Brett Roper

Benzinga CEO Jason Raznick addressed a full crowd Wednesday in the ballroom of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in the heart of Toronto for the opening the third Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference. The Biggest Event In Cannabis Delivering the opening remarks, Raznick emphasized the sheer size...

The 2018 Farm Bill will be filed next week and includes a provision to legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp, which, among many other things, can be used to produce CBD. We’ll be keeping a close eye on developments in this realm. In other political news, Utah’s legislature...

My eyes filled with tears as I read the news about Brett Roper, CEO of Medicine Man Technologies Inc (OTC: MDCL), passing away. It’s been a couple of days and I am still in shock. With nothing left to do but grieve, I felt the need to pay this man -- a pioneer in the cannabis industry -- some...

A shortened week brought less cannabis news than usual, providing the people in the industry with a chance to exhale and look back at the convoluted weeks leading up to the Fourth of July holiday.  We did witness some relevant action. Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ZYNE) reported...