70 professional athletes from various sports, aims to involve its members in studies analyzing how cannabinoids could treat neurodegenerative diseases such as...

A four-day week shortened by Labor Day still brought substantial news in the cannabis sector.  “Even though this week was a shortened trading week, there were still lots of financial deals happening. Cronos Group agreed to a partnership with Gingko Bioworks that could be worth $122...

Boy, are we excited with cannabis at Benzinga? Since our Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Toronto last week, we’ve received such an impressive response and demand for more content, we’ve decided to expand our cannabis newsdesk considerably. Check out our extensive coverage here....