Ray Perique, 24, has an extensive background in retail and customer service. He’s worked the sales floor for such companies as Spencer’s Gifts and Liz Claiborne. However, cannabis has always been on his mind. “I had a nice, basic knowledge of cannabis before starting at Evergreen five months ago,” Perique says. Since then, he’s quickly risen up the ranks as...

A recent report by the Drug Policy Alliance found that there were approximately 500,000 arrests for marijuana in California from 2006-2015. The report highlighted several controversial issues. Drug Policy Alliance reports that individuals under the age of 18 now up the majority of those arrested for marijuana.  Additionally, black and latinos were arrested at significantly higher numbers than whites. In 2011,...

A father in South Dakota is not happy with the latest failed effort to legalize medical marijuana in the state. George Hendrickson's son Eli has Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy that can cause extreme seizures and impact children from a developmental standpoint. Hendrickson would like to administer CBD to Eli but is unable to do so legally in...

BigMike of Advanced Nutrients doesn't do anything small. And his end-of-summer sensory overload shindig was no exception. The @MarijuanaDon treated guests to an epic entertaining extravaganza at his Marijuana Mansion overlooking the Hollywood Hills, featuring a steady-handed drink server suspended in a chandelier pouring champagne, a bottomless seafood buffet, passed hors d’oeuvre trays full of joints, a roll-your-own bar...

Reacting to the state’s mercurial moves to regulate the cannabis market, the High Desert Cannabis Association was formed to protect the rights of local businesses and patients. The truism “all politics is local” is all too real for the cannabis industry, especially in California, where state legislators last year opted for a regulatory scheme that puts the ultimate destiny...

Yesterday, a federal appeals court in San Francisco informed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to stop prosecuting medical marijuana cases where no state law has been violated. A panel consisting of 3 judges in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals made the ruling against the DOJ. The decision affirms and an action taken by Congress.  In late 2014, congressional members included...

Former Aflac executive Gary Lowe is betting big on the marriage of emu oil and CBD—and an all-star in-house sales staff. Cannariginals started inauspiciously a few years ago: Gary Lowe left his corporate job and began growing CBD as a hobby. He attended a few early industry trade shows and was astounded: infused products, specifically topicals, was a soft area...

The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has been called out on what seems to be hypocrisy. Last week the federal agency declined to reclassify cannabis on the grounds that there is no proof that the plant has any medicinal value and that further testing would be needed to change this decision.  Ironically, the DEA has fought the expansion of cannabis research...

At least 120 people in Sacramento—eighty members of the State Assembly and forty state senators—no doubt are relieved to see the adult-use cannabis initiative on the California ballot in November. They all know that by kicking the question over to voters, the state’s elected officials in Sacramento won’t be required to risk political currency on a difficult issue. The state legislature...

MediPen is seeking to change the way cannabis products enter the market in the United Kingdom by working closely with the National Health System. MediPen has legally been selling CBD vape pens for approximately one year.  CBD products, unlike THC products, are legal for sale in the United Kingdom.  Many consumers have found relief for pain and anxiety with MediPen...