MJ BizCon Assesses Legal Cannabis Industry in 2019
This past year has been a big one for the legal cannabis industry gathered at MJ BizCon. Formerly confined to the shadows and a few western states, the legal cannabis industry has become a big business with all the benefits as well as the problems associated with it. MJ BizCon Reports According to MJ Business […]
Waiting for Mike Tyson at MJ BizCon 2019 in Las Vegas
Last week 35,000 people from 75 countries gathered at the mammoth Las Vegas Convention Center at MJ BizCon, the premier global cannabis industry event where Mike Tyson was featured. MJ BizCon focuses on the business and industry of cannabis. For those who have been dreaming of cannabis being legal and treated like any other commodity, […]
Cannabis Topicals Expert Shows Power of Bootstrapping
Dahlia Mertens has been building her cannabis topicals business Mary Jane Medicinals for 10 years and has seen a lot of change in the industry. Mertens was initially involved in the theater until she moved to the small town of Telluride, CO in the southwest part of the state, and became a massage therapist. After […]
Cannabis Marketing Firm Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
By DAN ULLOA (full disclosure, CCM is a client of the author) Cannabis Club Marketing (CCM), a cannabis marketing agency devoted to the booming industry, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo today. CCM is focused on spreading the benefits of healthy cannabis products for patients and responsible adults. They intend to use the campaign to […]
Leo Bridgewater: Cannabis Activist in Action and Business
Leo Bridgewater is a prominent New Jersey-based cannabis activist and businessman. He has a presence in the industry across the country, having consulted businesses in multiple states. Born and raised in Trenton, he graduated from Trenton Central High School in 1994. Then he joined the military in response to 9/11. Bridgewater was deployed to Iraq […]
Locals Enjoy Shopping at Maplewood Hemp Market
The Maplewood Hemp market featured vendors selling a wide variety of hemp and CBD products on a rainy Sunday to a steady stream of customers who seemed fascinated by the products that included health oils, smokable CBD, creams to soothe pain, infused dips, gummies, soaps, and many others. A great deal of the customers, including […]
Canna Pop-Up Holds CBD New Jersey Marketplace
Canna Pop-Up, a combination seminar and market, was held in Montclair last night and featured CBD New Jersey vendors, health specialists, and educators, with the crowd eager to learn. A variety of small business vendors and CBD enthusiasts specializing in a variety of CBD products were there selling their goods. They included tinctures (or oils), gummies, […]
NJ Cannabis Reform Fails, Cannabis Ballot Question Next Year
It was a sad day in Trenton yet again for NJ cannabis reform advocates with legalization failing in the legislature. Instead there will be a cannabis ballot question next Novemeber on Eleciton Day. It was announced yesterday by State President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Senator Nick Scutari (D-Union), the Chair of the Judiciary Committee, that […]
CBD Bakers Thriving in Lambertville
Jesse Villars is a testament to the healing power of cannabis as well as CBD and the industry’s ability to pay it forward to those suffering. She has a business with her partner called Baked by the River in Lambertville, which specializes in infused desserts as CBD bakers. I started as a patient in medical […]
Marijuana Business in the U.S. Could Generate Over $30 Billion by 2023
Sales in the legal marijuana business in the U.S. reached a volume of almost $10 billion in just 2018 alone. Heady NJ previously reported that the job market had grown by over 700% in the marijuana business across the United States. New Frontier Data’s Hemp Business Journal estimated that, in leading all hemp product categories, the […]
Medical Cannabis Activists Advocate for NJ Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Old Bridge
Medical cannabis activists went to an Old Bridge Town Council meeting to urge the council to reverse their decision to ban NJ medical marijuana dispensaries in town. The Council initially looked indifferent as activists pleaded their case, citing the need to alleviate the difficulty sickly patients have in traveling to other towns to secure medical […]
Voices of Cannabis Podcast: A Career in Cannabis w/ Steven Chang (IncrEdibles)
IncrEdibles National Sales Director Steven Chang explored getting started in his career in cannabis & tips for succeeding in the industry. Thinking of a career in cannabis? Then this episode is for YOU! Founded in 2010, IncrEdibles brand cannabis chocolate bars have grown into Colorado’s highest-volume and the most nationally awarded infused product company. In this episode, […]