MassRoots, a cannabis social networking app company, is suing its founder and former CEO. The Denver company, which ousted founder Isaac Dietrich last month, alleges in a civil suit the former CEO misappropriated $250,000. The company also accuses Dietrich of illegal drug use and inappropriate sexual activity. Marijuana Business Daily reports: Dietrich – who remains […]
Corona distributor Constellation Brands’ purchase of a 9 percent stake in Canadian marijuana company Canopy Growth Corp. is a step in the direction of corporate involvement in the legal weed business. In another sign that corporate types, especially those with backgrounds in the alcohol business, are interested in marijuana, the former marketing chief for Budweiser brewer […]
Researchers from UC-Davis are teaming up with Colorado biotech Front Range Biosciences to study the genome of industrial hemp. Merry Jane reports: The UC-Davis project, led by viticulturist and enologist Dario Cantu, will only sequence the genes for hemp, a variety of cannabis with less than 0.3 percent THC (read: it won’t get anyone high). “We […]
Farmers are buying into industrial hemp, with acreage devoted to the crop increasing along with production, and Colorado leading the way. Westword reports: …hemp farmers are getting the acreage – 23,343 acres, to be exact, according to a new study by Vote Hemp, an organization dedicated to advancing the industrial hemp industry. And which state is […]
