marijuana industry

Steve Berg is CFO of O.pen Vape, one of the largest brands in the legal cannabis industry. Its pen-like vaporizers, that allow cannabis users to discreetly smoke marijuana and hash oil, have been catching on due to its marketing campaign – mostly via social networking. In part one of our...

One of the companies drawing a lot of attention at at this week's Weedstock Cannabis Investor Conference in Denver is O.pen Vape. Described as one of the largest brands in the legal cannabis industry, O.pen Vape manufactures pen-like devices that vaporize hash or marijuana oil and allows the...

One of the marijuana-based companies meeting with the public at this week's Weedstock Cannabis Investor Conference in Denver is CannLabs (OTC: SDSPD). The cannabis testing service, state-licensed in Colorado, recently went public via a reserve merger and has ambitious expansion plans. (Its...

In a move that has surprised some Capitol Hill observers, the Republican-controlled House voted early Friday to block the Justice Department from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. The amendment passed by a vote of 219 to 189. It was attached to fiscal 2015 funding measures for a...

Though the company name would hint to investors that Cannabis-RX (OTC: CANA) deals directly with medical cannabis, long-time real estate developer and CEO Llorn Kylo has found a way to capitalize on cannabis without ever directly touching the plant. Formerly known as Longview Real Estate until...

Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are often touted as a new technology; but in truth they've been around for a half-century or more. It's only been in the past several decades that they've been able to catch up and surpass a lot of the more traditional electric light sources we've used....

There are a lot of explanations for the stoner term, “420.” Some people say it represents 4:20 p.m., the time immediately after classes when a group of California high school students in the 1970s used to gather to get high. Whatever its origins, 420 has entered the U.S. lexicon as a reference...

(Note: This is the second of a two-part interview with Terra Tech Corp. CEO Derek Peterson. Click here for part one) Terra Tech Corp (OTC: TRTC), and its subsidiary, GrowOp Technology Ltd, is working on the development of a CBD supplement with the medical research firm Intergetics (OTC: NRTI...

Kiplinger's Personal Finance contributor Tom Petruno understands the realities of the emerging marijuana industry. “If you look at what's happened right in Washington and Colorado and say: ‘Well…this is probably some kind of growth industry of the future, right?'. But what typically happens at...

Monday morning, GrowLife inc. (OTC: PHOT) entered into a joint venture with Vape Holdings, Inc. (OTC: VAPE), for the purpose of expanding the research and development of pharmaceutical grade cannabis extractions. GrowLife will provide the equipment manufacturing aspect of the agreement, while...

The organizers of CannaSearch, what is thought to be the nation's first-ever marijuana industry job fair, could be forgiven for expecting a relatively modest turnout at their event in Denver on Thursday. Instead, the number of job-seekers waiting to meet with representatives from 15 private...