Popular discount website Groupon is now offering a coupon for medical marijuana in Florida—and it’s on sale! Five dispensaries across the state are allowed to sell medical marijuana in the form of CBD oil. One CBD oil offered is the well-known Charlotte’s Web, which is used to help ease pain and side effects for cancer patients and those with various seizure ... Read More
High Times’ 2016 Cannabis Cup Coming to Michigan Race Track
From June 11-12, Auto City Speedway in Michigan will play host to High Times magazine’s inaugural medicinal 2016 Cannabis Cup. This isn’t the first High Times has held a cannabis event at the Auto City Speedway—they held their very first Cannabis Cup there in August 2014. American Cannabis Cup events had only existed for four years prior to this event. This year’s event ... Read More
Illinois Dispensaries Just Saw Their Biggest Sales to Date
Medical marijuana has been legal in Illinois since late 2014; however, this February marked the state’s biggest sales month yet. Illinois dispensaries sold roughly $1.5 million in product, bringing the total sales across the program to over $4.4 million. Joseph Wright, director of the Medical Cannabis Pilot Program, said that the 29 registered dispensaries served 3,042 ... Read More
The Future of Cannabis Production: 5 Obstacles of Industrial Scale Operations
Commercial growers of cannabis are rapidly discovering that the maturing market is having a tremendous impact on their cost of doing business. Since cannabis growing is a highly regulated market and is experiencing an explosive growth of new demand, commercial growers are finding that they must work much more intelligently to stay profitable in the marketplace. Here are five ... Read More
Harborside Health Center to Open Third Dispensary in San Leandro, California
In September, Harborside Health Center was awarded the go-ahead to open a third dispensary in Golden State. With dispensaries already running in Oakland and San Jose, and now the new dispensary in San Leandro (exact location and date of opening unknown), Harborside stands as one medical cannabis’ most well-known dispensaries. The City of San Leandro council voted unanimously ... Read More