As everyone in the cannabis industry now knows, on July 14, 2021, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced the long awaited proposed Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, weighing in at 163 pages. The public can comment on the bill until September 1. In general,...
Yesterday a major special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger announcement made some exciting news in cannabis. The Nasdaq-listed SPAC agreed to merge with four different US cannabis companies that are growing, processing and selling state-legal cannabis, with an over $200 million value. But the SPAC...
On this day a year ago, I uploaded a post entitled, "Coronavirus Impacting Cannabis Industry." In fact it was my first post on the virus. It started as follows: "It is about all anyone is talking about, understandably." Mostly it was discussing the closing of travel...
Is the number 3884 magic? It is if you are a supporter of legalizing adult use of cannabis in the United States. That is because HR 3884 is the bill the House of Representatives just passed by a party-line vote of 228-164* to federally decriminalize...
While a few states' efforts to move ahead with voter referendums on legalizing cannabis have been stalled or frustrated by the global pandemic, at least six states will be voting on some form of legalization of cannabis this year. As of now, Arizona, South Dakota,...
As my faithful blogees may have noticed, I did not post an update last week. Why? Because business is getting busy! Plus, I think moving to every other week as we transition into the next phase of dealing with the pandemic makes sense. Since our...
Salutations and happy corona-April Fool's Day (a seemingly serious post that New York was about to ban liquor sales made the rounds and scared a few). We continue to think positively about the world and our cannabis industry in this challenging time. Here is today's...
I hope you are all staying safe and social distancing amid all this craziness. Here is today's quick update on information about our industry and its response to the coronavirus crisis. Canadian sales are up. Call it hoarding. Call it search for calm. Or escape. Or...
It is about all anyone is talking about, understandably. Mostly the fear of the unknown and the inconsistent messaging from some officials are driving the intense focus on the coronavirus, which has now been labeled a global pandemic. What we know for sure is how...
The newest Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Stephen Hahn, took office in December. Many have been worried about prior FDA leaders' concerns about cannabidiol (CBD)-infused food and beverage products and their apparent delay in determining whether to permit these products to be sold legally following...