A key U.S. House committee voted resoundingly Thursday to provide federal protection for financial institutions that serve state-authorized marijuana and ancillary businesses, a landmark development for cannabis banking legislation.

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One of the biggest benefits of increased cannabis acceptance is the establishment of testing and standards when it comes to safety and potency of product.

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According to a new report by cannabis website Leafly and consultancy firm Whitney Economics, the United States added 64,389 full-time legal cannabis jobs last year — a 44 percent increase in the weed workforce in 2018, meaning it’s the fastest-growing job sector in the U.S. right now.

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If you’ve already got a medical marijuana card, you might want to consider Hawaii as your next vacation destination.
Hawaii now allows visitors qualified for medical marijuana elsewhere in the U.S. to register to purchase cannabis in the state.

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A cannabis business is an operation with the same insurance requirements of companies from all other industries. However, due to the division between the state and federal cannabis status, business owners are often left with minimal options or with policies offering restrictive plans. In the U.S, the contrast between the federal the state’s stance on cannabis is making it challenging for cannabis businesses to obtain insurance covering all of the necessary requirements.

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Marijuana executives in Colorado – both plant-touching and ancillary – have learned enough about doing business in a new adult-use cannabis market over the past five years to write textbooks on the topic.

The Centennial State made history when it launched the world’s first adult-use marijuana market Jan. 1, 2014.

Along the way, Colorado’s cannabis trailblazers have encountered more than their share of growing pains – lessons that can be applied to other emerging recreational markets.

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he 2019 SXSW Festival and Conference steps into America’s legal future later this month, offering three days of insight and debate among cannabis experts, political advocates, scientists, and entrepreneurs. It’s the famed festival’s first-ever foray into cannabis.

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Martha Stewart is joining the Canadian marijuana company Canopy Growth (CGC) as an adviser to help develop products derived from cannabis for people and animals.

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It’s an exciting time for cannabis. The momentum around legalization is showing no signs of slowing, with 33 states having already legalized cannabis in some form, 10 of which have legalized both medical and recreational use. New businesses are popping up every day to cater to the millions of people who are being exposed to legal cannabis for the first time, and established ones are broadening their offering to get a piece of both the medical and recreational pie.

Herein lies the challenge with cannabis marketing. As an industry, cannabis is still a baby and has some growing pains to deal with.

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After fighting the legal marijuana industry for at least a year now, Facebook is looking at loosening its cannabis policy.

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