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The Most Evil Insurance Companies

The Most Evil Insurance Companies

Insurance can sometimes sound like a mobster’s racket. You pay a big chunk of money regularly, hoping you never need to cash in the benefits. When you do, sometimes the insurance company fights tooth and nail to avoid paying you what you’re owed. Naturally, fights don’t happen all...

Hemp Legalization Clears the House

Hemp Legalization Clears the House

In mid-December, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the 2018 Farm Bill, whose provisions include removing hemp as a U.S. Controlled Substances Act. Until now, hemp has been treated the same as its cousin, cannabis. If President Trump signs the farm bill, hemp will become a legal crop for...

Tobacco Giant Investing in Cannabis

Tobacco Giant Investing in Cannabis

We’re all familiar with the iconic Marlboro Man – is he soon to become the Cannabis Man? Richmond, Virginia-based Altria - the parent company of Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro cigarettes - recently bought 45 percent of Cronos Group, to the tune of $2.4 billion.
Cronos Group, a...

Examining California's Recreational Cannabis Supply Stream

Examining California's Recreational Cannabis Supply Stream

California’s cannabis market is a behemoth. Its market is unlike any other legal state market at this time. According to a report from Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics, California's cannabis market value is expected to exceed $5.1 billion by the end of the year.
The analysis...

The Cost of Bad Faith: Potential $10K Settlement Becomes $23M Judgment

The Cost of Bad Faith: Potential $10K Settlement Becomes $23M Judgment

In what can only be described as a disastrous turn of events for Progressive American Insurance Co., the insurance giant’s half-hearted communication with an at-fault policyholder turned a potential $10,000 settlement into a wrongful death judgment worth $22,663,058 plus legal...

Where Does Mexico's Cannabis Regulations Go Under AMLO?

Where Does Mexico's Cannabis Regulations Go Under AMLO?

Continuing on the exciting cannabis news out of Mexico, recently inaugurated President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration has begun. Appointed to the position on December 1, the President often referred to as AMLO aims to take Mexico on a radical change towards leftist policies....


Mexico’s Supreme Court Rules Cannabis Prohibition Unconstitutional

Mexico’s Supreme Court Rules Cannabis Prohibition Unconstitutional

In yet another blow to anti-pot crusaders, the Supreme Court of Mexico has ruled that prohibition of cannabis violates citizens’ rights, arguing that freedom of personal development allows adults to choose the recreational activities they want to engage in - without the government...

North American Marijuana Edibles Market Will Hit $4 Billion by 2022

North American Marijuana Edibles Market Will Hit $4 Billion by 2022

The legal cannabis market is exploding, but it's not just traditional bud attracting enthusiastic consumers. According to marijuana industry analysts The Arcview Group, sales of cannabis-infused edibles will reach $4.1 billion in the United States and Canada by 2022.
Americans gobbled up over...

The State of Play for RICO and the Cannabis Industry

The State of Play for RICO and the Cannabis Industry

It was one of the greatest courtroom dramas the weed industry has seen so far. Parker Walton, a Colorado marijuana grower, was sued by owners of a neighboring ranch over what they claimed were “pungent, foul odors” from his property. They claimed it harmed them by reducing their...

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