Agencies across the globe continue to recognize the medical benefits associated with cannabis. It is only a matter of time before this incredible plant will be legalized in the United States.

From the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the medical benefits associated with cannabis can no longer be ignored. Last year, the NCI updated its website to include various studies that reveal how cannabis may inhibit tumor growth by killing cells. The NIDA revised their April 2015 publication to say that marijuana can kill certain cancer cells and reduce the size of others.

As any analyst, accountant, marketer, or designer will tell you, technology often feels like the No. 1 bottleneck to efficiently achieving our tasks. Non-technical team members are always waiting on a report, the implementation of a new tracking pixel, the creation of a new landing page, or the addition of a tool to automate a manual task.

The holidays offer major opportunities in retail, sales and marketing. If you’re not leveraging this time to engage consumers and offer awesome content, you're missing out.

People come to sites such as Twitter to discover things, so these platforms provide a good opportunity to get your brand’s name out there. That’s doesn’t mean promotion, promotion, promotion. Instead, leverage these social networks to offer fun content and live broadcasts. Create love at first sight -- get people to stop scrolling in their feeds. This “stopping power” is what will get you noticed.

HempTech Corp. ( OTC PINK : HTCO ), a provider of advanced Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) with sophisticated automation and analytical tools for the cultivators of legal industrial hemp and marijuana, announces today that it is introducing RemoteEye™ -- a secure cloud-based centralized remote grow facility management system tailored specifically for the marijuana industry.

Commercial growers in Washington state are cutting their power bills in half with LEDs — and earning huge utility rebates for installation.

When Juddy and Danielle Rosellison built their marijuana grow operation in 2014, using LED lighting wasn't as widely accepted as it is today. And that's saying something, because it's still not widely accepted.

What if using cannabis for the first time was as easy as making a cup of coffee?

This is the philosophy behind CannaCloud, the industry’s first pod-based cannabis vaporizing system by CannaKorp that works just like a Keurig coffee machine.

Users simply load the CannaCloud with small aluminum “CannaCloud Pods” filled with pre-ground, lab-tested strains. The machine then heats up the herb to vaporizing temperature with the press of a button, and users wait about 60 seconds until the display screen indicates they can take a hit. After use, the Pods can be tossed into the recycle bin.

This holiday season, your loved ones may be gifting ganja rather than wine.

2016 was a landmark year for activists fighting to end prohibition. Seven states voted to legalize marijuana, and the industry is expected to close in on $21 billion in revenue by 2020.

In a small number of states, including California, it's legal to gift up to an ounce of cannabis to adults over the age of 21, if the product doesn't cross state lines or require shipping. The laws vary by state, and you should check the rules in your area before spreading cannabis-cheer.

We rounded up 14 of the most beautiful marijuana-related products, from trendy one-hitter pipes to weed-laced glazed pecans — all under $100. Tis the season!

Three years ago, Justin Adamcyk and his friend moved from Chicago to L.A. in the hopes of breaking into the cannabis industry. Their idea was to build a business shipping edibles to patients with medical marijuana licenses. They threw down some money to get the ball rolling and then they began looking for investors. But they soon realized that they had very little idea about the regulations they were up against. 

“We were just outsiders looking in,” said Adamcyk. “I think the one big take away was to focus on building a team, especially in this industry.”

It’s no secret that cannabis has a cash problem. Even though pot is now legal in 28 states plus DC, banks and credit card companies are still wary of working with cannabusinesses since they traffic in wares that are illegal on a federal level. This means that nearly all cannabis-related businesses are cash only and must find alternative ways to store this cash if they’re unable to open up a bank account. But when you’re a $6.7 billion dollar industry, all that marijuana money isn’t exactly going to fit under a mattress.

Every once in awhile, a product comes along that sets a standard for its industry and becomes a benchmark that everyone else wants to copy. Yofumo has created such a product. Their boxes offers a technological breakthrough in cannabis storage and processing that redefines the entire harvest-to-consumption model. 

Not only do Yofumo devices cure cannabis flowers far better than glass jars ever could, they provide dispensary owners and retail locations with a level of inventory control that has never been seen before. Their products improve drying, yeast and mold treatment, security, specialty processing and curing, as well as long and short-term storage. As a result, businesses save both time and money.