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 […]
Engineering Consistency: Inside the Push for GMP-Compliant Cannabis
As cannabis becomes a globally traded medical commodity, cGMP compliance is reshaping how it is grown, handled, and transported. For operators working with imported biomass, controlling contamination and ensuring consistency across supply chains has become a defining challenge. That challenge was a central focus at the International Cannabis Business Conference in Berlin, where a panel […]
Inconsistent Messaging Is a Compliance Risk. Full Stop.
Picture the moment a cannabis company’s compliance team gets copied on an email from a banking partner’s risk officer. The subject line says “Questions re: public materials.” Attached is a spreadsheet. On one side, language from the company’s Florida medical dispensary website. On the other, language from the California recreational site, the New Jersey acquisition […]
Trump’s Schedule III Shuffle: A Nothing Burger With Pharma Sauce
Let’s get one thing straight before the spin machine buries it: the federal rescheduling of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III did not happen because Donald Trump had a change of heart about the plant. He didn’t wake up one morning with a profound respect for the 50-year fight cannabis advocates have waged against […]