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Colorado’s Cannabis Industry Under Attack

Colorado’s Cannabis Industry Under Attack on Several Fronts GeoShepard can help bring certainty, reliability, and cost reduction to your operation amid all the attacks and turbulence. On the surface, it might appear that Colorado’s $1 billion marijuana industry has been unencumbered by legal roadblocks or political opposition, given its speedy growth in recent years. Nothing …

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Canadian Medical Cannabis Producer Slashes Prices

Medical Cannabis Producer Slashes Prices

Canadian Medical Cannabis Producer Slashes Prices A subsidiary of Canada’s largest medical marijuana grower announced it is lowering its MMJ prices to $5 per gram, about a third lower than the average price in the country of $7.50 per gram. Bedrocan Canada, which is owned by Ontario-based Canopy Growth Corporation, announced the price cut as …

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Cannabis Regulatory Compliance

Top Cannabis Regulatory Compliance Issues for Colorado Companies

Top Cannabis Regulatory Compliance Issues for Colorado Companies By Becky Olson With cannabis poised to take its place as one of the most heavily regulated industries in the world, compliance is and will increasingly be the name of the game for marijuana companies. So how are cannabis businesses faring in this area? In Colorado – …

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The Cannabis Industry Top 5 Things You Should Know

The Top 5 Things You Should Know About the Cannabis Industry Stop comparing cannabis industry to Big Alcohol, Big Tobacco, and Big Pharma. Let’s just get one thing straight: cannabis is less harmful than alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceuticals combined. Don’t believe me? Read this. And this. And when you’re done, you can read this. If you’re …

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Cannabis Industry Educated Leaders Chart

Cannabis Industry Attracts Highly Educated Leaders

Cannabis industry executives holding post-high school certificates and degrees clock in at a rate 19 percentage-points higher than all U.S. professionals age 25 and older. A recent Marijuana Business Daily survey showed 87% of cannabis professionals in executive or management roles have completed some sort of degree or certification after high school.  By comparison, 68% of those holding …

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Top Cannabis Stories of 2015

The following eleven stories were our Top Cannabis Stories of 2105, in order: Of course the number one Top Cannabis Story is GeoShepard launched to help Cannabis companies track marijuana and automate operations. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders proposes a bill to deschedule marijuana. If passed this bill would effectively end federal cannabis prohibition. The Obama administration …

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Sage Analytics 2016 Predictions for Cannabis Industry

Sage Analytics Releases Predictions for Cannabis Industry

Sage Analytics Releases Predictions for Cannabis Industry Significant breakthroughs expected in 2016 in the rapidly growing legal marijuana sector DENVER, Dec. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Sage Analytics (www.sageanalytics.com), the developers of portable, laboratory-quality cannabis potency measurement systems, released a forecast on major developments that company management believes will likely occur in 2016 within the legal …

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