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California’s regulated cannabis market is often hailed as a pioneering model for the legalization and commercialization of cannabis. However, beneath the surface lies a dirty, dangerous secret that few are willing to address openly. The state’s legal cannabis industry is failing and the black market is thriving, and in the
This month, I set out to uncover the true state of affairs of the cannabis industry on the East Coast and in the Midwest. My tour included events and in-market meetings with operators in eight cities: NYC, Newark, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Columbia, and Kansas City (just writing this
Now, you understand how cannabis went from an ordinary cash crop in colonial times to a demonized Schedule I drug. By the late 1980s, penalties for cannabis related offenses got totally out of hand. The number of people imprisoned for nonviolent drug offenses in the US skyrocketed (from 50,000 in
When I started working in California’s medical cannabis industry in 2009, I knew that cannabis would be sold across the globe in convenience stores, specialty shops, and pharmacies alike. The inevitability of that future captivated my ambition, but I struggled to resolve how that future would take shape. As years
This week, U.S. Democrat and Republican lawmakers have reintroduced a bill to set the basis for the legalization of adult-use cannabis at the federal level. Although the proposed legislation won’t have a real effect on the cannabis industry in the short term, it will help lawmakers to have the tools to create
I continued my trek along America’s hottest cannabis markets to understand what’s really going on in Massachusetts, Illinois and Missouri. (If you missed out on my insider info about New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, you can catch up here). 1. Boston, Massachusetts NECANN Boston is a three-day homecoming of cannabis on
