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Study: Social Media Marketing Dramatically Impacts Teenage Cannabis Consumption
Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 4:33pm | 352Teenagers who interact with cannabis brands via social media platforms are five times more likely to consume cannabis to those who don’t, according to a new study conducted by researchers with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. This study is said to be the first...
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Johns Hopkins Launches Research Center To Study Whether Psychedelics Can Help With Anorexia, Depression
Thursday, September 5, 2019 - 10:19am | 631Johns Hopkins Medicine has been exploring the healing potential of psychedelic drugs for the last 19 years. When it started in 2000, it was the first medical research institution to obtain federal approval for the research. The research has produced many studies published in peer-reviewed journals...
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High Times Holding Corp. Names New CEO Amid Pre-IPO Management Reshuffle
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 3:49pm | 577High Times Holding Corp., owner of the iconic High Times Magazine, Cannabis Cup Festivals, Dope Magazine, Culture Magazine, Green Rush Daily, The Big Show and Spannabis, is undergoing a management reshuffle as it comes closer to closing its Reg A+, pre-IPO capital raise. What To Know Ahead of...
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High Times CEO Adam Levin Talks BIG Acquisition, Wider M&A Strategy: 'I Have A Brand That Everybody Knows'
Friday, December 14, 2018 - 4:30pm | 785High Times has built up its property portfolio over the last couple of years, accumulating a number of brands under its leafy umbrella. “[We are on a] mission to create brand-safe inventory for brands of all sizes," High Times CEO Adam Levin told Benzinga back in September. Now,...
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How One Entrepreneur Built A Cannabis Business And Sold It For $7M In Less Than 2 Years
Friday, December 14, 2018 - 12:32pm | 669When Scott McGovern sold his 19-month-old cannabis media company Green Rush Daily to High Times magazine for $7 million, he'd built a website with 6.5 million unique visitors per month and cultivated a devoted social media following bolstered by a network of influencers and advertisers. Two...
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Pot Stocks, ETFs, Top News And Data From The Cannabis Industry This Week
Friday, April 6, 2018 - 5:38pm | 2153April started with considerable pressure on the markets. “Concerns over legalization in Canada, previously assumed to be a ‘done deal,’ continue to weigh on investors, along with fears of a supply glut, as discussed on the cover of Barron’s this week,” 420 Investor...
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An Inside Look At High Times' $7M Acquisition Of Green Rush Daily, A Marijuana News Company
Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 5:35pm | 733High Times Holding Corporation, publisher of the cannabis-focused magazine High Times, announced Thursday the closing of its acquisition of Green Rush Daily in a deal valued around $7 million. The transaction comes more than six months after its founder and CEO Scott McGovern was brought aboard to...