By Aaron G. Biros The fires ripping through the Northern part of the state have impacted a growing number of cannabis businesses. Earlier this week, a series of wildfires began ripping through Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino Counties, causing mandatory evacuations, rampant property damage and taking the lives of at least 17 people. Extraordinarily high wind … Continue reading “California Fires Destroy Cannabis Crops At Harvest Time”
Month: October 2017
In Photos: Take a Trip Inside a Modern Hydroponics Facility | Leafly
Indoor cannabis cultivation has moved out of the dimly-lit basements and garages operated by renegade activists, patients, and green thumbs. Nowadays, massive legal grows occupy sprawling warehouses and multi-million dollar agricultural facilities. As budgets and plant counts scale up, so do the technology and sophistication of these gardens. To share a view of what the … Continue reading “In Photos: Take a Trip Inside a Modern Hydroponics Facility | Leafly”
Retail marijuana is spreading to California, Massachusetts and Maine
Recreational marijuana sales will launch in three states next year, including the biggest one of all: California. It’s already for sale in five states, but the addition of a legal retail marijuana market in California, with its massive economy and population, will dramatically change the landscape. California is aiming to open retail marijuana stores by January … Continue reading “Retail marijuana is spreading to California, Massachusetts and Maine”
Colorado Using Pot Money to Fight Homelessness
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and his staff visited the future St. Francis Center refuge in Capitol Hill earlier this week, highlighting the state’s effort to help fight homelessness with cannabis tax revenue. The state donated $250,000 to close funding gaps to complete the construction of the center at 1400 Washington Street, but that’s just a parcel of … Continue reading “Colorado Using Pot Money to Fight Homelessness”