Medical marijuana sales continue to slide in Colorado. For the first half of 2018, revenue fell 21 percent year-over-year to $165.8 million. Recreational sales rose 14 percent to $573 million. Total combined sales rose by 4 percent to reach $739 million, versus $710 million in the first half of 2017. In June alone, medical marijuana sales dropped by 30 percent year-over-year to $25.3 million, while recreational cannabis sales advanced 14 percent to $99.4 million. Rec Market 'Disruptive'
The Cannabis Branding Battle Ahead
Forbes Magazine
Increasingly higher stakes are at play as cannabis marketers determine how best to build their brands.
New York to allow medical marijuana as substitute to opioids
ABC News
New York state is now allowing anyone prescribed an opioid to request medical marijuana instead.
Legalizing weed is the right move for New York, the state’s health department says
The Verge
‘It has become less a question of whether to legalize but how to do so responsibly.
Jefferson University offers medical marijuana grad programs
ABC News
Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia will be offering graduate-level certificate program in medical marijuana.
Posted on 07/16/2018 at 01:49 PM