Tradiv, which runs an online platform that helps with wholesale deals in the marijuana industry, has cemented a $1 million round of funding to assist sustain its development.

The company formally launched on Oct. 1 after completing a company accelerator program with CanopyBoulder in June. It had the ability to raise the $1 million through connections with the ArcView Group, Poseidon Asset Management, TL Partners and Anslinger Capital.

Tradiv aims to connect buyers and sellers (merchants, growers and infused products makers) of wholesales marijuana items via an online marketplace.

Marijuana has been something of an unstoppable force over the past two decades. After being completely outlawed in all states in 1995, marijuana in 2015 can now be legally sold in 23 states for medicinal purposes (as well as Washington, D.C.), and it can be sold legally for recreational use to adults ages 21 and up in four states (and Washington, D.C.).

On Friday the 16^th of October 2015 Sensi Seeds’ daughter company HempFlax opened a brand new factory in the Alba region of Romania. A new and very special chapter for the company that aimed to relaunch the hemp industry 20 years ago, and is successfully doing so.

Thousands of cannabis plants are sprouting — and they have been since July — inside a nondescript warehouse off Andalusia Road in Rock Island.

Green Thumb Industries, or GTI, a Chicago-based medical pot company, won rights to operate a Rock Island cultivation center in February. It became the first facility this summer to earn the state’s OK to grow the plant.

“We got through all the inspections and requirements and now we’re ready to go,” Ben Kovler, GTI's CEO, said. “It’s been a long journey, but our wait pales in comparison to the wait patients have had to endure.”

But that wait may soon be over, as well.

State officials said Thursday that Illinois will begin its first medical marijuana sales within the next two weeks.

Plenty of things are assumed to be best buds with marijuana: sugary snacks, laser light shows, week-long guitar solos and, of course, video games.

But what exactly causes players to devote hours at a time to Candy Crush, World of Warcraft or The Witcher 3? What makes video games different when it comes to grabbing and holding our attention?

A material made by mixing hemp with lime and water forms a new layer of insulation around this house in Belgium, as part of a renovation by Ghent studio Martens Van Caimere Architecten.

Known as hempcrete, the hemp-based render was applied in thick layers to all four walls of the small house to help it retain heat and make the structure more weather-resistant. The result is a textured surface with a similar appearance to rammed earth.

According to architect Nikolaas Martens, one of the two co-founders of Martens Van Caimere Architecten, the material offers a similar but more sustainable and economical solution than concrete.

On Friday, investors and traders around the world have the opportunity to learn about one of the most rapidly developing industries ever. That sector is cannabis. The need for education has grown with the industry and investors need to learn about this sector before investing.

The Cannabis Investing Symposium was designed to help fill the information void in the cannabis industry by connecting investors to industry leading companies and experts. We have put together an all-star line up of speakers who will provide you with education, industry information, and investment opportunities.

Tax season is usually a stressful time, as families and businesses perform all the necessary calculations to find out how much they have to give to Uncle Sam. However, when dealing with traditional assets, the rules are in writing. When dealing with something digital such as virtual currency, you have entered a gray area, which can be immensely confusing. However, we can find some guidance for this topic, despite the shifting nature of virtual currency regulation.

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As the cannabis industry grows, competition for customers is fierce.

An Ashland-based company says their technology can help set products apart.

N2 Packaging LLC seals and preserves marijuana in cans using nitrogen, claiming the product has a longer shelf life.

“They know it's going to be good for as long as they keep it in their dresser, or the cabinet or wherever. It's not going to go stale or dry on them,” said Luke Olsen, the company’s retail sales manager.

Olsen and a partner have their own product line called The Factory.

N2 Packaging received a patent to hermetically seal controlled substances in an altered environment last October.