Investing in Marijuana

[searcher]

SOURCE: Creative Edge Nutrition, Inc.
April 11, 2014 09:10 ET


CEN Biotech and RXNB Rescind All Agreements and Terminate Relationship With GrowLife and OGI


MADISON HEIGHTS, MI--(Marketwired - Apr 11, 2014) - Creative Edge Nutrition, Inc. (OTC Pink: FITX) (PINKSHEETS: FITX), CEN Biotech and RXNB board of directors have decided to rescind the agreement between CEN Biotech, RXNB, GrowLife and OGI.

The Company has learned today that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended trading in the securities of GrowLife due to questions that have been raised about the accuracy and adequacy of information in the marketplace and potentially manipulative transactions in GrowLife's common stock. In light of this development and other contributing factors, RXNB and CEN Biotech have advised the CEO of GrowLife and the Board of OGI that both the RXNB Agreement and the CEN Biotech Agreement, and any and all amendments to those agreements, are rescinded, void and of no further force and effect.

Bill Chaaban stated, "We act in the best interests of our shareholders. During our due diligence process we arranged suitable alternative private financing to fund our project at 20 North Rear Rd in Lakeshore, Ontario. The terms of this deal were a 25% equity stake in the CEN Biotech project located at 20 North Rear Rd in exchange for $20 million usd. The project has been funded $5.0 million usd to date and will be fully funded per the agreement in 90 days from the agreement date. Our project continues on schedule and we intend to call for our pre-license inspection before month`s end. We have already sourced equipment from alternative sources which meet or exceed the quality required at a more competitive price."


About CEN Biotech

CEN Biotech, Inc. was established in 2013 as a partially owned subsidiary of Creative Edge Nutrition (OTC Pink: FITX) (PINKSHEETS: FITX) for the sole purpose of supplying the Canadian public with pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis under the newly established Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR). CEN Biotech Inc. has submitted a comprehensive application to become a licensed producer (LP) of dried marihuana for medicinal purposes and has received a ready-to-build approval from Health Canada.
http://www.cenbiotechinc.com


About Creative Edge Nutrition, Inc.

Creative Edge Nutrition is a holding company and a Nutritional Supplement Company focused on developing innovative, high quality supplements. The company offers a broad spectrum of capsules, tablets, and powders, as well as science based products in the principal categories of weight management, nutrition challenges, energy and fitness. The Company manufactures under strict GMP guidelines at GMP Certified and/or FDA registered facilities. http://www.cenergynutrition.com and https://www.facebook.com/CenergyNutrition


About Hemp Technologies

Hemp Technologies Ltd. is a vertically integrated hemp company that grows, processes and sells its hemp directly to the consumer and for industrial processing. In addition, it is instrumental in hemp home building and building materials, hemp spirits and food, and hemp pharmaceutical and dietary supplements.
http://www.hemp-technologies.com


About RXNB, Inc.

RXNB possesses proprietary, cutting-edge systems in the field of agriculture, applicable to medical marijuana. In particular, these technologies focus on Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) manufacturing and growing process of medicinal marijuana. cGMP refers to the Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations enforced by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). cGMPs provide for systems that assure proper design, monitoring, and control of manufacturing processes and facilities, which assures the identity, strength, quality, and purity of drug products. RXNB technologies will accelerate plant growth, allow perpetual grow cycles of about 35 days and protect plants from adulterants, which will yield greater harvests. RXNB has a pharmacy division, which dispenses prescription drugs direct to approximately 50,000 patients per month in the US. RXNB owns a distribution network, which supplies approximately 2,700 clinicians with tailored functional medicine across the US. It operates its own call center and owns software technologies in the field of tailored specialty drugs and batch record keeping in compliance with USP 797.



http://www.marketwired.com/press-re...with-growlife-ogi-pinksheets-fitx-1898673.htm

 

[searcher]

Did Share-Based Compensation Trigger Growlife's Suspension?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/213...lse&source=email_rt_article_readmore&uprof=45

 

[Godswill]

Anyone buying CANN at $10? Or is it a dead cat. Anyone buying anything? SA says kiss the high goodbye for MJNA does that mean it rockets tomorrow, LOL.

 

[southfork]

Anyone buying CANN at $10? Or is it a dead cat. Anyone buying anything? SA says kiss the high goodbye for MJNA does that mean it rockets tomorrow, LOL.

