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"Wonder Women Of Weed" is a bi-monthly show and column featuring accomplished female leaders in the cannabis industry, brought from a collaborative effort that includes Benzinga, Industry Power Women and Direct Cannabis Network. This week, we’re presenting activist and...

Wonder Women Of Weed is a weekly column featuring accomplished female leaders in the cannabis industry. This week, we’re presenting Sara Gullickson, CEO and founder of DispensaryPermits.com, a national agency that has become one of the longest-standing firms in the...

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...

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...

Despite being one of the most notable companies in the cannabis industry, MassRoots Inc (OTC: MSRT) has not always been great at creating value for shareholders. As Alan Brochstein, author of the 420 Investor, told Benzinga late last year, the company “endured a perfect storm of sorts ......

Shares of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ZYNE) lost more than 58 percent of their value Monday morning after the company reported disappointing results from its phase 2 STAR 1 clinical trial for its adult epilepsy treatment. Zynerba is one of the largest cannabinoid-focused pharmaceutical...

Cannabis publication High Times will go public this fall and start trading on the Nasdaq exchange in October. When contacted by Benzinga, High Times' media team clarified that this is "not an IPO." According to a press release, Hightimes Holding Corp., the magazine’s publisher,...

"How does one start a business in the cannabis industry? What are the biggest hurdles to overcome?" —Benzinga In a recent conversation with Benzinga, Andy Williams — co-star of MSNBC's “The Pot Barons of Colorado” and founder and CEO of Medicine Man Denver, Medicine Man...

Last month, Maricann Group Inc. (CSE:MARI), a vertically integrated medical marijuana producer and distributor, announced it had secured C$42.5 million, or $32.2 million, in non-dilutive financing to increase production in Germany. This raise was one of the biggest of 2017 and Benzinga reached out...

American Green Inc (OTC: ERBB) recently unveiled a new system that allows vending machines to sell controlled and age-restricted products like alcohol, pharmaceuticals, casino chips, cannabis and even firearms. The system uses state-of-the-art biometric verification technology to...

MedReleaf Corp (TSE:LEAF), one of the major licensed cannabis producers in Canada, started trading on the TSX on Wednesday and its debut was far from pleasant. After opening at C$9.50 ($7.04), shares lost 22 percent, closing at C$7.40 ($5.48). According to Bloomberg data, this drop marked "the...

Meet Blend Blend is a group-messaging app with a focus on content. By adding bots into its chat interface, the company is looking to tap into the “AI revolution,” joining tech giants of the likes of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB). The...

The size of investments in the cannabis industry is rising at an unprecedented level, as evidenced by the more than $730 million raised by marijuana businesses in the four months of the year — versus $124 million in the first four months of 2016. One of the companies reaping the benefits of...

As an increasing number of U.S. states legalize cannabis in one form or another and start to reap the economic and societal benefits of revised policies, support for marijuana legalization among the population (and even among police agents) continues to surge. On the other hand, as the opioid...