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Judge Approves ‘Fiore’ Settlement, Ending Injunction

December 2, 2023
Tom Hymes
Compliance and Regulations, Letters to the Editor, New York
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That penetrating sound emanating from New York Friday evening was the collective sigh of relief from hundreds of provisional CAURD licensees upon hearing the news that Supreme Court Judge Kevin Bryant has signed the stipulated settlement that had been reached…

6 Month Report/Update for CBE Press: What’s Next

After interviewing so many CEO's of pure play cannabis businesses, I thought I would report to you our readers, where CBE Press is six (6) months after our formal November 12, 2014 launch on and provide you with and update…

Last Word: It’s Going to Take More Than Morgan Freeman to Get People Focused on Legal Marijuana

Morgan Freeman has gotten a lot of people's attention. The Academy Award-winning actor, who has appeared in films like The Dark Knight, The Shawshank Redemption, and Bruce Almighty (where he played God), recently told The Daily Beast that marijuana should be "legalized across the board."…

Letters to the Editor

"Sometimes, Things Ain't What They Seem To Be": The Prequel A couple of months ago I published a story, "Sometimes, Things Ain't What They Seem To Be" (http://cbetotal.wpengine.com/2015/02/somethings-aint-always-seem/). Our policy at CBE Press is to accept any letter's to the…

Last Word – Why Does National Media Miss the Real News on Legalizing Marijuana?

Here's a headline I loved this week, courtesy of USA Today: A Year Later, No Refer Madness in Colorado. Yes, you know we're in a weird media age when what DOESN'T happen is big news according to one of America's…

Last Word: Colorado Newspaper Series Shows Just How Low Cannabis Opponents Will Go

I get that there are still a great many people out there who have not jumped on the marijuana legalization bandwagon. That's OK. Healthy debate over things we differ on is one of the things that made this country great. If…

Ask CBE… Really Just Ask or Make Suggestions!

With a long list of Cannabis Industry experts from a variety of disciplines, the Cannabis Business Executive advisory board members and contributors are available to provide best practice information to help you with the day-to-day issues that cannabis business owners…

The Cannabis Staffing Industry Goes to Pot

One of the unique things about the Cannabis Industry is the clear sailing many companies have found when it comes to starting ancillary product and service offerings to serve the expanding base of licensed Producers, Processors and Retailers serving both…

Trade Show Mania: Are Cannabis Industry Events Just Getting Over Saturated?

February 23, 2015
Rob Meagher
Letters to the Editor, News & Insights, Opinions
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Holy cow, which Cannabis Industry trade show, seminar, conference, meeting, networking event should I attend or exhibit at this year to get the biggest bang for my buck? If you are having difficulty answering this question, so am I, and…

Last Word – Is It Finally Time For a Pro-Legalization Senator From the Golden State?

Does it matter that the frontrunner to replace Barbara Boxer as the next U.S. Senator from California says she has “no moral objection” to legalizing the recreational use of marijuana? Given that California is expected to legalize adult-use marijuana fairly soon,…

IT and the Bottomline

By Rob Meagher Back in 1994, Al Gore had yet to discover the Internet and I was Publisher of Financial World (FW), a bi-weekly magazine that made its name publishing the company story (our editor at the time was Geof…

Last Word: Will Congress Really Let Washington, D.C. Become “The Wild West of Marijuana?”

Leave it to The Washington Post to perfectly capture what the District of Columbia is going to be like when marijuana legalization kicks in next week. Yes, there's a good chance that Washington, D.C. WILL be "the Wild West of marijuana."…

What, Scooped by Another? I beg to differ!

Last week, while setting up an interview with a lab testing service CEO to do their company story, the CEO complimented what we are doing here at CBE Press, and then they mentioned that MJ Freeway, a non-publisher, constantly scooped…

Sometimes, Things Aren’t Always What They Seem to Be

Editor's Note: Last week, an email came across my desk that, I thought, would change the Cannabis Industry. Americanex, a Colorado based start-up that also lists offices in Florida and California, issued a press release that read.... From: Amercanex [mailto:[email protected]]…

Human Capital Management for Cannabis Producers, Processors and Retailers

Now that CBE Press has established itself as a one stop source for buyer's (producers, processors and retailers) and sellers (ancillary service providers) to stay abreast of and share industry best practices and benchmarks, we are happy to introduce our…

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