I was thinking of putting a bid in for 1k shares at 5.00 it looks too weak to me. Still no level 2 showing .

 

[Godswill]

If the MJ stocks do follow the DOW, there may be a reversal tomorrow as they seem to have stabilized today.

SF, call your brokerage they may be able to input it manually. The only other option is market order.

 

[Godswill]

Alert on CANV: article follows


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ro...s-information-2014-04-14?reflink=MW_news_stmp


Rosen Law Firm Alleges CannaVest Corp. Issued Material Misleading Business Information

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Apr 14, 2014 (ACCESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- On Apr. 11, the Rosen Law Firm announces that it is investigating potential securities fraud claims against CannaVest Corp. (otcqb:CANV) resulting from allegations that the company may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.

Here is an excerpt from Rosen's press release:

"On Apr. 3, 2014, CANV announced that its Form 10-Qs for the first three quarters of 2013 could no longer be relied upon. Specifically, CANV admitted that the purchase price and the allocation of the purchase price related to PhytoSPHERE Systems as disclosed on the 10-Qs were not in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). In addition, CANV concluded that sales and cost of sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 were incorrect. As a result of these adverse disclosures, the value of CANVS stock fell by 20% on April 3, 2014, damaging investors," the release said

Share Value Continues to fall

So far, CannaVest has not responded to these allegations. It must be noted that at this point, no lawsuit has been filed and the allegations at this point are unproven claims.

However, CannaVest's share value continues to plummet, falling from $117 a share just a month ago to $24.21 a share at the close of Apr. 11, down 34 cents from the previous day's close of $24.55.

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Hemp Inc. Announces Increased Sales as Share Value Continues to Fall

In other news, Hemp Inc. (otcpink:HEMP) on Apr. 8 reported 2013 fourth quarter sales of $722,486, showing quarter-on-quarter increase for the year of 2013.

Sales by quarter for the year were $426,321 for the 1st quarter; $534,871 in sales for the 2nd quarter; and, $673,588 sales in for the 3rd quarter. Full-year sales for 2013 of $2,357,266 represent an increase of 26,359% over the previous year.

"2013 was the year we went from a developmental stage company to an operating company and we are very pleased with our stable, consistent growth through each quarter of our first operating year, as pointed out in the figures above," said Hemp's CED Bruce Perlowin, in a written statement.

Unfortunately, Hemp's press release did not reveal its overall expense or net income, if any.

Despite this latest positive spin by the company on its finances, Hemp's share value has lost more than two-thirds of its value since Feb. 5, when HEMP closed at 30 cents a share. On Apr. 11, HEMP's share price closed at 8 cents, down 1 cent from previous day's close of 9 cents.

Deluge of Positive Press Releases

Ignoring the slide, the company continues to pepper the media with a deluge of positive press releases almost daily. While many of them sound interesting, many of them lack any real financial specifics.

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mCig Inc.'s 2.0 Device Earns Coveted CE Mark

 

[searcher]

Cannabis Stocks: What The Growlife Halt Means For The Industry

Apr. 15, 2014 2:26 AM ET | About: PHOT, Includes: AVNE, CANN, CDFT, PTOG
by: Abdalla Al-ayrot


Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. (More...)





Summary

• The SEC's halt of Growlife's shares is the fifth halt of a stock related to the cannabis industry. The halt comes following FINRA's Marijuana Stock Scams warning.
• Potential future halts are likely to remove some of the momentum in stocks related to the cannabis industry.
• Thorough due diligence is a must for investors.

This is the third article in my article series on Cannabis Stocks. I intend to dig through all of the listed investment opportunities in the cannabis industry.

SEC chose to halt trading in the shares of Growlife (OTCHOT) starting from last Thursday morning to 11:50 EDT April 24, 2014 "because of questions that have been raised about the accuracy and adequacy of information in the marketplace and potentially manipulative transactions in PHOT's common stock."

The halt is the SEC's fifth trading halt of a stock related to the cannabis industry. The SEC has previously halted four other stocks, which are Citadel EFT (OTC:CDFT), Advanced Cannabis Solutions (OTC:CANN), Aventura Equities, Inc. (OTC:AVNE) and Petrotech (OTCTOG).

