5 Marketing Investments Cannabis Brands Should Prioritize in 2025

As the cannabis industry continues to evolve and mature, brands must adapt their marketing strategies to stay competitive and drive growth. If you invest wisely in your marketing efforts, you’ll…

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Earl Blumenauer’s unfinished weed business

The Oregon lawmaker has championed cannabis policy changes on Capitol Hill for nearly three decades. Half a century ago, a Republican hog farmer delivered the most convincing argument for cannabis…

5 Marketing Investments Cannabis Brands Should Prioritize in 2025

As the cannabis industry continues to evolve and mature, brands must adapt their marketing strategies to stay competitive and drive growth. If you invest wisely in your marketing efforts, you’ll…

Cannabis Took a Hit on Red Wednesday, but Hope Is On the Way

Reflecting multiple states rejection of marijuana legalization efforts and ushering in an administration seemingly hostile to cannabis, Red Wednesday revealed how uncertain regulatory policy, coupled with Herculean operational challenges, stripped…

Cannabis Potency Testing Needs to Be Done the Right Way for Consumer Protection

By Harold C. Smith is founder and CEO of Cannametrix, LLC An increasing number of people are drawn to explore cannabis as an alternative to traditional medicines. There may be…

‘Who knows what they’re going to do?’: US cannabis industry braces itself for Trump administration

The industry looks back wistfully on a past year of promise but little delivery, and wonders what next under Trump For those awaiting the end of cannabis prohibition in the US, 2024…

Virginia lawmakers renew push for legal cannabis marketplace

After Youngkin’s veto, bipartisan effort aims to regulate and tax adult-use marijuana, fueling debate over safety and economic benefits. Virginia lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce bipartisan legislation aimed at creating…

Appeals court ruling deals blow to Cannabis Commission

The appeals court, in a separate case, said the AMCC’s appeals process appears to be inadequate and not compliant with state laws. While upholding some actions taken by the Alabama…

Oregon Cannabis: State of the State (2024)

By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner Harris Sliwoski Welcome the ninth annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis. I feel like an old man. As compared to 2023, things this…