Marijuana Business Magazine - February 2018

Creative Cannabis Awards Cohnnabis , the cannabis-focused division of Denver-based Cohn Market- ing, won a 2017 Gold Davey Award for Package Design. The award recognized the firm’s design created for Denver- based cannabis flower and extract producer Seed & Smith. The Davey Awards honor the best creative work from independent marketing, advertis- ing and design agencies worldwide. The 13th Annual Davey Awards received nearly 4,000 entries from ad agencies, interactive agencies, production firms, in-house creative professionals, graphic designers, design firms and public relations firms. CBD Growing Elev8 Brands , a Rockledge, Illinois, holding company that develops hemp- and CBD-based products – includ- ing hemp coffee, tea, tinctures and lotions – is rolling out a new line dubbed Zoe. The lineup will include 500- and 1,000-milligram CBD tinctures as well as CBD-infused lotion, lip balm, CBD salve and water-soluble concentrate. Thanks for the Vowels A dosage-controlled vaporizer company in Santa Monica, California, has changed its name from hmbldt to dosist. The firm makes patented and trademarked dosage-controlled devices. Marijuana ETF Makes Trading Debut ETF Managers Group , a Summit, New Jersey, firm that manages exchange-traded funds, launched the cannabis-focused ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF. ETFs are investment funds that are traded like stocks. The new ETF – with the ticker symbol MJX – made its debut Dec. 26 on the NYSE Arca, a Chicago-based exchange where ETFs are traded. Israeli Cannabis Company Snags DC Partner Tikun Olam , an Israeli can- nabis company, continues to expand into the U.S. mar- ket by way of a partnership with Washington DC cultivator Alternative Solutions . The five-year licensing deal allows Alternative Solutions to grow, manufacture and distrib- ute Tikun-branded products to all five DC dispensaries. Through other U.S. partnerships, Tikun has products in Rhode Island, Maryland, Massachusetts, Illinois, Nevada and Washington state. Denver Danish Denver-based 3C Consulting and its Danish medical cannabis partner, Cantiva ApS , have won one of 11 national cannabis cultivation and extraction/manufacturing licenses for Denmark’s new medical marijuana market. Taylor West, Senior Communications Director, Cohnnabis CANADA DEVELOPMENTS Canada’s Biggest Pharmacy Chain Wants In Canada’s largest pharmacy chain signed up two Ontario-based producers of medical marijuana, further cementing what analysts called the “groundbreaking” entry of traditional pharmacies into the MMJ industry. Toronto-based Shoppers Drug Mart reached an agree- ment to obtain an undisclosed amount of medical can- nabis from MedReleaf Corp. The licensed producer will supply its branded cannabis products to Shoppers, which is expected to sell the products through its online phar- macy — pending approval from Health Canada. Shoppers also lined up Aphria to supply MMJ, including leaf and oil. Financial terms of the agreements were not disclosed. 104 • Marijuana Business Magazine • February 2018