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Minnesota Continues To Break New Ground in Cannabis

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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Raising The Advocacy Spirit At MJBiz

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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Inside New York’s Cannabis Rollout: What’s Working, What’s Not

November 13, 2025 blogger b2b, business of cannabis, Medicial Marijuana, New York, Policy, social equity, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, trade show, weed, withdrawal

A panel discussion at the recent Business of Cannabis event in NYC analyzed the serious issues still facing the industry rollout in New York. What has been touted as a social equity-first initiative has been riddled with significant challenges and lawsuits. To date, the Office of Cannabis Management has awarded 56% of licenses to those […]

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Trenton Makes The World Takes: A Q&A with Tahir Johnson, CEO of Simply Pure Trenton

August 7, 2023 blogger analysis, analytics, BIPOC, black, Business, Business Analysis, cannabis, compliance, Conference, consumer, CQC, CQCExpo, Dispensaries & Retail, dispensary, Dockery, drug, empowerment, entrepreneur, Federal, government, Growing, industry, James, John, Johnson, Law, Legal, legalization, Legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, Medical, Medicial Marijuana, Medicine, New Jersey, NJ, Operations, Parsippany, quality, regulation, regulatory, Retail, Simply Pure, social equity, state, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Tahir, Tahir Johnson, test, Trenton, Wanda, war, weed, withdrawal

Tahir Johnson is the founder and CEO of Simply Pure Trenton, the first black-owned social equity dispensary to receive a license in New Jersey. He’s a well-known cannabis advocate who’s held leadership roles at the Marijuana Policy Project, the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) and the United States Cannabis Council. Tahir was born and raised […]

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The Story of 5th House Farms: Economic Empowerment & Equity in Cannabis

March 22, 2023 blogger 3, 5th House Farms, analysis, analytics, BIPOC, black, black-owned, Business, Business Analysis, cannabis, Carlondo Mitchell, cart, concentrate, Concentrates & Extracts, consumer, Cultivation, Cultivation & Growing, dispensaries, economic, Edibles & Processing, empowerment, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial, extract, extraction, government, Growing, industry, legalization, Legalize, license, marijuana, market, Medical, Medicial Marijuana, Operations, producer, product, Product Development, quality, Recreational, Retail, Rochester, social equity, state, states, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, success, tier three, vape, war on drugs, Washington, weed, withdrawal

Based in Rochester along the I-5 corridor in western Washington is 5th House Farms, a black-owned cultivation and processing company. Founded in 2016 by a BIPOC family with a tier three producer license, the company has quietly built an impressive brand success story in the state. Coming from an economically-disadvantaged background, Carlondo Mitchell, owner of […]

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Adult Use Cannabis Begins in Compassionate Connecticut

March 15, 2023 blogger 280e, AB FinWright, access, analysis, analytics, Business, Business Analysis, cannabis, compliance, Connecticut, consumer, CQC, CQCExpo, CT, Cultivation, Cultivation & Growing, Dispensaries & Retail, dispensary, Edibles & Processing, extraction, Federal, fees, government, Growing, industry, Law, Legal, legalization, Legalize, legislation, license, licensee, licenses, licensing, marijuana, market, Medical, Medicial Marijuana, Medicine, Nutmeg State, Operations, patient, product, program, quality, Recreational, regulation, Regulations, regulatory, Retail, social equity, state, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Tax, taxes, weed, withdrawal

On January 10, 2023, Connecticut joined those states in our union that have opened their doors to adult use cannabis sales. Seven dispensaries stepped through those doors and by January 31, Connecticut had recorded $5.1 million in adult use sales, plus an additional $8.2 million in medical sales for a total of $13.3 million. Like […]

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New Jersey’s Careful Approach to Cannabis: Part Two

February 20, 2023 blogger 280e, AB FinWright, analysis, analytics, Business, Business Analysis, cannabis, compliance, consumer, CQC, CQCExpo, CRC, Cultivation, dispensary, excise, extraction, Federal, government, Growing, industry, laboratories, laboratory, Law, Legal, legalization, Legalize, legislation, license, licensing, marijuana, market, Medical, Medicial Marijuana, Medicine, New Jersey, New York, NJ, NJ Division of Taxation, product, quality, Recreational, regulation, Regulations, regulatory, Retail, sales, social equity, state, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, Tax, taxes, taxing, weed, withdrawal

Click here to read Part One where we examined the state of the market, licensing, approvals and sales. Part Two delves into all things taxes. A “Raft” of Taxes Like New York, New Jersey cannabis companies will be dealing with a raft of taxes: Federal Section 280E: Will It Apply in New Jersey? Well … […]

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