by adminTorusBrand | Aug 30, 2017 | Business
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kentucky lawmakers are leading the fight to federally legalize hemp, which was once a big cash crop for the Bluegrass State. Kentucky is currently the leading industrial hemp-producing state in the United States, taking advantage of...
by adminTorusBrand | Aug 30, 2017 | Business
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nearly two-thirds of New Zealanders support marijuana decriminalization or legalization, according to a new poll. Sixty-five percent of New Zealand voters support the legalization or decriminalization of recreational marijuana,...
by adminTorusBrand | Aug 29, 2017 | Business
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has already collected 200,000 of the 252,523 valid signatures it needs to get its bill on the 2018 ballot. Cannabis advocates in Michigan are well on their way to certifying their...
by adminTorusBrand | Aug 28, 2017 | Business
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In letters to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Oregon’s governor and police chief defended their state’s legal marijuana industry. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton each wrote letters...
by adminTorusBrand | Aug 25, 2017 | Business
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The $750 million in sales at the 2017 midpoint covers both Colorado’s medical and adult use marijuana markets. Colorado’s legal marijuana market has already topped $750 million in sales halfway through 2017. Sales are up 25.7...
by adminTorusBrand | Aug 24, 2017 | Business
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Earlier this month, Maryland’s medical marijuana regulators authorized eight companies to grow cannabis and four to process it. Eight companies that grow marijuana have gotten the great light from Maryland’s medical marijuana...