Medicial Marijuana
Is Big Corporate Cannabis The Only Winner in Trump’s Cannabis State-Level Rescheduling?
Is Big Cannabis the Only Way Forward With Trump’s Changes to Weed? For many years, mom-and-pop businesses, together with small cannabis growers, independent dispensaries, and legacy operators pushed the cannabis movement to where it is today. Of course, we recognize that there were many important big players too, but they certainly were responsible for helping […]
Study Shows Consumers Want Clean Cannabis
Legalization has been framed as a turning point for cannabis safety, transparency, and adoption for years, but now, over a decade since recreational cannabis sales began, American consumers are taking a closer look and asking tougher questions about whether the industry is living up to that standard. What’s becoming clear is this: consumers are ready […]
You Were Promised Cannabis Legalization, but You Got a Press Release Instead
A federally funded study confirms what cannabis consumers already knew: the people want full reform, not a scheduling tweak Let me start with what the data actually says. A study published in the journal Addiction — funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a branch of the federal government — analyzed 42,913 public comments […]
The DEA to Cannabis Businesses: Sign Here to Confess You’re a Drug Trafficker
The federal government has spent the better part of a century treating cannabis like a public menace. Now, in what passes for progress, they have handed the industry a lifeline with one hand and a loaded gun with the other. Welcome to the DEA’s Schedule III registration portal — where signing up for legal protection […]
CSQ Launches EU GMP Tool to Help Cannabis Businesses Break Into European Markets
As U.S. cannabis rescheduling moves forward and export opportunities to the European Union become available, a new certification tool to help producers prove their products meet EU standards and fight back against supply chain fraud is now available. CSQ (Cannabis Safety & Quality), the first ANAB-accredited cannabis and hemp safety and quality certification program, announced […]
Why are Teens Smoking Less Weed? (Hint: It’s Not the Law)
The prohibitionists had a prediction. Legalize cannabis for adults and you’d unleash a wave of teenage stoners, a generation of red-eyed, academically ruined adolescents stumbling toward society’s exit. It was the rallying cry for decades of opposition, the rhetorical trump card pulled out every time a legalization ballot measure threatened to pass. The data, once […]
Germination Guarantee : How One Grower Tracked the Most Important Variable in Ordering Cannabis Seeds
A Hat Tip to the Grower Who Did What Nobody Else Bothered To Do There’s a certain type of person in the cannabis community who doesn’t just consume information — they generate it. They spend their own money, keep actual notes, track results over time, and then hand the whole thing to strangers on the […]
Trump Signed the Psychedelic Order, Now What?
On April 18, 2026, Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office surrounded by RFK Jr., Dr. Oz, Joe Rogan, and a former Navy SEAL. He joked about wanting some ibogaine himself. The press had a field day. Advocates declared victory. Critics called it theater. I want to do something different and actually […]
Why Understanding True Manufacturing Costs Is Essential for Cannabis Business Survival
The U.S. cannabis industry generated more than $30 billion in regulated sales in 2025, yet profitability has become harder to predict. According to a recent national index report by Cannabis Benchmarks, wholesale pricing remains volatile, recently fluctuating between approximately $987 and $1,007 per pound. In an environment where pricing moves faster than cost structures adapt, […]
What You Need to Know about Trump’s Medical Cannabis State-Level Rescheduling
Rescheduling Marijuana: The Latest Updates Is rescheduling marijuana going to happen sooner than we think? Possibly so! Over the last few days, federal action on rescheduling cannabis was no longer speculative: it became reality quicker than we thought. Foundations of the industry are changing in real time! Here’s what you need to know about what […]