Untangling Another Hemp Loophole, International Trade, and Supply Chain Liability
As the industry clings to the hope of rescheduling, legal chaos continues to intensify after Congress moved to close the hemp loophole. The new language, set to take effect next…
From Craft to Scale: What Cannabis Can Learn from the Craft Beer Revolution
The path cannabis is on isn’t new. The craft beer world walked it first, turning small, hands-on operations into efficient producers without losing their character. The lesson then, as now,…
Treating Cannabis Like A Fine Wine
The experience in both wine and cannabis starts with ritual: swirling, inhaling, letting heat or air coax the plant’s chemistry to life. Where wine has long relied on sommeliers to…
Is The Industry In Danger of Losing Its Prized Genetics?
In cannabis, everything begins with genetics. Before lighting, curing, irrigation, or any cultivation technique, there is the seed. And within that seed lives more than chemistry. It holds history, culture,…
Cannabis Banking Today: Navigating Verification, Compliance, and Regulatory Change
Banking for cannabis businesses has come a long way. Ten years ago, most banks wouldn’t even consider it. Conversations would stop almost as soon as they began. “Too risky,” they’d…
Can NY’s Legal Stores Compete with an Eight-Billion-Dollar Illicit Market?
The recent Business of Cannabis Summit in New York City brought together industry professionals at the trendy Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for a day focused on tackling the cannabis…
International Trade and Cannabis Decontamination Considerations
With shifting perceptions, economic incentives, and the evolution of international regulatory frameworks, more countries around the world are starting to embrace legal cannabis for its medical and recreational uses. One…
The Case for Outsourcing HR in Cannabis
Most cannabis operators I meet are juggling a lot more than they expected. One day they’re handling payroll, the next they’re sorting out compliance, and somehow still trying to grow…
Mid Atlantic States Gather For The Accelerate Cannabis Summit
There was no more fitting venue for a cannabis industry gathering than the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. The historic setting served as the backdrop for the Accelerate…
Inside New York’s Cannabis Rollout: What’s Working, What’s Not
A panel discussion at the recent Business of Cannabis event in NYC analyzed the serious issues still facing the industry rollout in New York. What has been touted as a…