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Following its Oct. 9, 2018 acquisition of NLV Organics, Flower One Holdings Inc. began trading on the Canadian Stock Exchange on Oct. 10 under the stock symbol “FONE.” “There have been a series of successive and very significant milestones achieved in a very short timeframe, but today’s commencement of trading…

The image of Jamaica has long been married to cannabis, despite the plant being very much illegal on the idyllic Caribbean island until recently. But when Jamaica amended the Dangerous Drugs Act in 2015 to decriminalize possession of up to two ounces, and later, in 2016, legalized the medicinal and…

Just a few years ago, it seemed most cannabis retailers had the same hole-in-the-wall feel, designed to fly under the radar and not attract attention from law enforcement. But as the legal market has exploded, cannabis shops have come out of the shadows and have begun to use their storefronts…

Marijuana Venture art director Chloe Mehring will be honored this fall as one of Folio Magazine’s Rising Stars during an awards luncheon in New York City. Mehring, 26, has been with Marijuana Venture, the No. 1 business publication in the cannabis space, since July 2015 and has been integral in…

As a former regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, Jared Blumenfeld is one of the foremost sustainability experts on the West Coast. He left the agency in 2016 and recently launched Podship Earth, a podcast covering a wide range of topics from Bitcoin to wildfires to cannabis. His 10th…

EVIO Labs Florida has been recognized by The Emerald Test for its accuracy in testing for potency, residual solvents, terpenes, microbials, aspergillus mold, pesticide screening and mycotoxin testing. The Emerald Test is an inter-laboratory comparison and proficiency assessment for cannabis testing. “Our experienced team of chemists are among the best…

The July 2018 issue of Marijuana Venture is hitting retail stores. Here’s a sneak preview of what’s inside:  

That being said, it is perplexing that Washington seems to get lost in the national conversation about the legal cannabis industry. With this in mind, I was excited by the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. in March as part of a joint lobbying effort organized by the Washington CannaBusiness…

Desert Aire, a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of commercial and industrial humidity and climate control systems, has published a new technical resource that explains how carefully defining grow room vapor pressure deficits can produce maximum yields and have favorable impacts on the capital and operational costs of HVAC systems. “Application Note 28…