Stories By Sara Brittany Somerset
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Industry Events
Benzinga’s Miami-based Cannabis Capital Conference Highlights Social Media, CBD
April 17, 2023The industry’s top investment conference offered attendees exclusive access to the C-Suite executives and thought leaders...
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Industry Events
CanEx Conference Draws International Stakeholders to Jamaica
September 23, 2022Industry experts from around the globe gathered at the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference & Expo to...
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Industry Events
Benzinga Chicago Cannabis Capital Conference Highlights Women, Minorities
September 21, 2022The industry's top investment conference offered attendees exclusive access to CEOs, celebrities and thought leaders building...
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Industry Events
NYC’s Mayor Tells People to “Light Up” at the Cannabis World Congress & Business Expo
June 8, 2022New York City Mayor Eric Adams vowed to get the cannabis industry right, starting with social...
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Industry Events
Benzinga Cannabis Conference in Miami Draws Big Investors
April 28, 2022Merida Capital Holdings and The Parent Company shine among industry power players.
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Industry Events
D.C. Hosts National Cannabis Festival
May 1, 2018The National Cannabis Festival — along with the National Cannabis Policy Summit, which took place in...
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Medical
Treating ADHD & Tourette’s With CBD Oil
March 19, 2018A Nevada teenager struggled with ADHD and Tourette’s until he started taking CBD oil and saw...
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Politics
Judge Dismisses Case Challenging Federal Prohibition
February 26, 2018Washington v. Sessions, a case that challenged marijuana’s status as a Schedule I drug and made...
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Politics
Cities Build ‘Safer Consumption Spaces’ for Opiates, But Not Cannabis
February 8, 2018On Feb. 6, San Francisco voted to open “safer consumption spaces” where citizens can legally inject...
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Legal
Facing Deportation For a Decades-Old Cannabis Crime
January 29, 2018The story of a young man from Colombia whose two minor marijuana possession charges from the...