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What Overturning Chevron Could Mean for Cannabis

January 23, 2024
Tom Hymes
Hemp Policy & Legal, News & Insights, Spotlight
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UPDATED HERE If the United States Supreme Court overturns the longstanding Chevron deference, which is not unlikely considering the mien of certain justices during recent oral arguments as well as a general antipathy to the doctrine that has developed over…

The Local/National Focus of Timeless Refinery

January 16, 2024
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Arizona-based Timeless Refinery, which celebrated its ten-year anniversary in 2023, is a self-funded multi-state lifestyle house of brands that owes its longevity to creating and sustaining a local following in every market it enters. As explained by President Josh Hirschey,…

SCOTUS Denies Certiorari to Dispensary Owner Seeking Citizenship (UPDATED)

January 10, 2024
Tom Hymes
Federal, Interstate Commerce, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Lost among the many, many cases denied certiorari by the United States Supreme Court in its order list for the week of Monday, January 8, 2024 was Reimers V. U.S. Citizen & Immigration Services, a case the plaintiff was desperately…

BDSA Augurs Cautious Optimism for 2024

As 2023 ends, the focus of the cannabis industry shifts to 2024 and the trends that will determine the health of individual markets, specific market sectors, and the overall industry, which could possibly see movement at the federal level in…

LeafLink Refocused (UPDATED)

December 11, 2023
Tom Hymes
News & Insights, Science and Technology, Spotlight, Supply Chain
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It has been about 18 months since Cannabis Business Executive profiled Artie Minson, who had just joined New York-based LeafLink after five years at WeWork, joining the executive team as the online cannabis wholesaler’s new president and chief operating officer.…

Kanha: Still Bullish on Thailand

December 5, 2023
Tom Hymes
Edibles & Infused Processors, News & Insights, Spotlight, Thailand
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It only took a year for Thailand’s cannabis economy, if you will, to create so much concern in the easygoing nation of 70 million that a newly elected government in September announced plans to “rectify” its predecessor’s nascent cannabis policy,…

Safe Harbor Financial’s Year of Living Dangerously

November 28, 2023
Tom Hymes
Banking, Finance & Real Estate, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Denver, Colorado-based Safe Harbor Financial (Nasdaq: SHFS) was profiled by Cannabis Business Executive back in February 2022, in the middle of a De-SPAC transaction that, once completed, would greatly expand the fintech platform’s reach and ability to provide its long-established…

Azuca Expands Its Reach & Product Offerings

Recently ranked no. 214 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America, New York-born and New Mexico-based Azuca has also added new products to its offerings since Cannabis Business Executive profiled the company in July of 2022.…

Is Germany’s Medical Market Primed to Explode?

Following the federal legalization of medical cannabis in Germany in 2017, there was obvious expectation among proponents of the plant that the medical program would in time pave the way for a robust adult-use program that would quickly become the…

Ohio’s Issue 2 passes to legalize recreational marijuana

Ohio voters have voted to legalize recreational marijuana, making it the 24th state to do so, Decision Desk HQ projects. The measure, known as Issue 2, will allow adults aged 21 and older to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana and grow up to…

Cannabis Litigation Alert: Commerce Clause Back on Blast

By Hilary Bricken Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services recommended to the Drug Enforcement Administration that cannabis be rescheduled on the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) from a I to a III. At the same time, the SAFER Banking…

FundCanna CEO Adam Stettner Sees a Resilient Cannabis Industry

October 17, 2023
Tom Hymes
Banking, Finance & Real Estate, News & Insights, Spotlight
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A lot has happened (or almost happened) since CBE profiled FundCanna in January, including an HHS recommendation to reschedule cannabis and the SAFER Banking Act advancing out of the Senate Banking Committee. Of course, during that same period, the cost…

Multistate Distro: Catching Up With Nabis

October 4, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Distribution, News & Insights, Spotlight
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It is always edifying getting caught up with a distributor, especially a cannabis wholesaler whose bones were built in the hardscrabble California markets, where buzzards get fat on the unwary, the unlucky, and the lazy. To that end, Cannabis Business…

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5 Freebies to Build Your Cannabis Brand’s B2B Email Marketing List

A proven method for cannabis brands to build their business-to-business (B2B) email marketing lists is to offer something for free. This type of freebie is referred to as a lead magnet. The goal is to offer a freebie that attracts…

Columbia Care Picks Up the Pieces Post-Cresco

September 12, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight
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It is almost an understatement to say that a lot has happened to New York-based Columbia Care Inc. (NEO: CCHW) (OTCQX: CCHWF) (FSE: 3LP) since Cannabis Business Executive last profiled the company in November 2021. Four months after that story…