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Busting the Top 10 Myths About ESOPs: Why Cannabis Business Owners Can’t Afford to Ignore Them

In cannabis, it sometimes feels like every financial conversation ends the same way: “If not for 280E, we’d be thriving.” That line gets repeated in boardrooms and investor decks across the country, and for good reason. Section 280E has choked margins, slowed growth, and kept great operators from building real wealth. What most people don’t […]

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How ESOPs Can Save Cannabis Businesses A Ton of Money While Doing Good

In cannabis, it sometimes feels like every financial conversation ends the same way: “If not for 280E, we’d be thriving.” That line gets repeated in boardrooms and investor decks across the country, and for good reason. Section 280E has choked margins, slowed growth, and kept great operators from building real wealth. What most people don’t […]

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How Cannabis Moves Around the World: Inside the Global Supply Chain

Global cannabis trade is well underway as legalized countries move forward to establish a supply chain infrastructure in a newly formed and rapidly evolving industry. At the forefront of transportation logistics is Cannabilog, an Israeli company led by pharmaceutical industry veteran Yoram Eshel. In an interview, he shared his playbook for building a compliant, efficient, […]

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Why America Needs a National Medical Cannabis Program, Now

The cannabis industry’s fragmented foundation is creating a host of problems tied to the lack of federal legalization. Many experts believe that without a national medical cannabis framework, the future of cannabis as a medicine in America could leave patients unprotected, research underfunded, and the industry consumed by unchecked commercial interests. Few voices have been […]

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Taking Cannabis Global: Inside Somai Pharmaceuticals’ Multi-Country Strategy

In an industry defined by local operators struggling to stay afloat and confined within their borders, Michael Sassano, founder and CEO of Somai Pharmaceuticals, has created a blueprint for scaling cannabis worldwide with pharmaceutical discipline and regulatory agility. With headquarters in Lisbon and operations in 12 countries today, Somai is preparing to reach 18 by […]

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Sustainability in Cannabis Packaging: Balancing Preservation and Environmental Impact

Even a cursory review of cannabis reveals that the market has been notoriously wasteful, polluting the environment with chemical fertilizers, misused pesticides, contaminated plants, and—perhaps most problematically—thoughtlessly excessive packaging. The industry is in dire need of sustainable practices, and the easiest way to start an impactful new trend is from the outside in: a.k.a., adjusting […]

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Cannabis in Texas: A Look Ahead to Legalization and Beyond

A Uniquely Texas Approach to Cannabis The last few decades have seen the United States move forward state-by-state with the legalization of cannabis. Every state is charting its own unique path, and nowhere is this truer than with the state of Texas. The Lone Star State has made its way from being staunchly anti-cannabis to […]

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Employee Management & Human Resources: An Often-Overlooked Part of Building a Business

Well before cannabis businesses win a license application, they need to have traditional business plans outlining how they’ll run the company. While this obviously includes things like the property, the building, products and inventory, it also includes a lot of things that are often overlooked: things like payroll, human resources and employee management. Before a […]

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Texas Takes Advantage of the 2018 Farm Bill

When Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 339, also known as the Texas Compassionate Use Act, into law in 2015, many Texans expressed frustration. The purpose of the act was to allow the THC treatment of illness via prescription, opening up the state’s medicinal cannabis market. However, the act authorized only low-THC cannabis oil […]

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Lone Star Cannabis: What’s Holding Texas Back?

Adult-use cannabis has gained steam across the nation as more and more states jump on the legalization train. As of the writing of this article, 23 states have legalized adult-use while another 15 have allowed the sale of cannabis for medicinal purposes, for a total of 38 green states. Meanwhile, Texas still has stiff penalties […]

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