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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 […]
Yes, Cannabis Beverages are Replacing Alcohol…and the Numbers are Staggering!
Cannabis Beverages Are Replacing Alcohol … And the numbers are striking! Fewer people than ever are drinking alcohol. You might even be noticing the change that yes, some people still drink, but they’re drinking something else: cannabis beverages instead of harmful alcohol. Booze was once the dominant social lubricant of choice for bars, social circles, […]
How to Evaluate Cannabis Packaging Suppliers Before You Commit
Cannabis packaging decisions have downstream consequences for compliance, operations, customer perception, and margins. This article offers a practical framework for evaluating packaging suppliers across five dimensions: compliance, product quality, operational fit, customization, and partnership reliability. It closes with a pre-commitment checklist that operators can use before signing any supplier agreement. Cannabis packaging is no longer […]
420 Consciousness and the War Machine – When Opposites Collide
Every April 20th, somewhere between the smell of smoke and the echo of Bob Marley drifting from a Bluetooth speaker, a quiet act of cultural defiance plays out. Most people call it a holiday. I call it a reminder. A reminder that the same plant governments spent 50-plus years criminalizing, demonizing, and weaponizing against their […]
Are The Feds Finally Going To Let Medicare Cover CBD and Even THC?
According to a recent article by Marijuana Moment, the United States government has made final a rule allowing specific hemp products to be offered with coverage based on the Medicare Advantage plan. Based on the ruling, products that are legal federally as well as at the state level can be reimbursed, which is a huge […]
Move Over Flower, Pre-roll is King
Driven by innovation and convenience, pre-roll sales in 2025 not only had the strongest growth of any major category, topping $3.6 billion in sales and moving 383 million units, but supplanted flower as the most units sold for the first time in the industry’s history, according to a new report from Custom Cones USA. It’s […]