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Over 45 New Vape Products: the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide

In Welcome to Vapelandia: a Report on the State of the Booming Vape Industry, Director of Dispensary Relations at BDS Analytics Greg Shoenfeld reports that 2016 was a year of solid growth for the...
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Anatomy of the MJ Freeway Hack

MJ Freeway reports that its third-party forensic investigation indicates no data was stolen during a "criminal, malicious hack." On January 7, a malicious intrusion into MJ Freeway’s digital information platform brought down the company’s seed-to-sale...
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9,000 Free Joints: the One Inauguration Day Protest That Brought People Together

Thousands of pre-rolled joints packed into mason jars, baggies and totes were ready for anyone 21 and over wanting a free joint at a joint giveaway event held adjacent to DuPont Circle in the...
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What Will President Trump Mean for the Legalization Movement?

The transition of power became official today as Donald J. Trump took the oath of office of the President of the United States of America. Earlier today, President Trump’s administration officially started its tenure in...
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Indo Expo Prepares for Record-Breaking Attendance

Next week thousands of cannabis business professionals from around the country will gather for the bi-annual Indo Expo business-to-business conference taking place January 28-29 in Denver, CO. For the fourth consecutive year, Indo Expo...
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Retailers Weigh in on Vaporizers and the People Who Vape

“Can you feel it? Nothing can save you, for this is the season of catching the ‘vapers’…” Of course, legendary rapper Biz Markie rhymed about a different type of “vapors” back in 1988. That...
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Four-State Update: California Dispensaries Go for Apple Store Ambiance, Pennsylvania…

California Dispensaries Go for Apple Store Ambiance Over Back-Alley Vibe As cannabis becomes more accepted in the mainstream, dispensaries are modifying their decor to match the friendlier tone. As the Los Angeles Times reports, one...
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Innovation and Sales Take Flight at Firefly

It was a good year for Firefly. In the fall, the company launched Firefly2, its much-anticipated follow-up to the original model. “Best overall vaporizer 2016,” Gizmodo declared. “Amazingly sexy and super-high-tech,” Know Techie said....
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Largest Report on Cannabis Use Confirms Medical Benefits and Highlights Some Concerns

Over 10,000 scientific studies on cannabis use were analyzed to create the largest report on the issue ever in the United States. The US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine released a 400-page report...
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Apeks Is Supercritical: Smart Engineering Makes Cannabis Oil Extraction Easy

If cannabis-extract processing companies could produce more oil extract faster and at a higher quality level, they’d probably jump at the chance, right? And if the process could be fully automated, they’d probably jump...