What If We Regulated Alcohol Like Cannabis? The Hypocrisy of Legal Weed Laws
Booze, Meet Your New Landlord Here’s a thought experiment guaranteed to make a package-store owner choke on his own product. Take every rule we’ve bolted onto legal cannabis: ID checks on every sale, cameras on every transaction, lab tests on every batch, no kids through the door, a buffer between the shop and the schoolyard. […]
Why Making Cannabis Illegal Again Will Trigger an American Economic Disaster
It smells like weed everhwere. We should ban it. Wait, you think weed and cannabis smells will go away if you make it illegal or repeal state legalization measures? Really? People will just stop smoking and using cannabis if it is illegal, huh? Where have I heard that before? Guess what? The genie is out […]
How LEEF Brands Is Building Its Cannabis Business for the Next Market
Micah Anderson has spent nearly three decades in California cannabis, beginning as a cultivator in Mendocino County and eventually becoming CEO of publicly traded LEEF Brands. Today, the company is focused on building a large-scale cannabis supply chain that combines outdoor cultivation with concentrate manufacturing. Its strategy centers on controlling production costs, securing clean biomass, […]
What Your Dispensary’s POS Data Doesn’t Tell You About Your Customers
A dispensary’s point-of-sale system keeps the most complete record in the building. It knows the SKU, price, discount, time of day, the budtender who rang it up, and, if the customer is enrolled in loyalty, who they are and how often they return. For inventory, reorders, promotions, and compliance reporting, that record is exactly what […]
The Secret Playbook Stalling Marijuana Rescheduling (And Why Congress Must Act by Dec 11th)
According to the Playbook: Why Congress Is the Only Override Button On Friday, October 9, the Justice Department and the people suing to block marijuana rescheduling filed a joint proposal with the D.C. Circuit. If the court agrees, briefing wraps by mid-February 2027, with final briefs on February 19, and oral argument lands before the […]
Why Prisons Should Give Inmates Weed to Stop the K2 Crisis – A Crazy Idea with Sane Numbers
Pot for Prisoners: A Crazy Idea With Sane Numbers Derek Jason LeCompte has been locked up in New Jersey for 27 years. In a recent essay for the Prison Journalism Project, republished by Marijuana Moment, he describes walking into his cell to find his cellmate babbling, eyes unfocused, the whole place reeking of burnt paper. […]
The December 11th Hemp Ban: Why the Government is Erasing a $28 Billion Industry
The War on Drugs, on Steroids: What Happens When We Ban a $28 Billion Industry On December 11th, a very large chunk of the American economy is scheduled to become a federal crime, and almost nobody outside the hemp aisle seems to be talking about it. Here is the setup. The 2018 Farm Bill legalized […]
Why Your Weed is Losing Potency While You Sleep (And How the Freezer Can Save It)
The Silent Killer of Your Stash: Why THC Disappears From Your Weed While You Sleep (And what you can do about it) If you’ve ever forgotten about your weed in a corner of your home, only to find it again months later, you might have wondered if it’s still potent at all. After all, no […]
How Medical Cannabis Helps With Crohn’s Disease
Does medical cannabis help with Crohn’s disease? Cannabis may help patients with Crohn’s disease manage several symptoms, including abdominal pain, cramping, appetite problems, and sleep difficulties. Medical cannabis offers an alternative option for symptom management for people dealing with the persistent discomfort and disruption caused by Crohn’s. Here’s what the research says and how cannabis […]
CDC Data Proves Teen Cannabis Use Dropped 44% After Legalization
Prohibitionists Aren’t Going to Like This One For fifty years the argument against legal cannabis has had one load-bearing wall: “What about the children?” Every other objection, from traffic safety to potency, leans on it. So let me stack the data against it, and then tell you honestly where the data runs out, because it […]