PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alex Howe brings nearly two decades of Fortune 50, corporate, tech, consumer and significant cannabis experienceHowe joins a growing roster of top talent at the multi-state operator, which now has more than 750 employees across 17 states and U.S. territories Harvest Heal

Vertically integrated cannabis company Harvest Health & Recreation Inc (OTC: HRVSF) said Monday it will acquire Chicago-based peer Verano Holdings in an all-stock deal worth $850 million. This is the second acquisition announced by Harvest Health & Recreation in the last month. Verano, Harvest Hea

Harvest Health & Recreation Inc., vertically integrated public cannabis company with one of the largest footprints in the U.S., announced that is has qualified for, and is trading on, the OTCQX Best Market. Harvest Health & Recreation (Harvest) upgraded to the higher visibility OTCQX Best Market

Voters in four states may relax the rules Tuesday, bringing the total to 32. By John BoehnerNov. 4, 2018 3:04 p.m. ET Citizens in four states vote Tuesday on ballot initiatives to legalize some form of cannabis. Residents of Missouri and Utah will decide on its medical availability, Michigan and

Harvest Enterprises Inc. Expands Presence into the World’s Largest Regulated Cannabis Market with Strategic Acquisition and New License Awards in California Harvest Inc. a vertically integrated cannabis company with one of the largest footprints in the United States and growing at a robust pace,

Massachusetts SOUTH DEERFIELD — Local officials want to make sure the town makes money off of marijuana, sufficiently educates its kids and complies with the new state laws without moving too slowly that it misses an opportunity to have any marijuana business in town. This is what in part is prompti

By JOSHUA SOLOMON Recorder StaffFriday, June 29, 2018 • SOUTH DEERFIELD — Not wanting to reveal his hand while repeatedly saying he wanted to be candid with the Selectboard, Joseph Kachuroi, a representative for an Arizona-based marijuana business, insisted his plans are to begin with medical cu

The nation's banks are taking on Attorney General Jeff Sessions over pot with a big lobbying push to loosen federal restrictions on the surging legalized marijuana industry. Emboldened by support from both President Donald Trump and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) — two relentless foes on most oth

04/19/2018 05:02 PM EDT Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Thursday that he would introduce legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, marking a significant shift in policy for the Democratic leader and lending the movement to lower government barriers to the d

SOUTH DEERFIELD — As part of a public campaign to garner local support for bringing a marijuana business to town, Arizona cannabis company Harvest Inc. brought a seminar on medical marijuana to the Polish Club Thursday night. The company plans on opening a retail medical marijuana shop on Deerfiel

Opponents of medical marijuana sometimes speculate that medical marijuana dispensaries will lead to increased crime rates in surrounding areas.1 These dispensaries, they claim, will attract thieves and robbers to the facilities and breed secondary crimes in surrounding areas. Such claims have promp

Athletes, celebrities, doctors and even school teachers. A new poll finds that most Americans just don’t care whether these people choose to consume cannabis in the privacy of their own homes. That’s among the interesting results of a new national survey released on by Yahoo News and Marist Colleg

Marijuana alleviates pain, reduces inflammation, and promotes sleep, which may help relieve pain and discomfort for people with rheumatoid arthritis, researchers announced in 2011.

 Researchers from rheumatology units at several hospitals gave their patients Sativex, a cannabinoid-based pain-reli

Marijuana use can be used to treat and prevent the eye disease glaucoma, which increases pressure in the eyeball, damaging the optic nerve and causing loss of vision. Marijuana decreases the pressure inside the eye, according to the National Eye Institute: "Studies in the early 1970s showed that m

Why will the Industry continue to BOOM?​ • Mainstream public approval of medical marijuana. • Lawmakers eager to reap tax revenue from commercial and retail cannabis activity. Politicians will eventually “follow the money.” According to Harvard economist, Jeffrey Miron, at least $45 billion in p

Steve White remembers telling his parents several years ago his plan to leave a successful business law career to launch a medical marijuana company, which was —and remains — illegal under federal law. The 1995 Arizona State University graduate who swam and played basketball at Corona Del Sol

WHATELY — The organization interested in opening a pot store on State Road cleared what it considered a major hurdle Thursday when the Whately Zoning Board of Appeals issue a special permit for the project. The permit was granted after representatives of ToroVerde Massachusetts III appeared before

Vehicle provides Harvest a potential new source of capital for construction and development projects at preferential rates of up to $100 Million. PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harvest Health & Recreation, Inc. (CSE: HARV) (“Harvest”), a vertically integrated public cannabis company with one of the

Whately Select Board member Frederick Orloski, Northampton attorney Richard M. Evans and Harvest Inc. National Director of Real Estate and Business Development Joseph Kachuroi at a community outreach meeting held on the sale floor of Sturbridge Yankee Peddlar at 424 State Road in Whately. WHATE

http://ktar.com/story/2226826/its-high-times-for-soaring-marijuana-stocks-on-wall-street/ NEW YORK (AP) — Reefer Madness has gripped Wall Street. Investors are craving marijuana stocks as Canada prepares to legalize pot next month, leading to giant gains for Canada-based companies listed on U.S.

Trump made his comments to a gaggle of reporters Friday morning just before he boarded a helicopter on his way to the G-7 summit in Canada. His remarks came the day after the bipartisan group of lawmakers proposed their measure. One of the lead sponsors is Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), who is align

Scottsdale, Arizona June 9, 2018: Harvest Inc / Harvest Grows LLC is proud to announce the award of 3 Dispensary licenses by the State of Ohio. Harvest received licenses in Dayton, Columbus near Ohio State and Akron near Ohio University. In November out of 185 Applicants for Cultivator Provisio

(CNN)Dear Honorable Jeff Sessions, I feel obligated to share the results of my five-year-long investigation into the medical benefits of the cannabis plant. Before I started this worldwide, in-depth investigation, I was not particularly impressed by the results of medical marijuana research, but a

MODI’IN, ISRAEL — When Noa Shulman came home from school, her mother, Yael, sat her down to eat, then spoon-fed her mashed sweet potatoes — mixed with cannabis oil. Noa, who has a severe form of autism, started to bite her own arm. “No sweetie,” Yael gently told her 17-year-old daughter. “Here, ha

• 13% report being current marijuana users, up from 7% in 2013 • 43% of U.S. adults say they have tried it • Use and experimentation differ by religiosity, age WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Thirteen percent of U.S. adults tell Gallup they currently smoke marijuana, nearly double the percentage who report

One of the most well-known medical uses of marijuana is for people going through chemotherapy. Cancer patients being treated with chemo suffer from painful nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. This can cause additional health complications. Marijuana can help reduce these side effects, alleviat

Marijuana may ease painful symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal in May suggests. Jody Corey-Bloom studied 30 multiple sclerosis patients with painful contractions in their muscles. These patients didn't respond to other treatments, but after

CBD may help prevent cancer from spreading, researchers at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco reported in 2007. Cannabidiol stops cancer by turning off a gene called Id-1, the study, published in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, found. Cancer cells make more copies of thi

Long-term, analysts are very bullish on the marijuana industry. Chris Walsh of the Marijuana Business Daily reports “Our projections reflect marijuana’s march towards the mainstream as it emerges from the shadows to become a respectable, above-board industry that is giving birth to scores of jobs