Industry Analysis
December 15, 2025 blogger Focus Article, Industry Analysis, Medicial Marijuana, Minnesota, Policy, regulatory, social equity, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, tribal nations, weed, withdrawal
Minnesota has one of the most progressive markets in the US to normalize cannabis. Liquor stores can sell certain hemp-derived THC products, and restaurants are serving THC drinks. They continue to introduce new ways as they roll out their adult-use market. Minnesota’s medical market has been in place since 2014; adult-use was legalized in 2023. […]
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December 11, 2025 blogger Business, Business Analysis, Industry Analysis, Medicial Marijuana, social equity, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
Social equity in cannabis looks different in every state. At MJBizCon, the people working hardest to open doors for others came together to trade insights and discuss what it really takes to succeed and get a leg up. Kicking off the session was Cash Color Cannabis founder Mehka King, who urged the room to keep […]
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December 9, 2025 blogger breeders, Cultivation, Focus Article, Industry Analysis, Medicial Marijuana, MJBizCon, Operations, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
Cutting cultivation costs was one of the loudest themes at this year’s MJBizCon. Michigan cultivator Kevin Kuethe, Chief Cultivation Officer at Lume, shared his strategy for combating price compression through genetics during a panel discussion titled “Mastering Genetics.” “The easiest way to do that is through more yield,” he told the crowd. “If you have […]
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December 3, 2025 blogger compliance, harris sliwaski, Industry Analysis, International, jason adelsotne, Legal, Medicial Marijuana, National, Policy, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
As the industry clings to the hope of rescheduling, legal chaos continues to intensify after Congress moved to close the hemp loophole. The new language, set to take effect next October, has many hemp beverage and edible companies scrambling for a Plan B. While the intent was to rein in intoxicating cannabinoids like THCV, the […]
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November 24, 2025 blogger consumer, Focus Article, ganjier, Growing, industry, Industry Analysis, Medicial Marijuana, product, quality, Retail, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
The experience in both wine and cannabis starts with ritual: swirling, inhaling, letting heat or air coax the plant’s chemistry to life. Where wine has long relied on sommeliers to guide that moment, cannabis has spent decades without an equivalent voice to explain how cultivation, curing, and preparation shape what a consumer feels. The emergence […]
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November 20, 2025 blogger Cultivation, Focus Article, genetics, Industry Analysis, Medicial Marijuana, quality, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, THC, weed, withdrawal
In cannabis, everything begins with genetics. Before lighting, curing, irrigation, or any cultivation technique, there is the seed. And within that seed lives more than chemistry. It holds history, culture, and potential. Genetics are the soul of cannabis. They determine whether a cultivar expresses citrus or earth, calm or clarity, relief or joy. They decide […]
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