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Jeffree Star had a marijuana-themed birthday party to celebrate turning 34
Jeffree Star celebrated his 34th birthday on Friday with a marijuana-themed party.The party was decorated with rose bouquets, balloon arches, and dessert tables covered in pink candy.YouTubers like...
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Pot stocks surge amid a key legal hearing for bill that could take marijuana...
The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act was approved by the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning in Washington D.C. Stocks of cannabis companies surged Wednesday...
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We got the internal memo that reveals why hot California cannabis startup...
The California cannabis company Canndescent laid off 16 employees on September 5, according to a memo obtained by Business Insider."We are now well into the year and believe it's important to make...
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Accountants are making millions from the Canadian cannabis industry, and KPMG...
The largest accounting firms are making millions off the Canadian cannabis industry.While accounting firms are often seen as staid, conservative institutions, they're finding the burgeoning industry to...
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CULTIVATED: Layoffs hit Canndescent, KPMG rakes in millions from cannabis...
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Wall Street stock traders are piling into bets against cannabis stocks, even...
Wall Street is piling into bets that cannabis stocks will keep falling amid industry turmoil.Traders have added a net $1.4 billion of short positions in cannabis stocks this year, even as the North...
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You can now officially purchase legal marijuana in Michigan. Here are all the...
Legal marijuana sales began in Michigan on December 1. Marijuana is legal in 11 states for adults over the age of 21, and legal for medical use in 33 states. Visit BI Prime for more stories, and...
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Men who smoke marijuana daily may be more likely to get testicular cancer
A new study found that men who smoked one marijuana cigarette daily had a 36% increased risk of developing testicular cancer compared with men who had never smoked the substance.The researchers said...
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Pregnant women who use marijuana daily may have delayed fetal growth
An increasing number of women are using marijuana to cope with pregnancy symptoms like nausea, but there's now evidence that using the substance daily could affect fetal development.According to the...
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I visited the first cannabis cafe in the US, and found it's so much more than...
America's first-ever legal cannabis cafe opened in Los Angeles, California, in October. The Original Cannabis Cafe, formerly called the Lowell Cafe, allows customers to order food, sip on nonalcoholic...
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A woman got the incurable condition 'cobalt lung' after vaping marijuana for...
A woman has the first-known case of "cobalt lung" from a marijuana vape, according to a new case study.The 49-year-old woman developed the rare condition in which metals including cobalt, lead, and...
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The CEO of Ayr told us how a strategy the cannabis company shares with...
The New York City-based Ayr Strategies pulls in more revenue from its pot shops than its competitors.We talked to the company's CEO, the Wall Street veteran John Sandelman, to figure out why.Sandelman...
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Miss USA Cheslie Kryst helped free a man sentenced to life in prison for a...
Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, who will compete for the Miss Universe 2019 crown on Sunday December 8, told Insider that she supports marijuana legalization. Kryst joins a growing number of pageant queens who...
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CULTIVATED: Traders are piling into bets against cannabis stocks, and the CEO...
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The world's largest cannabis company has a new CEO, and Wall Street is...
Canopy Growth named David Klein, Constellation Brands' chief financial officer, as the cannabis giant's new CEO.He'll be taking over from Mark Zekulin, effective January 14.Analysts had mostly mixed...
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Cannabis has gone from a criminalized drug to a multibillion-dollar global...
Legal cannabis is one of the world's newest and most dynamic industries. Since Colorado legalized the drug in 2012, the previously illegal plant has birthed multibillion-dollar public companies, minted...
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We spoke with top recruiters in the cannabis business, where openings are...
Cannabis companies are growing rapidly. They're a great place to look for jobs, from entry-level retail positions all the way up to senior management.To get a sense of how to best land a job in the...
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If Mike Bloomberg wants to move on from 'stop and frisk,' he should put his...
Former New York City mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg recently apologized for his long-held support of the controversial policing tactic known as "stop and...
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The rise of Recess, a New York startup that could be the White Claw of...
Recess is a sparkling CBD beverage geared towards anxious, aesthetic-obsessed millennials.Founder and CEO Ben Witte launched Recess in October 2018 with a brand-marketing-first approach.While Recess...
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A VC who runs a $200 million cannabis fund told us why China is the next big...
Canopy Rivers CEO Narbe Alexandrian talked with us about the key trends he's watching in cannabis in 2020 on the sidelines of MJBizCon Las Vegas, the industry's largest annual conference.Among the top...
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