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Munchies of Choice Vary Between States’ Edibles Consumers

We smoke, vape and slather our weed. We affix patches infused with THC to our arms. And more and more of us, too, eat our reefer. So far during 2018, edibles sales in major states garnered 15 percent of market…

Live Resin Enthusiasm Rises Nationwide

September 10, 2018
Doug Brown
Cannabis & Hemp Research, Processing, Retail
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As we have covered rather extensively for two years, vapes rule in California, with market share for concentrates vaulting from 79 percent in January of this year to 85 percent in July according to cannabis market research firm BDS Analytics.…

Confused About Background Checks in California? Read This

September 6, 2018
AggregatedNews
California
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California is rife with regulation of how employers may obtain and consider background check information for use in hiring and personnel decisions. The relatively new California ban-the-box law (effective Jan. 1, 2018) and the older Los Angeles and San Francisco…

Infused Pre-Rolls Fizzle in CA, Light-Up in CO, OR

August 27, 2018
Doug Brown
Cultivation
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Back in the Wild West days, before California enacted adult-use sales as well as a much more comprehensive regulatory structure, it was the land of the infused pre-rolled joint. For all of 2017, for example, pre-rolls — joints that in…

Candy Rises, Chocolates Fall, During CA First Six Months

When California launched legal adult-use sales on January 1 of this year, with massive international news coverage and heated anticipation regarding sales, people wondered not only about how much marijuana consumers would buy. Questions about what kinds of products, too,…

Balms, Lubes, Patches: The State(s) of Topicals

As the cannabis market matures across the second decade of the 21st century, some aspects of the industry, such as flower’s lead (albeit steadily diminishing) in market share, are likely to hold steady. But the cannabis market is ever-evolving. By…

Cresco Labs Announces Massive Expansion to California, Arizona and Nevada Product Line will be Available by End of Year

PRESS RELEASE (Chicago, IL) Midwest-based Cresco Labs announced acquisition and expansion plans today adding three new markets, one medical and two adult-access states, to their already impressive operational presence in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Cresco Labs will be launching vertically-integrated…

Candy Sweetens Cannabis Edibles Market

Candy rules the edibles market, and it always has. But within the candy category, which includes gummies, mints, hard candy, caramels and more, trends diverge between states according to data from cannabis market research firm BDS Analytics. But one candy,…

Cannabis Beverages Modest Market, But Thirst Growing

The cannabis beverage market is not large, compared to categories like flower and concentrates — less than one percent of all cannabis sales in Colorado, Oregon and California were spent on beverages during April of this year, for example. But…

What’s Cheap? Depends Upon Where the Sales Takes Place

How much is that bag of Kosher Kush-infused gummies in the window? Among other things, it depends upon the state from which the tropical-fruit gummies are purchased. Colorado? Ouch. The average gummy product — most of which are packages containing…

Distillate Rises From Depths to Beat Oil In Vapes

When vapes hit the market, the style of vape cartridge filled with cannabis oil dominated sales. While the vape marketplace included products like distillate and Live Resin cartridges, the straightforward oil was No. 1. Just two years ago, during the…

Prices Swing — And Some Prices Are Better Than Others

Savvy dispensary owners, manufacturers and consumers anticipated significant price variation in the months following California’s launch into recreational marijuana. Most people expected prices to rise, and they did, for nearly everything sold through a dispensary. The rise of prices across…

How High Are Recreational Marijuana Taxes in Your State?

As public opinion increasingly favors the legalization of recreational marijuana, a growing number of states must determine how to tax legal sales of cannabis. To date, nine states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington) and the District…

High-CBD Edibles Juicing Growth in CO, OR

April 23, 2018
Doug Brown
Processing
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The cannabinoid CBD garners increasingly more national attention with every passing quarter, as products land on mainstream (as opposed to licensed dispensary) store shelves, people buy the products online and the press devotes more coverage to the ins and outs…

Legal Marijuana States Seek Meeting With Jeff Sessions

California, Oregon and other marijuana-friendly states are seeking a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in hopes of resolving the conflict between federal and state laws that has left the nation’s cannabis industry in legal limbo. Marijuana is illegal…