A look at the state of marijuana in the Lone Star State and the Texas Compassionate Use Act. The Lone Star State is known for many things: football, savory barbeque, and one of the most business-friendly environments in the U.S. According to experts, soon Texas may also be known as the place for accessible canna business opportunity. Governor Greg Abbott signed...

Keeping up with energy demands across the United States and the world is becoming extremely challenging. With more electronic devices than people, it is easy to see how power consumption is rising all over. Commercial marijuana grows are also contributing significantly to the rise in energy use. Large-scale grows are making a measurable impact on overall electric use and are putting...

“I want patients to walk in, see our products, and feel comfortable, like something you would see at the grocery store,” said Krystal Kitahara, owner of Yummi Karma. The company creates edibles that “help people medicate discreetly. Overall, our goal is to normalize the industry.” Kitahara founded Yummi Karma to address the lack of mainstream packaging and marketing. While watching...

The founder of Forever Flowering Greenhouses, illuminates the philosophy underlying his newest project, The Cannabis Conservancy. When a consumer walks into a dispensary in today’s regulated cannabis market, lack of information about products makes caveat emptor a reality. Whether the business offers medical or adult-use products, consumers must rely on the personal knowledge of the budtender. Uneducated newcomers may be...

Criminal defense attorney Heather Burke of Nevada County, California, talks about cultivation issues and the looming death knell for growers in California’s mid-state counties. What is the current situation for growers in Nevada County and the surrounding areas?  Nevada County and the surrounding counties currently have a patchwork of bans that prohibit commercial cultivation or outdoor cultivation or both. Surprisingly, Placer...

Even if advertisers are increasingly focusing on their efforts on targeted online consumers, there still seems to be some cache in plastering a message across a billboard. The marijuana advocacy group Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has put up several marijuana billboards in the past. Now they have a message targeted at millennials in Arizona. In cities such as Tuscon and Phoenix,...

“The idea came from David Sibley,” said N2 Packaging Systems’ Kendall Jorgensen, a former craft-cannabis grower in Southern Oregon. “He had been running a business that sold nitrogen-preserved foods and ammunition for emergency preparedness.” Sibley immediately saw the opportunity to introduce his preservation technology to increase cannabis shelf life and contacted Jorgensen’s business partner. Jorgensen saw a packaging revolution “I...

I first fell in love with macarons during my childhood in France. Macarons are by far the most sought-after pastry for special parties and events. The desire to help expand the cannabis legalization movement brought me to San Francisco, and after meeting my partner, Ashley, we decided to pour our energy into Madame Munchie. We are both passionate users who...

Will voters decide to legalize recreational marijuana this November? In a sense, California can be considered the godfather of the modern marijuana movement. With the efforts of activists and Dennis Peron, California made history in 1996 when voters passed Proposition 215 which legalized medical marijuana. Many assumed California would be the first to enter the recreational marijuana space. Although activists in the...

“Our mission is to provide fun, efficient, and valuable goodies without customers having to drive miles to their dispensary,” said Elle Fine, founder and chief executive officer of 420 Goody Box. “We provide a monthly surprise box of goodies and more at a price that has substantial value.” Customers pay $27.98 per month (shipping included) and receive five to eight...