Brendan Kennedy, the cofounder of Privateer Holdings, which owns various
marijuana companies like Marley Natural and Canadian pharmaceutical - grade cannabis producer Tilray, explains how Tilray is already exporting marijuana to countries like Croatia and Australia for use in clinical trials.
Brendan Kennedy, the cofounder of Privateer Holdings, which owns various
marijuana companies like Marley Natural and Canadian pharmaceutical - grade cannabis producer Tilray, says his companies are expanding abroad while the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the Food and Drug Administration debate whether or not to treat the plant as a medicine or keep it in the same category as heroin.
Not exact matches
As
marijuana legalization slowly passes state by state and lawmakers discuss national reform,
companies are calling into question prohibition - era policies
like employee drug testing.
Dozens of
companies selling ancillary products and services in the
marijuana industry were purged from mainstream payment processors
like PayPal, Stripe, and Square in January and February.
Companies like Quest Diagnostics (DGX), for instance, reportedly tests millions of urine samples every year and, along with other firms, is ramping up a lobbying push to block
marijuana reform.
Medical
marijuana producers in Canada are typically branded
like pharmaceutical
companies — clinical, staid and boring.
There are
marijuana - focused services
like law firms, public relations firms, marketers, accountants, insurance
companies — even janitorial services.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that his major concern about legalizing
marijuana is that big corporations will take over the industry and exploit its «addictive» nature to try to hook kids, just
like the tobacco
companies.
Legislative fights to allow ride - sharing
companies like Uber, to expand outside New York City and greater access to medical
marijuana, were shelved.
The 40 or so current and ex-NFL players who've joined Turley in the GCC are partnering with
marijuana companies to advance research on how cannabis can help with sports - related conditions
like chronic pain, brain injuries and early - onset dementia.
Cannabis entrepreneurs who named their brands after famous
companies like «Girl Scout Cookies» and «Gorilla Glue» to gain popularity in the small medical
marijuana economy are now competing in the larger legal economy.
With the rapidly growing capitalization of publicly traded
marijuana industry
companies and the pace of consolidation in that space, a litigated M&A dispute between industry participants was fairly foreseeable, not just because of simple probabilities but because pot stocks likely get the munchies just
like their customers, and competing pot
companies are likely more satisfying for them to consume than Doritos.
Unlike something
like heart disease or a family history of cancer, life insurance
companies don't have a wealth of medical research and claims experience to refer to when setting rates for
marijuana users.
If you use
marijuana, whether medicinally or recreationally, working with an independent agency
like Quotacy that has contracts with multiple life insurance
companies is going to give you the best chances at getting approved.
For people in generally good health but take medicinal
marijuana for reasons
like back pain or insomnia, a life insurance
company may take the
marijuana use into consideration when underwriting.
Insurance
companies hate even more when there is a conflict of laws which causes them to exclude coverage for something
like medical
marijuana, and they're forced to rely on the law rather than the policy document.
They are lenient if medical cannabis is prescribed for treating medical conditions
like insomnia, glaucoma and headaches but if the
marijuana is being used to help with more serious medical conditions
like cancer then the
company will be concentrating more on cancer rather than the
marijuana.