The Business of Cannabis

SXSW Is Taking Votes On Dozens Of Marijuana And Psychedelics Panel Proposals For 2026 Festival

Sep 24, 2025 | National

Voting is now open for panels to be part of next year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, allowing anyone with an opinion to weigh in on what topics the event covers and whose views are featured onstage. And once again, like in past years, there are dozens of...

Kentucky Hemp Farmers Ask McConnell To Protect CBD Market Or Could Face Catastrophic Consequences

Sep 24, 2025 | National

Dozens of Kentucky hemp farmers are urging Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell not to “criminalize” the sale of products containing hemp-derived cannabinoids. A letter from 58 hemp farmers in the state sent to McConnell on Monday requests an in-person...

Colorado Pot Prices Drop To $649 A Pound

Sep 24, 2025 | National

Colorado cannabis cultivators keep going out of business, but flower prices keep falling. The average market rate (AMR) for wholesale marijuana flower fell to $649 per pound, tying an all-time record low, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue. That’s...

Michigan House Looks To Solve Cannabis Industry Issues, Addressing Payment Defaults And Hemp Regulation

Sep 24, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

On Tuesday, September 16, the Chairman of Michigan’s House Regulatory Reform Committee, Representative Joseph Aragona, introduced a package of bills to address two significant problems confronting Michigan’s cannabis industry—licensees defaulting on payments and...

Ohio Cannabis Sales Surpass $3 Billion So Far In 2025

Sep 24, 2025 | Great Lakes Region

Ohio medical and adult-use marijuana sales have officially surpassed $3 billion, new data from the state Department of Commerce shows. In an update published on Tuesday, DOC’s Division of Cannabis Control reported $3,036,756,851 in cannabis purchases as of September...