DENVER, CO / ACCESSWIRE / February 4, 2016 / Canna Security America (CSA) (OTCQB: CSAX) and The Cloverton Group are proud to announce the continued growth of their strategic partnership with Dixie Brands one of the most prominent names in the cannabis industry. As part of the comprehensive array of security solutions, Dixie Brands has now added armored transport. CSA has been providing video surveillance, access control, and alarm systems to them since their beginning.

Sy Alli, Director of Corporate Security at Dixie Brands commented, "We truly value the entire team at Canna Security and The Cloverton Group for their expertise and support as we continue to expand."

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Giadha DeCarcer, a former investment banker, is founder and CEO of New Frontier, a data analysis provider for the cannabis industry.

The cannabis industry is quickly becoming a magnet for female entrepreneurs.

Medical or recreational marijuana is legal in 23 states and the District of Columbia. As legalization has increased, so have sales. In 2013, the industry was at $1.8 billion. 

In 2015, it was estimated at $5.4 billion (accounting for evolving business models), according to the ArcView Group, a cannabis-focused investment and research firm. 

Colorado legalized recreational marijuana back in 2012, making it one of a handful of U.S. states in where adults who are of age can legally purchase marijuana in many forms, along with its accessories, without any special paperwork beyond a valid ID. 

The release comes despite Gov. John Hickenlooper's executive order mandating all contaminated cannabis be destroyed

The city of Denver has released more than 28,000 packages of marijuana-infused edibles back into the market after recalling the products late last year when they tested positive for pesticides that are banned for use on cannabis.

The founders of Kush Bottles Inc. developed packaging specifically for legal marijuana sales.

Plastic marijuana packaging has become, ah-hem, a growth industry.

With more than 40 percent of all states already allowing medical marijuana, and four of those also permitting recreational use, the packaging for Panama Red, Acapulco Gold and all those other colorfully named strains is heavily dependent on plastics.

Both flexible and rigid packaging helps keep the nation’s stash fresh for both the casual smoker in Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska and medicinal users in 23 states.

And those packages aren’t just holding marijuana plants, as there are a whole host of edibles and concentrates for folks who don’t always, or ever, want to light up.

By Luke Burgess

I flew out to Denver last week with Green Chip Stocks editor Jeff Siegel and a few of his subscribers.

The purpose of our trip was to meet with some of the players in Colorado's booming billon-dollar cannabis industry and to get a firsthand account of the legal bud biz now that much of the dust has settled.

We had a chance to visit a few different types of growing operations and talk with several owners and distributors about law, finances, marketing, and risk associated with the cannabis industry.

I won't bore you with a bunch of photos of pot plants I took while on the trip. Basically, if you've seen one pot plant, you've seen them all, right?

Colorado is now home to some of the nation’s first certified organic cannabis, which comes with a blessing from federal regulators. CBDRx, a Longmont, Colorado cannabis farm, has secured a certification to market its products with the organic seal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a major coup for the plant’s enthusiasts.

“As long as the industrial hemp is grown according to the Farm Bill, it can be certified organic to the USDA National Organic Program,” wrote Penelope Zuck, the agency’s organic program accreditation manager, in an email correspondence obtained by KUNC.

In news that will likely be celebrated by cannabis advocates and marijuana industry stakeholders alike, a new report concludes recreational marijuana sales skyrocketed from $351 million in 2014 to $998 million in 2015 — a 184 percent increase. The data come from the fourth edition of "The State of Legal Marijuana Markets," a joint report from the research wing of the ArcView Group, a marijuana industry investment firm, and New Frontier, a cannabis analytics firm.