The sector scrutiny by the SEC has come following FINRA's warning about marijuana stock scams and a 'green rush' where we have seen triple digit performance by most marijuana related companies. The reason FINRA has put out the warning might be that the largest buyers of these stocks are inexperienced retail investors, who often in many cases lack either knowledge or resources to make thorough due diligence.

The big inexperienced retail investor interest in the marijuana industry has driven the valuations on most of these stocks up to a point that seem very similar to the valuations of the ".com concept stocks" during the .com bubble. For a reminder of how people were acting under the .com bubble, watch the documentary "Betting on the Market". The extreme valuation might also be due to the fact that fully diluted market caps of most of the medical marijuana stocks are higher than the one usually stated on financial websites. This is evident because most financial websites fail to include convertible debt, convertible preferred stocks, warrants and options into their calculations of market cap.


So, what the halts mean for the rest of the industry

The increased sector scrutiny has the potential of acting as a reality check for investors. This can start to remove some of the momentum in the rest of marijuana stocks, as the SEC might be cracking down on some of the other names in the industry.

The key for investors and traders is to avoid being caught long a stock that the SEC halts, as it usually has a negative effect on the stock price, as the following charts shows.

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By the way, SEC halts shouldn't be a problem if you are a long-term investor and have done your homework.


How to avoid getting caught long stocks that the SEC halts

The easiest way to avoid getting caught long is to conduct thorough due diligence on the stocks that you buy. Thorough due diligence include reading through all of the SEC filings and searching the names of a company's executives, directors and business partners. By doing the two previously described things alone, it's usually easy to judge whether you should continue to research the company or not. With the worst of some of these stocks there are usually enough red flags in the SEC filings and backgrounds of its executives, officers and its business partners.

And if a stock makes it beyond those two checks, then look deeper into the industry and try to model some conservative but realistic scenarios.

Fellow Seeking Alpha contributor and cannabis financial analyst Alan Brochstein of 420 Investor has covered Growlife numerous times, and published two articles on the company on Seeking Alpha. From reading his and others' research it seems that Growlife is one of the more legit cannabis stocks available (I will follow up with a valuation article on Growlife later this month). But, when the SEC halts one of the more legit names in the industry, it tells investors that they should be aware of the less legit companies.

Editor's Note: This article covers a stock trading at less than $1 per share and/or with less than a $100 million market cap. Please be aware of the risks associated with these stocks.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/214...lse&source=email_rt_article_readmore&uprof=45

 

[Godswill]

I love the CANV smoke and mirrors articles about legal firms investigating them and it goes up 65% today on news of a state licensed deal with a farmer to grow hemp.

 

[honu5050]

henry ford utilized hemp ' it will catch on, but sense Americas undergoing a takeover I suspect the south Americas or mexico will be let do the farming n' production .

 

[Godswill]

Just heard on the radio, but didn't catch the state, where there is a proposal for people to freely use MJ if they give up their guns. It was on our local classical station. Not being taken well by the constituents as people interviewed said they'd rather use it illegally. Times are getting interesting that's for sure.

 

[Godswill]

SIBE

Southfork, people are taking profits on SIBE, it seems, do you think its time?

 

[searcher]

Re: SIBE

Discovery Minerals Forming JV to Access Bio-Fuel Technology for Industrial Hemp (PR Newswire)

 

[southfork]

Re: SIBE

Southfork, people are taking profits on SIBE, it seems, do you think its time?

Meant to post that, sold a few myself today, still holding 75k shares though. Also added onto brnd today. Meant to post this earlier sorry.

 

[searcher]

Just heard on the radio, but didn't catch the state, where there is a proposal for people to freely use MJ if they give up their guns. It was on our local classical station. Not being taken well by the constituents as people interviewed said they'd rather use it illegally. Times are getting interesting that's for sure.

Was it Ill?

Illinois: Proposed Rule Nixed; Would Have Barred Medical Marijuana Patients From Having Guns - See more at: http://hemp.org/news/content/illino...ana-patients-having-guns#sthash.4jirjrGf.dpuf

 

[Godswill]

Was it Ill?

Illinois: Proposed Rule Nixed; Would Have Barred Medical Marijuana Patients From Having Guns - See more at: http://hemp.org/news/content/illino...ana-patients-having-guns#sthash.4jirjrGf.dpuf

Must have been Searcher. We listen to Chicago radio stations. Thanks.

