Category: Cannabusiness

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Cannabis business news, commentary and analysis

November 18, 2014
11/18/2014
Washington State’s First Marijuana Auction Brings in $600,000

Washington State’s First Marijuana Auction Brings in $600,000

Fireweed Farms of Prosser sold about 300 pounds of pot to state-licensed processors and retailers Saturday via auction. Bidding took place under a black tent fronted by tall...
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November 17, 2014
11/17/2014
Instafire: Mothership E-rig

Instafire: Mothership E-rig

Shouts out to inventive Instagram user @trippydabs for posting this Instafire. It’s a super clean rig, a Mothership Klein recycler with a nice extension connected to an...
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November 17, 2014
11/17/2014
Nestdrop Develops Medical Cannabis Delivery App

Nestdrop Develops Medical Cannabis Delivery App

Technology is constantly evolving and changing the ways in which we live, and now thanks to an innovative company, it can help you get some weed too....
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November 17, 2014
11/17/2014
KannaLife Sciences Creating Cannabis Treatment for NFL Players

KannaLife Sciences Creating Cannabis Treatment for NFL Players

KannaLife is moving forward on a derivation of CBD for NFL players. What sets KannaLife Sciences apart from the vast majority of potrepreneurs is that they hold...
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November 13, 2014
11/13/2014
Marijuana Convention Lures Green Gold Rush to Vegas

Marijuana Convention Lures Green Gold Rush to Vegas

Nowhere is the mainstreaming of marijuana more obvious than in Sin City this week: Thousands of pot entrepreneurs are descending here for a massive convention dedicated to...
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November 12, 2014
11/12/2014
Instafire: Darby Glass In-Line Bubbler

Instafire: Darby Glass In-Line Bubbler

Behold this crazily worked in-line bubbler by Darby Andrews glass. These are the pipes that you bust out to define yourself in the headspace.
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November 12, 2014
11/12/2014
Product Review: Cannabis Tea Light Candles

Product Review: Cannabis Tea Light Candles

Six little tea lights were inside, all of them a lovely shade of canna-green. I had the pleasure of investigating their cannabis tea light scent palette and...
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November 12, 2014
11/12/2014
The Price Is Too High: Why Colorado Tokers Are Still Buying Illegal Weed

The Price Is Too High: Why Colorado Tokers Are Still Buying Illegal Weed

If you’re looking to toke in Colorado and you’re on a budget, the legal clinics might not be for you. Apparently the high prices of Colorado’s...
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November 11, 2014
11/11/2014
Amsterdam Weed Tourism May Be Under Threat Due to Repressive Regulations

Amsterdam Weed Tourism May Be Under Threat Due to Repressive Regulations

The Netherlands, specifically the capitol Amsterdam, have long been known for their liberal policies and laxed regulation of cannabis use, however things may soon change.
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October 31, 2014
10/31/2014
Pretentious Pot? I Don’t Like the Sound of That

Pretentious Pot? I Don’t Like the Sound of That

Cannabrand can bring the Jimmy Choo shoe boutique feel to weed and certainly has my blessing. But if three years from now that leads to coaching pot...
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October 29, 2014
10/29/2014
Cannabis Lube Claims It Can Get Your Vagina High

Cannabis Lube Claims It Can Get Your Vagina High

A sensational new product has hit the market in California this year — Foria, the first cannabis infused lubricant designed to enhance a woman’s sexual experience. Vagina…
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October 29, 2014
10/29/2014
Sign of the Times: Cannabis-Friendly Dating Site

Sign of the Times: Cannabis-Friendly Dating Site

In an effort to get that awkward, “do you like to get high?” question out of the way early, one Marin county man has created a stoner’s...
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October 27, 2014
10/27/2014
Product Review: Dino Clean Hand Cleanser

Product Review: Dino Clean Hand Cleanser

Dino-Clean is an all natural, no water needed hand cleanser for gardeners of all persuasions, especially OURS as it turns out. It’s not just dabs, weed, once...
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October 27, 2014
10/27/2014
Push for Responsibly Farmed Cannabis

Push for Responsibly Farmed Cannabis

Cannabis, at its core, is an agricultural enterprise. As the model of the massive pot farm becomes more common with the onset of legalization and a growing...
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October 24, 2014
10/24/2014
2014 Washington Cannabis Cup: Welcome Home Out-of-Towners

2014 Washington Cannabis Cup: Welcome Home Out-of-Towners

The Washington Cannabis Cup was an amazing place for out-of-towners this year.
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October 23, 2014
10/23/2014
Uruguay’s Roll-Out of Marijuana Experiment Faces Election Risk

Uruguay’s Roll-Out of Marijuana Experiment Faces Election Risk

Uruguay is struggling to roll out the commercial production and sale of marijuana and its ground-breaking experiment could be dropped or watered down if an opposition candidate...
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October 15, 2014
10/15/2014
Dollars, Chasing Cannabis Profits, Leave US

Dollars, Chasing Cannabis Profits, Leave US

In the midst of prolonged recession which has left millions jobless for years at a time, American investors are offshoring their funds in droves in an attempt...
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October 14, 2014
10/14/2014
Legalize Weed for a Healthier Environment

Legalize Weed for a Healthier Environment

I do have one area of concern when dealing with mass production and distribution of cannabis: its effect on the environment.
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October 14, 2014
10/14/2014
Massachusetts Has Banked Over $3M in Dispensary Fees & Not a Single Marijuana Seed Has Been Planted

Massachusetts Has Banked Over $3M in Dispensary Fees & Not a Single Marijuana Seed Has Been Planted

To date, Massachusetts DPH has banked $3,271,500 in application fees from prospective dispensaries. Consider that 181 applicants paid out $1,500 apiece. When that number was trimmed down...
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October 13, 2014
10/13/2014
Online Dating Site Caters to Cannabis Crowd

Online Dating Site Caters to Cannabis Crowd

For some pot smokers, it’s difficult to broach the topic of marijuana use with prospective romantic partners. Do you invite your date in for a nightcap and...
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