Article by Kristine Owram, Growth Op It may not be apparent when you’re spending US$70 on CBD foot cream, but hemp prices are plunging amid a “grossly oversupplied” market, according to the head of the industry’s first price provider. Hemp biomass prices reached a high of over US$40 a pound in July, just before the 2019 harvest came in, according ...

Article by Maria Loreto, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op Period cramps fluctuate in severeness, affecting some people dramatically and others, not so much. Medications can vary just as much in effectiveness, with some being capable of controlling the most intense kinds of pain and others not making a dent in the severity. According to Prevention.com, this variation in pain ...

Article by Patrick Cain, Global News This spring, Ontario will start to see farm-gate cannabis retail: much like a vineyard or brewery, customers will be able to go to a growing facility and buy weed directly from the producer. It seems simple enough, but there’s a strange twist: producers will be legally required to first sell their cannabis to the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS), the province’s ...

Article by Travis Cesarone, Cannabis Life Network Botanical extraction is used in various industries from cosmetics to cleaning products, and of course in food. We recently detailed six of the most common methods of extraction used in the cannabis industry, and a total of nine permitted solvents. Yet, Health Canada has approved nearly forty solvents for cannabis processors. In the realm of finding the purest quality extract, the industry will scour ...

Article by Julia Veintrop, Cannabis Life Network He once told me that he knew he was in trouble as soon as I looked at him. I knew the look because I remember the thoughts behind it. We were high school hot for each other and when we finally got a hold of each other, we didn’t let go for hours. Then, one ...

Article by Michelle Bilodeau, Growth Op It’s no secret that CBD, hemp seed oil and cannabis sativa seed oil are current ingredient darlings in the beauty industry. Cannabis derivatives contain high amounts of hydrating omega fatty acids, and, in the case of CBD, also has proven anti-inflammatory benefits. And for anyone who is a keen beauty observer, inflammation can be the ...

Article by Taylor Soper, Geekwire Seattle-based cannabis information resource company Leafly today laid off 54 employees, or 18 percent of its workforce, GeekWire has learned. There were 33 people let go from the company’s Seattle headquarters. Leafly cut roles “to more closely align our business operations with the market realities of the technology and cannabis sectors in which we operate,” according to ...

Article by Chris Hall, Port Perry Star via DurhamRegion.com Duane Markle is hoping the third time is the charm when it comes to opening a legal pot store in Port Perry. Twice shut out of the lotteries used by the province to determine cannabis retail store locations, Markle said he was pleased upon learning in December that Ontario was tweaking ...

Article by Victor Ferreira, Financial Post When Evolve ETFs launched its Evolve Marijuana Fund in February 2018, investors were riding high on the green wave and looking forward to recreational legalization in Canada — and potentially even in the United States. Less than two years later, citing the rocky rollout to legalization in Canada, continued uncertainty south of the border ...

Article by David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg MediPharm Labs Corp. is suing Quebec-based Hexo Corp. after alleging the pot producer failed to pay for millions of dollars’ worth of cannabis oil over a supply deal signed last year, the marijuana extraction company said in a court filing. MediPharm issued a press release on Friday stating its wholly-owned subsidiary filed a lawsuit against an ...