Cannabis Stakeholders Use UX Designs to Boost Online Sales, Compete With In-Store Shopping
Cannabis businesses are increasingly tapping into the field of user experience (UX) design to ensure online customers have a smooth, enjoyable experience when shopping and ordering products through company websites. “This is shopping for cannabis,” said Socrates Rosenfeld, CEO of Santa Cruz, California-based cannabis technology platform Jane Technologies. “It should be fun. It shouldn’t be […]
Health Canada Mentioned around 500 Cannabis-Related Cases to Federal Police over 2-Year
Health Canada referred nearly 500 cannabis business-related cases to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for possible enforcement action during the two years ending in March 2021, a major increase over the fiscal year 2018-19. The federal government’s top cannabis regulator disclosed the police referrals after MJBizDaily inquired about the referrals’ absence from the agency’s latest […]
US Brands to Come up With Fresh Trails on CBD for Anxiety Disorders
A US-based pharmaceutical company is set to launch trials exploring how its inhaled CBD products can help treat anxiety disorders. Receptor Life Sciences (RLS), a pharmaceutical company developing new therapies to address central nervous system disorders, has secured funding to study the effects of its CBD formulations on anxiety and mental health conditions. The company announced the […]
New Jersey To Ingrate Adult-use Marijuana Sales April 21 Amid Supply Crunch
New Jersey will launch its projected $2 billion adult-use marijuana market on April 21 amid lingering questions about whether operators can adequately serve the state’s 120,000 medical cannabis patients without disrupting recreational supplies. The long-awaited start of recreational marijuana sales also comes as social equity applicants in the state are struggling to develop their businesses, […]
Sorties: Despaired Mum Petitions for Medical Cannabis on the NHS in a Bid to Save Her Son
A desperate mum has launched a new petition calling for NHS access to medical cannabis, which she believes could save her son. Sarah Sugden, a 29-year-old single mum to Isaac, aged three, has launched a petition in a desperate attempt to access medical cannabis for him. Isaac was diagnosed with the rare gene mutation MED12 in 2020 […]
Insight: Guide to Allay the $10 Million Risk of Starting a Cannabis Grow Facility
]Starting a cannabis cultivation facility is a high-risk undertaking and should be well thought-out and planned before proceeding. Pam Chmiel Every cultivation company would benefit from a business plan when designing a grow facility. A business plan forces you to consider every aspect of your enterprise, ensures you’ve thought through all the options and […]
Cannabotech Research shows Botanical Drug Wipes Out 100% of pancreatic cancer cells
Biomedical company Cannabotech claims to have developed a botanical drug that could treat pancreatic and colon cancer. A botanical drug based on an extract of the Cyathus striatus fungus and a cannabinoid extract is said to have been shown to eliminate 100 percent of pancreatic cancer cells without damaging normal cells in early studies. According […]
Michigan-Based Developer Abandons Farming Plan as Investors Recoil Over Strategy
Michigan-based Heartland Corporate Holdings LLC (“Heartland Industries”) has canceled plans to grow 5,500 acres of fiber hemp this year after potential investors backed out, citing reservations over the company’s strategy. Heartland confirmed that it failed to make payments on April 1 under farm lease contracts with 20 Michigan growers, the result of investor reluctance over […]
Canadian Unpaid Marijuana Regulatory Fees Spikes Tenfold to CA$1 Million
Outstanding regulatory fees owed by federally regulated Canadian marijuana companies jumped more than tenfold in recent years, according to figures shared with MJBizDaily by Health Canada. Industry officials suggest the number of unpaid fees could be a symptom of squeezed producers being weighed down in an ultra-competitive market and having to choose which bills to pay […]