The Business of Cannabis

New York: Cannabis Is Booming — Why Does It Feel Like a Race to the Bottom?

Behind the polished presentations and sophisticated branding is a less glamorous conversation about wholesale pricing, retail margins, promotional allowances, payment terms, and who can afford to keep competing. I've experienced that disconnect firsthand...

Minnesota: Hemp THC Deadline Hits $200 Million Industry, Leads To Layoffs

Minnesota hemp sellers say the approach of Dec. 11 is already hitting their bottom line and changing what stores keep on the shelf. After Dec. 11, some Minnesota liquor stores say they still expect to sell hemp drinks. The federal law would complicate...

Cannabis Was Canada’s 5th Most Important Cash Crop In 2025 

Cannabis was Canada’s fifth most important cash crop in 2025, according to Stats Canada figures. In Canada, cannabis crops were worth $3 billion last year, or 5.8% of total crop receipts.   Cannabis crops in 2025 were worth nearly $1...

Cannabis Rescheduling Process Remains Sidelined, DEA Judge Orders New Replies

The words “expedited hearing” are losing their grip on the cannabis rescheduling process, as the judge assigned to the task entertains reopening the proceedings “for limited discovery and testimony” at the demand of prohibitionist parties. Derek C. Julius,...

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Monroe Street Fair Recap With Charlie Strackbein

Charlie Strackbein recaps the success of the Monroe Street Fair on April 1, a companion to the annual Hash Bash on the University of Michigan campus that features speeches from cannabis activists. This year's Fair had more than 40 exhibitors and for the first time...

Free Report: Cannabis Consumers In America 2023

New Frontier Data has published a report on cannabis consumers that draws from its 2023 cannabis consumer survey, and details new insights into demographics, product preferences, purchasing habits, motivations for use and attitudes towards cannabis consumption. With...

USDA Awards $4.9 Million Contract To Hemp Project

Ag research and Extension teams from multiple universities across the Southeast U.S. will be prioritizing hemp crops with climate-smart management with help from a five-year, $4.9 million USDA Climate-Smart Commodities grant. The project led by Florida A&M...

Locals Own Most Lansing Dispensaries

Michigan Cannabis Industry Association Executive Director Robin Schneider said there is an assumption that large multi-state operators, or MSOs, in the marijuana industry that control many facets of the weed industry including growing, distributing and provisioning,...