SIVA Enterprises CEO Avis Bulbulyan on start-up costs, navigating state laws, and the importance of strategic partnerships. You were an expert grower most of your life. You became a consultant in 2014. Why? It was a combination of opportunity and just a natural progression from what I was doing. I started off in the cultivation sector, branched out into dispensing and manufacturing. Then...

With a stellar reputation for flower and spa-like decor, Perennial Holistic Wellness Center offers something distinctive in Los Angeles—an open grow room behind storefront glass so patients can watch the progress of their medicine.   “In the one and one-half years since I took over daily operations, Perennial has seen a 300-percent increase in revenues.” — Brett Vapnek. In the 1990s, Brett...

The 2016 Democratic Platform now includes marijuana reform as one of its priorities. While no candidates, including likely nominee for President of The United States, Hilary Clinton, are required to support the clauses in the Democratic platform, the move still seems significant. Candidates running for office in November may feel inclined to follow the parameters set by heads of the...

Democratic Senators continued their call for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to reschedule marijuana. The call comes as marijuana advocates suffered several recent setbacks in Congress by House Republicans. Earlier this week, 3 marijuana bills failed in the house. Currently, marijuana is a Schedule I substance. In the eyes of the Federal Government, marijuana is just as dangerous as heroin or...

The CWCB Expo was held in New York City at the Jacob Javits Convention Center during the week of June 21st.  Mg was on the scene and we enjoyed meeting so many of the friendly faces from the cannabis industry.

Old and new industry friends celebrated at O.Pen vape's Craft Reserve launch party in Oakland on June 24. Check out all of the photos, below. Photo credit: Mike Rosati

(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...