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Online Cannabis Ordering Platforms Find Renewed Purpose During Pandemic

Social distancing edicts and general consumer anxiety are changing the way consumers obtain their cannabis supplies.

Online ordering platforms are now the retail destinations of choice for individuals who can legally purchase cannabis supplies, whether for medical or recreational uses.

Ecommerce Technology Responds Amid Crisis

The Covid-19 pandemic has been accompanied by widespread business closures. Retailers who remain open did so with an “essential services” designation, signifying their capacity to deliver indispensable goods and services.

Despite budding cannabis market, insurance still lags behind

According to a new report by New Dawn Risk, there are only six large insurers currently offering cannabis coverage.

Support for cannabis legalization in the United States has steadily risen since 1989, and many states have altered their stance on the matter in recent years. Although 32 states have legalized cannabis for medical or recreational use

Aurora Cannabis and Tilray set to detail hoarding of marijuana during COVID-19

Data suggests that consumers stocked up on pot at end of March, but the surge likely didn’t continue into April

Large cannabis companies Aurora Cannabis Inc. and Tilray Inc. are set to report earnings this week, providing more detail on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting pot sales and the companies making the product.

Tech Careers in an Essential Cannabis Industry

 

As a growing essential industry, there are limitless opportunities for advanced skillsets in cannabis.

It’s no secret that cannabis has been a growing industry for years, and so naturally, opportunities abound. Cannabis supplies entire cities with a new industry, as well as dozens of jobs that go beyond the budroom. In an era where cannabis has been deemed essential, many see a bountiful opportunity and an allure to join the exciting and developing world of technology careers in the cannabis industry. 

Maine drops residency requirement for recreational marijuana businesses

The state reached an agreement with a marijuana company Monday that eliminates the rule that would have required applicants to have lived in Maine for 4 years.

You no longer have to be a Maine resident to open a recreational marijuana business in Maine.

The state and Wellness Connection of Maine reached a legal agreement Monday stipulating that the Office of Marijuana Policy will no longer enforce a residency requirement on those seeking an adult-use cannabis business license.

Cannabis employees are in high demand during economic crash

Coronavirus hasn’t kept some cannabis companies down: They’re staffing up even as unemployment in many other sectors soars.

Weed businesses around the country that were in strong financial shape heading into the pandemic are hiring additional workers in response to robust demand for marijuana products. Almost all states have allowed pot shops to remain open, even though vast swaths of the retail economy have been shuttered for weeks.

As Mainstream Greenhouses Pivot To Hemp, Producers Talk Costs, Rewards

Hemp can get off to a stronger and faster start in farmers' fields if it's been properly germinated or rooted as young plants.

Hemp plants in a hurry? There’s a hack for that.

Hemp can get off to a stronger and faster start in farmers’ fields if it’s been properly germinated or rooted as young plants, greenhouse operators say.

Few impressed with Biden’s weak new marijuana decriminalization plan

Those who thought former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden might be forced to evolve on cannabis by the far-left Bernie Sanders coalition: You may now exhale. Uncle Joe ain’t budging.

On Monday, the Biden campaign released a six-part policy manifesto: “Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black America.” In it, Joe Biden describes his administration’s plan to “advance the economic mobility of African Americans and close the racial and wealth and income gaps.”