 

[Godswill]

Re: SIBE

Meant to post that, sold a few myself today, still holding 75k shares though. Also added onto brnd today. Meant to post this earlier sorry.

Not a bad idea moving some SIBE profits into BRND.

 

[searcher]

Re: SIBE

Silicon Valley's Rush To Get Rich Off Of Weed
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/high-tech/

 

[southfork]

FYI, BRND just announce they are going into the MJ sector
Medical Marijuana consumer packaged goods and services include nutraceuticals, beverages and personal care

San Diego, CA / ACCESSWIRE / April 21, 2014 / Premier Brands, Inc. (“Premier Brands”) (OTCBB: BRND), a company in the business of creating, acquiring and marketing consumer packaged goods and new product development, is expanding their range of products and services to cover medical marijuana with a new offering that includes branding, sales and distribution, product development including a portfolio of cannabis nutraceutical, beverage and personal care brands which the company will own and operate.

The medical marijuana industry is still in its infancy with supply chain and branding. Premier Brands strives on providing its best practices and experiences brought from the management team’s 40 years of combined work in distribution, sales, product creation, and marketing of consumer goods.

Premier Brands has been offering these types of services in other product areas for the past two years and now the same team, time and resources will be used to leap into the medical marijuana vertical. The Company will launch two new initiatives: Joint Ventures and New Cannabis Products.

Joint ventures include partnering with other companies to produce new products and providing services like product development, sales and marketing. New cannabis products will include a brand new line of medical marijuana products including nutraceuticals, beverages and personal care products. The first products will be launched in the summer of 2014.

 

[southfork]

FYI, BRND just announce they are going into the MJ sector
Medical Marijuana consumer packaged goods and services include nutraceuticals, beverages and personal care

San Diego, CA / ACCESSWIRE / April 21, 2014 / Premier Brands, Inc. (“Premier Brands”) (OTCBB: BRND), a company in the business of creating, acquiring and marketing consumer packaged goods and new product development, is expanding their range of products and services to cover medical marijuana with a new offering that includes branding, sales and distribution, product development including a portfolio of cannabis nutraceutical, beverage and personal care brands which the company will own and operate.

The medical marijuana industry is still in its infancy with supply chain and branding. Premier Brands strives on providing its best practices and experiences brought from the management team’s 40 years of combined work in distribution, sales, product creation, and marketing of consumer goods.

Premier Brands has been offering these types of services in other product areas for the past two years and now the same team, time and resources will be used to leap into the medical marijuana vertical. The Company will launch two new initiatives: Joint Ventures and New Cannabis Products.

Joint ventures include partnering with other companies to produce new products and providing services like product development, sales and marketing. New cannabis products will include a brand new line of medical marijuana products including nutraceuticals, beverages and personal care products. The first products will be launched in the summer of 2014.

Bid up to .0033

 

[Godswill]

Good call SF. Took some profits off the table already. Go BRND!

Did you get the announcement off of their website? etrade didn't mention it in their daily news section.

 

[southfork]

Good call SF. Took some profits off the table already. Go BRND!

Did you get the announcement off of their website? etrade didn't mention it in their daily news section.

http://otcbb.com/asp/Info_Center.asp got it there, closed my position don't like the way its trading, glad I got some .001s on Thursday made for a nice profit. Sold 20k sibe today also, going to hold the rest as theyre free shares.

 

[Godswill]

It would of been nice to have converted some SIBE profits to BRND before the pop but it happened too fast. Interesting day in the MJ sector. My positions looked like they were performing well but the net gain/loss was in the red most of the day. I hope the sector has reached a bottom, CANV -20% CBGI -14%, I think .20 is a good entry for CANV. Anyone buying anything? I'm also watching ILIV and ICBU for an entry.

 

[southfork]

It would of been nice to have converted some SIBE profits to BRND before the pop but it happened too fast. Interesting day in the MJ sector. My positions looked like they were performing well but the net gain/loss was in the red most of the day. I hope the sector has reached a bottom, CANV -20% CBGI -14%, I think .20 is a good entry for CANV. Anyone buying anything? I'm also watching ILIV and ICBU for an entry.

Bought back 500k brnd at 002 at the close for a bounce play tomorrow.

 

[Godswill]

Bought back 500k brnd at 002 at the close for a bounce play tomorrow.

