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Article by Devon Scoble, Lift So you’re good with people, have a solid customer service background, and a passion for medical cannabis? Congratulations – you’ve got what it takes to work in customer care for a licensed producer (LP). To help you get the edge on competitors who don’t read Lift (if you can even call them competitors) we spoke ...

Article by David Brown, Lift The cannabis industry continues to grow in Canada and jobs in the licit and illicit markets of all kinds are available for those interested. Once relegated to only those willing to risk both arrest and stigma, more people are coming out of the cannabis closet and embracing jobs in a sector they see as having ...

Article by Ottawa Business Journal Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED) says about one-third of its customers want moderate to high levels of THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana, and they’re willing to pay a premium price for it. “And we really didn’t have that in the (October-December) quarter – almost ever,” CEO Bruce Linton said Tuesday on a conference call after ...

Article by The Kindland Colorado’s weed industry hit $1 billion in legal cannabis sales in 2016, and this year, there is more money to be made. With all those dollars in the air, Pueblo County, Colorado, is sharing its weed-tax windfall with high-school seniors who want to attend a local college. Voters approved Pueblo County to collect an excise tax on ...

Article by We Think Health For the next five minutes, we’re going to cover a topic that’s unpopular with our government and the FDA. Frankly, by us even speaking up puts our business in a position of immense potential risk, but – for the sake of our cause and our movement – we won’t stay quiet. We want to directly ...

Article by Mary Jane Gibson, High Times Turns out Elle King’s stroll down the red carpet at Sunday night’s Grammy awards was lifted by a pre-show snack of pot muffins. The singer-songwriter posted an Instagram recap of her experience of the starry event with a “note to self”: And she followed it up with this gem: “Sometimes when you’re accidentally ...

Article by Alix Martichoux, San Francisco Chronicle If you think flowers are overrated and overpriced, there’s a different kind of bouquet you might be interested in. Marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles are competing with florists for business this Valentine’s Day, as they offer customers flower arrangements with a hefty dose of cannabis, according to KTVU. ShowGrow, a Los Angeles dispensary, ...

Article by Jamaica Observer The Cannabis Licensing Authority has announced that it issued conditional approval for three applicants – two for small cultivators under one acre, and a third for a small processing facility – in early January 2017. A release from the CLA on Tuesday disclosed that the granting of the conditional approval has come amidst concerns about the ...

Article by Zoe Wilder, Merry Jane Three years ago, CEO and cofounder of High There! Darren Roberts noticed a void in the cannabis community. He wanted to design a safe space for weed enthusiasts and medical marijuana patients to meet and connect without fear or stigma. Using technology, Roberts and his partner, Kenny Frisman, created High There! to bridge the ...

Article by Andrew Kurjata, CBC News Although the mayor and RCMP have said marijuana retailers in Prince George will be treated as illegal businesses until new federal laws come into place, a pot dispensary hopes to start selling to customers in northern B.C. soon. WeeMedical opened a ‘Wellness Centre’ in downtown Prince George on February 3. It was closed three days later when RCMP and city ...