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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Limiting Marijuana Licenses Benefits Only Multistate Operators

Dec 22, 2021 |

Cannabis legalization has taken many paths as it sweeps across the United States. Colorado and Washington state took the first stab at regulating cultivation, infused products, manufacturing and retail for medical and then adult use. Almost 10 years later, their...

Common Citizen Launches Principle Product Line

Dec 21, 2021 | ,

Common Citizen announced the launch of its Principle product line with all net proceeds going back to the communities Common Citizen serves. Principle cannabis is now available in a single, one-gram pre-roll in a decorative tin at Common Citizen’s retail locations....

C3 Industries Expands To Missouri

Dec 16, 2021 | , ,

C3 Industries is expanding its operations to St. Lous, Missouri, and also partnering with another company on a cultivation operation in O’Fallon. “I think Missouri is a rather competitive market,” said C3 Industries CEO Ankur Rungta. “We think there is a healthy...