(Paramus, NJ, June 2016)—For three days, the Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition (CWCBExpo) at the Javits Center in New York, was a hotbed of business activity when nearly 4,000 attendees (almost double attendance from last year) came to learn, network and build relationships in the country’s fastest growing industry. The leading event for medical marijuana and the legalized cannabis...

MIAMI, June 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Angelo, the owner of a gay coaching and matchmaking service, is making history by being the first coach to offer cannabis training to his select clients inside a program called Invitro. "Cannabis offers unprecedented opportunity for unlocking vast amounts of potential for any person, especially gay men.  Steve Jobs was right all along and now we have a...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., June 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Ultra Health, a national medical cannabis leader with a large New Mexico presence, becomes the first medical cannabis provider in New Mexico to partner with the Oregon Responsible Edibles Council, (OREC), to promote its "Try 5" campaign. Try 5, which was launched earlier this year, encourages edible cannabis consumers to "Know Your Dose" and start...

The Republican led Congress blocked several marijuana bills this week. It has been a dramatic week for Congress. A Democratic sit-in to try and force a vote on gun control lasted approximately 24 hours. The vote never took place. However, Congress did find time to act on several marijuana bills. On Wednesday night, many were surprised when the Department of Veteran...

Colorado teen marijuana use has dropped slightly since state residents voted to legalize recreational use in 2012. So far, fears of the rampant expansion of marijuana use among teens in Colorado post legalization have not been warranted. The Colorado Department of Public Health has released their findings from a recent poll. The findings may have surprised some as teen marijuana...

A San Francisco based cannabis startup has announced they have received 2.1 million dollars in funding to grow their software company. The cannabis startup, Meadow,  has received investment from a collection of sources including Joe Montana’s investment fund Liquid 2 Ventures, Reddit’s CEO and founder Steve Huffman, , and Justin Kan, creator of Justin.TV and Twitch. Meadow was formed in 2015 and...

The United States Senate Appropriations Committee recently voted to grant the marijuana industry access to the banking system. It remains unclear if the banking issue will be resolved soon as a similar bill failed to reach a floor debate in the Senate last year. "We've seen this all before," Jeff Foster, a co-founder of JANE, a payment-processing firm for marijuana retailers,...

LOS ANGELES – Today, the LA City Council Rules, Elections, Intergovernmental Relations, and Neighborhoods Committee heard public comments on Motion 14-0366-S5 for a proposed March 2017 ballot initiative to reform Proposition D. The Los Angeles Cannabis Task Force, a coalition of cannabis operators dedicated to the creation of a fair and vibrant cannabis industry that ensures a safe, lawful, and...

From KABC: The first and largest marijuana cultivation farm in Southern California will be located in Desert Hot Springs. GFarmaLabs is spearheading this initial movement. "It's going to be filled with greenhouses. It's going to be an agricultural center out in the middle of the desert," Berto Torres of GFarmaLabs said. Legal marijuana cultivation can prove to be beneficial for the city of...

The New Jersey Assembly has passed a bill that would expand the state's medical marijuana program to include PTSD as a qualifying condition. The New Jersey Assembly vote in favor of the expansion won by a 55-14 margin.  Seven members abstained from the vote.  The bill will now head to New Jersey's Senate. According to the New Jersey Department of Health...