As the coronavirus continues to impact businesses worldwide, many states in the US are only allowing essential businesses to remain open until further notice. While some states are closing everything but grocery stores, hospitals, and the most essential of businesses, others are allowing essential cannabis dispensaries to remain open. In states where cannabis is legal for medical use, the plant …
What is (and isn’t) changed by Covid-19? The cannabis industry is changing quickly as Covid-19 has spread worldwide and is greatly impacting the way all businesses are operated. In many states, dispensaries are considered essential businesses and are remaining open, although social distancing is still being enforced for the safety of employees and customers. So far, the cannabis industry has …
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, many cannabis companies have seen a spike in sales and are staying busy despite many states enacting a shelter-in-place order. In many states, cannabis businesses are even deemed essential, requiring these facilities to enforce social distancing and increase their cleaning procedures to ensure employees and purchasers are safe. But these cannabis companies are not just supplying …
Choosing the right safety measures to protect an outdoor cannabis grow facility can often be more difficult than security for an indoor grow. Since not all security equipment is suitable for outdoor conditions, it’s important to research what is appropriate for security for outdoor cannabis grows. BARRIERS AND LIGHTING One of the most crucial security measures to implement with outdoor …
Although many have been caught off guard by the outbreak of COVID-19, businesses are having to adjust to the new reality to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. As states have issued stay-at-home orders and placed operating restrictions across entire industries, essential businesses are still in action providing vital goods and services. Essential grocery stores, hospitals, and pharmacies are …
This multi-part series will explore the states most likely to legalize medical or recreational cannabis in 2020. According to the National Institute of Cannabis Investors, 33 states have legalized cannabis for medical purposes and 11 states have legalized the plant’s recreational use. It’s only a matter of time before more states follow suit and legalize cannabis to treat medical patients …
The outbreak of the coronavirus and its shockingly rapid spread around the globe has resulted in a public health emergency declaration by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and on March 11, the virus was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The effects of coronavirus on the cannabis industry have lead to diverse responses from cannabis …
​BREAKING NEWS- The Illinois Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline for Craft Grow, Infuser, and Transporter Adult-Use Cannabis applications until March 30, 2020. The Department is urging Applicants to submit via certified mail rather than in person. The Illinois application extension was issued by an Executive Order signed by Governor JB Pritzker on March 12, 2020 and extends the previous …
Cannabis Around the World is a multi-part series exploring cannabis’ journey around the globe – from its beginning in ancient cultures Before the Common Era, its spread and integration into new societies in the Common Era, and its current global status in modern cannabis policies. Africa Although cannabis is not indigenous to Africa, trade routes established Before the Common Era …
Cannabis Around the World is a multi-part series exploring cannabis’ journey around the globe – from its beginning in ancient cultures Before the Common Era, its spread and integration into new societies in the Common Era, and the modern cannabis policies of the world. Asia Modern cannabis policies have undergone drastic changes in countries which once openly accepted the plant. …