Good call, I see a few others did also. I tried but etrade wouldn't let me due to unsettled funds. Maybe I'll catch a mid day low if they clear.

I got in at .0022 and .0024 after selling everything yesterday :)

 

[southfork]

Bought back 500k brnd at 002 at the close for a bounce play tomorrow.

Still holding the 500k closed at .0033 l2 looking good for a run over 005 tomorrow.

 

[Godswill]

Still holding the 500k closed at .0033 l2 looking good for a run over 005 tomorrow.

I'm holding as well, not as much but enough to put a smile on my face the last couple of days. I came home to a pleasant surprise 65% up. Obviously smart management to re-invent their corp. taking advantage of the mj boom.

 

[southfork]

Still holding the 500k closed at .0033 l2 looking good for a run over 005 tomorrow.

Sold the 500k this am at .004 wish I could make 1k on every trade every day lol. Going to watch it for another entry.

 

[Godswill]

Sold the 500k this am at .004 wish I could make 1k on every trade every day lol. Going to watch it for another entry.

I sold in 2 batches .0038 and .004. I'm also liking the action and hoping for another entry opportunity. It was looking like it was levitating until the very end. This gives me hope for another opportunity tomorrow. May want to look at VAPE tomorrow also SF. It went down 57% sitting at $2.36. It was $10, 7 days ago. Whoever runs the marijuana index, see link below, wisely allocated only .32% into VAPE.

http://marijuanaindex.org/

 

[searcher]

Cannabis Stocks: What The Growlife 'Un-Halt' Means For Investors In The Industry
http://seekingalpha.com/article/215...lse&source=email_rt_article_readmore&uprof=45

 

[Godswill]

Well my $2.50 buy order for VAPE didn't trigger since they started trading at 2.59 by the time I got home it was too far out. Did anyone hit it?

SF, is there a buy recommendation price for BRND? It's drifting down nicely it seems. I hope to get back in by the end of the day.

 

[southfork]

Well my $2.50 buy order for VAPE didn't trigger since they started trading at 2.59 by the time I got home it was too far out. Did anyone hit it?

SF, is there a buy recommendation price for BRND? It's drifting down nicely it seems. I hope to get back in by the end of the day.

I had a bid in today for 0019 and didn't get filled, have to see how it trades tomorrow, Im seeing a weak open with a selloff myself to the 0016 area . JMHO

 

[Godswill]

I had a bid in today for 0019 and didn't get filled, have to see how it trades tomorrow, Im seeing a weak open with a selloff myself to the 0016 area . JMHO

You were pretty close, I'd say, what did it go down to .0017 or so? Anyway, I guess I'll hold till Monday, any suggestions?

If anything, my gut says to add if it goes down. If it goes up to .0035 sell. IMO.

 

[searcher]

Growlife: Why It Got Halted And What You Need To Know Before Trading Resumes On Friday, April 25th

http://seekingalpha.com/article/216...ding-resumes-on-friday-april-25th?source=feed

 

[southfork]

You were pretty close, I'd say, what did it go down to .0017 or so? Anyway, I guess I'll hold till Monday, any suggestions?

If anything, my gut says to add if it goes down. If it goes up to .0035 sell. IMO.

Went down to that Friday but I wasn't around and didn't have a bid it judging by the sales though I think Monday gives another buying op.

 

[searcher]

Recent Pot Suspensions: The Fate Of Advanced Cannabis Solutions And Full Circle Capital
http://seekingalpha.com/article/216...lse&source=email_rt_article_readmore&uprof=45

 

[southfork]

Looks like all the MJ stocks are about done, most seem to be heading south.

 

[Godswill]

Looks like all the MJ stocks are about done, most seem to be heading south.

Maybe a dead cat bounce today on some of them. If they are done for now SF, they'll be back in the fall when news comes out about record harvests on newly acquired cannabis farm land + new states and maybe talk about a federal end to prohibition just prior to the end of Obama's term.

 

[southfork]

Maybe a dead cat bounce today on some of them. If they are done for now SF, they'll be back in the fall when news comes out about record harvests on newly acquired cannabis farm land + new states and maybe talk about a federal end to prohibition just prior to the end of Obama's term.

Im bit sitting at .0011 for brnd today.

 

[Godswill]

Picked up a little ILIV, MINE and ICBU today.

 

[southfork]

Picked up a little ILIV, MINE and ICBU today.

Why mine?