The Business of Cannabis

Enrollment In Georgia’s Medical Cannabis Program Jumps After Lawmakers Ease Access

Aug 6, 2026 | Feature, National

Georgia’s medical cannabis program experienced an unprecedented surge of new registered patients over the past month after the law changed significantly to ease access. The patient registry grew from 36,595 patients in late June to 44,854 on Monday, an increase of...

Cannabis Farms Are Drying Up California’s Mountain Streams

Aug 6, 2026 | National

Some streams in California’s Emerald Triangle have flowed every day of every year since long before anyone was measuring them.  A new study suggests that’s starting to change, and not for any of the reasons you’d expect. No drought hit hard enough to blame on its...

Energy Costs Are Reshaping Cannabis Economics

Aug 6, 2026 | Feature, National

Some cannabis growers built on the assumption that power would stay cheap. That bet has gone bad. Electricity rates are up 15% to 25% over the past two years with no ceiling in sight through 2030, according to Jim Kordoban, founder and CEO of On Point Power, a...

Cannabis Was Ready For Wall St., But Was Wall St. Ready For Cannabis?

Jul 30, 2026 | National

Mitchell Osak has spent nearly a decade inside the legal cannabis industry, working as a fractional executive and advisor to more than 220 cannabis companies worldwide. His read on the uplistings is blunt. “Trulieve and Glass House Brands might have been ready...

Pennsylvania: Fetterman Urges Congress To End Federal Marijuana Ban

Jul 30, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, National

PA Senator John Fetterman and over a dozen of his colleagues in the upper chamber have re-upped their calls to end the federal ban of marijuana. Last week, Fetterman’s office sent out a press release announcing his support for the reintroduction of the Cannabis...

Cannabis MSO Vireo Growth To Acquire Planet 13 In All-Stock Deal

Jul 30, 2026 | National

Minneapolis-based cannabis multistate operator Vireo Growth is acquiring fellow MSO Planet 13 Holdings in an all-stock merger, extending one of the cannabis industry’s most aggressive buying sprees. The deal adds 36 dispensaries across three states to Vireo’s...