From food to products to building, industrial hemp is very environmentally-friendly.

Industrial hemp has many practical uses and has been used for thousands of years. Read up on 5 ways that hemp helps the environment.

Hemp for nutrition

Of course there are many high protein alternatives, but hemp is one of the best proteins to eat. Unlike other proteins like soy and quinoa, hemp does not cause soil erosion or require synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides for a quality crop.

Strainprint Technologies Ltd. ("Strainprint") -- the leader in cannabis patient and strain efficacy data -- is excited to announce the launch of the first ever co-branded version of its revolutionary mobile outcomes-tracking App with Emblem Cannabis Corp. ("Emblem"). This customized edition of the App features all the same great functionality but is enhanced with unique benefits for Emblem patients such as redeemable discounts on Emblem products.

A California company makes weed vaporizers to suit every mood—here’s what happened when I tried them.

I’d been traveling for work—to Europe then to Asia then to Europe again while pinging back-and-forth from L.A. to New York. For months my carryon contained the sneakers that I didn’t use in the hotel gyms I never visited. I was exhausted to the brink of tears since previous to this spate of travel. I had a schedule so rote I could give myself jetlag by sliding lunch up half an hour.

Cannabis lab technicians, growers and producers benefit from rapid identification and quantitation of analytes in cannabis strains.

An anonymous source tipped off Crunchbase News that Eaze, the Series B-stage cannabis delivery startup with over $24 million in venture funding, has experienced a security incident.

Some of its user data may have been stolen by a former employee of Don Davidson, MD, a medical service provider that provides patient consultations and medical cannabis recommendations (the equivalent of a prescription) over the phone and video chat.

DonDavidsonMD.com made the disclosure on its user forum:

Artificial intelligence is being used to improve banking, marketing, the legal field — and now to find which one of the more than 30,000 strains of medical marijuana is best

As cannabis policies in the U.S. change, what was once a strictly underground business is now becoming increasingly legitimate and mainstream—and the industry is absolutely booming as a result.

In North America, marijuana sales totaled almost $7 billion in 2016, with an astonishing 30% growth rate. And that growth is not set to slow down any time soon. By 2021, North American sales are projected to top $20.2 billion.

Imagine that you have a crippling anxiety disorder. Luckily, you happen to live in California, and your doctor is able to prescribe you medical marijuana. Upon entering a dispensary to get your medicine, you are faced with a dizzying array of different strains with strange names like Sour Diesel and Trainwreck. How do you know which one is best for you?

Hippocrates once said, “It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.”

NEPS, a leading technology solutions provider, announces the release of GreenSun, a suite of software tools designed to enhance and simplify lab, plant and product labeling for the Medical and Recreational Cannabis industry. Grow operations, labs and dispensaries can now produce high quality, dynamic color labels on demand with GreenSun. Leveraging barcode and RFID technology, GreenSun provides compliance and control throughout the process lifecycle. Tracking and auditing is simplified from plants to patients, enabling boundary control and chain of custody handling for sensitive materials and processing areas.

Glance Technolgies Inc. has announced that it has received the second payment for the $1,000,000 licence agreement with Cannapay Financial Inc. which provides services to legal marijuana dispensaries.

"Cannapay Financial is building a mobile payment solution for the cannabis industry designed to operate legally within multiple jurisdictions," says Penny Green, President and COO, Glance. "Glance Technologies intends to enable Cannapay to achieve its goal of becoming the leading provider of mobile payment solutions to the cannabis industry worldwide."