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One of the consequences of cannabis remaining federally illegal is the lack of unified standards for operating businesses. Every state, municipality and jurisdiction compels marijuana businesses to fulfill certain requirements and, on occasion, these requisites collide or are in direct conflict...

Wonder Women Of Weed is a weekly column featuring accomplished female leaders in the cannabis industry. Yvonne DeLaRosa Green, a TV and film actress turned marijuana entrepreneur, was the first to obtain a cannabis business license in Los Angeles. Yvonne DeLaRosa asked if I'm familiar with the...

Socrates Rosenfeld was always an athlete. When he had to choose a college as an undergrad, he went for the United States Military Academy Preparatory School, better known as West Point Prep. He graduated in 2004 and went straight into the army to serve as an officer. For seven years, Rosenfeld flew...

As the cannabis industry continues to develop so do consumption methods. Benzinga recently shared a look into the rise of marijuana concentrates, one of the most popular product categories, with sales only trailing buds ("flowers") and pretty much on par with pre-rolled joints and vapor...

In a recent article, Tyler Stratford, director of client operations at Canna Advisors, one of the top cannabis consulting firms in North America, shared a few fundamental tips for obtaining a marijuana dispensary license with Benzinga’s readers. Wondering what’s next, we reached...

How powerful are Mexican drug cartels? What would a legal cannabis trade between the U.S. and its southern neighbor look like? Very few people are actually qualified to answer such questions. Luckily for attendees of the third annual Southwest Cannabis Conference & Expo, to be held in Arizona...

Just like cannabis businesses, stocks, publications and strains, weed-related events are multiplying at an unprecedented space. The problem is that, since the legal marijuana industry is still nascent, expert speakers do not abound. Consequently, almost every conference, summit, gathering,...

Canna Advisors is one of the top cannabis consulting firms in North America. A few months ago, while discussing his experience helping businesses procure cannabis cultivation, production or retail licenses, founding partner Jay Czarkowski highlighted four things states usually want to see in...

The legal cannabis industry is growing at an unprecedented pace, and jobs continue to pop up like crazy, creating opportunities of all kinds. This is an industry that loves the Wall Street executive as much as it loves the underdog or unlikely success candidate. However, many applicants are going...

Even though legal cannabis has been around for more than two decades in the U.S., this is still news to many: Smoking is not the only way to consume weed. As the industry evolves, so do intake methods. You probably know about vaping and edibles, but have you ever heard about concentrates? The list...

Dr. Randy Nordyke is the chairman and co-founder of InSpirit LLC. Inspirit produces two non-psychoactive — THC-free, 100 percent legal, over-the-counter pain relief crèmes made from organic hemp oil: Inspirit Hemp Crème and Inmotion Hemp Pain Crème. Over his life, Nordyke...

As the cannabis industry matures, cultivators face new challenges. One of the biggest issues right now is that of shrinking margins. In such a context, establishing low cost production facilities has become a priority. The thing is, neither the U.S. nor Canada offer the option to create low cost...

Marketing legal cannabis and cannabis-derived products is not an easy task. There are all sorts of rules and regulations regarding advertising and promotion of almost every kind. So, how do retailers drive traffic, either to their stores or websites? Some rely on customer engagement platforms that...

Benzinga recently analyzed if MassRoots Inc (OTC: MSRT)'s acquisition of CannaRegs, Inc. for $12 million made sense. On one side of the spectrum was Alan Brochstein, author of the 420 Investor, who argued that the price tag was too high and that this could be seen as a proxy of MassRoots...

By now, Americans have become accustomed to seeing marijuana news on mainstream and financial media. However, few reporters and journalists covering the industry are actually specialized, thus treating cannabis as a novelty act, a passing fad, or an alternative investment strategy, at the most....