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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6 Pound Cannabis Give Away On April 20 (420)

If you'd like a chance to win one pound of cannabis, you need to get to LightnUpCannabis.Com from April 1 through 20. Buy $50 worth of product, get one ticket in the 6-pound cannabis giveaway. Co-owner Kyle Cohee provides all the details in this video interview....

Michigan Cannabis Competition Seeks Judges

Cannabis connoisseurs, take note! This year’s High Times Cannabis Cup is just around the corner, and organizers are looking for judges! We’re told 3,500 Michiganders will get to sample locally produced cannabis and decide which products are the best of the best....

New York Moves To Let Medicaid Pay for Medical Marijuana

New York lawmakers got a step closer to authorizing state-funded insurance payments to cover the cost of medical cannabis for patients, with a bill to do so advancing easily out of a state Assembly committee hearing. The measure has a companion bill in the state...

Data Financial, Light n Up Cannabis On Four20 Post Live

On Four20 Post Live we featured Kevin Dusenberry from Data Financial, a company that provides retailers, including cannabis dispensaries, with equipment to safely count and electronically transfer cash to the bank 24 hours before the armored car picks it up....