Finding your Voice, When No One Can Hear You July 30, 2019 Patricia Rosi Marketing, Op-Ed 0 Comments Public opinion of cannabis is shifting rapidly with adult use cannabis legal in 10 states and 33 states have approved medical marijuana. But we wage a daily battle in our struggle to communicate. Most markets forbid the use of mass… Read More→
Who Is Going To Own “Medical Marijuana? Or: Those Who Define The Issue Win The Issue June 19, 2019 Doug Poretz Medical Marijuana, Op-Ed, Opinions 0 Comments In December 2018, Tilray (which Bloomberg described in their news coverage as a “Canadian pot firm”) announced a global partnership with a division of Swiss drug giant Novartis AG to develop and distribute its “medical marijuana” in legal jurisdictions around the world using the… Read More→
As the Car Industry is to Detroit … As Finance is to NY … And As Jazz is to New Orleans … Cannabis is to — Would You Believe? — Washington, DC. The Implications Are Enormous But Are You Heeding The Lessons? May 20, 2019 Doug Poretz Opinions 0 Comments Washington, DC, began establishing itself as the center of gravity for the U.S. cannabis industry in 1968. It had nothing to do with cannabis. It had everything to do with legendary entrepreneur Bill McGowan. For $50,000, he acquired controlling interest in – and… Read More→
No, Cannabis Does Not Do All Things For All People May 16, 2019 Joanna Zeiger Medical Marijuana, Op-Ed, Opinions 0 Comments By Joanne Zieger For most of my life I have had a complicated relationship with pain. You see, I’ve been an athlete for more than four decades, and for three of those I was considered “elite”. I raced as a… Read More→
It’s Far’s Far Too Soon To Think About Celebrating The Legitimacy of Cannabis Because The War On Pot Is Still Raging April 17, 2019 Doug Poretz News & Insights, Opinions 0 Comments By Doug Poretz The kneejerk reaction to a discussion about the cannabis industry is to be jubilant. After all, we see high growth among a wide segment of players from growers to lighting companies, a virtual tsunami of all sorts of… Read More→
Doing Battle With The Black Market in a Heavily Taxed State April 4, 2019 Rob Hendrix News & Insights, Op-Ed, Washington 0 Comments By Rob Hendrix Since August 2014, I have operated an I-502 State legal retail Cannabis shop in Central Washington State, in my hometown of Ellensburg. In those very early days, the Black Market was chuckling at the total ineptitude and ineffectiveness… Read More→
Harrop: Why Canadians rule the cannabis business March 11, 2019 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, News & Insights, Op-Ed, Opinions 0 Comments President Donald Trump routinely waves his fist at alleged unfair trade practices, including at the hands of our good neighbor Canada. But what about playing fields that are uneven because the U.S. government makes them so? Witness the cannabis industry.… Read More→
Looking Beyond Tax and Banking Bills to Establish Sustainable Solutions for California’s Complex Regulatory Challenges February 8, 2019 John Oram California, Opinions, The Buck Stops Here 0 Comments By Dr. John Oram Op-Ed More than a year after California became the sixth state to legalize adult-use marijuana, the legal cannabis industry has yet to live up to the high expectations envisioned by supporters of Proposition 64. The number… Read More→
Want to Envision The Future of The Cannabis Industry? Just Look at The Radio Business January 29, 2019 Doug Poretz News & Insights, Opinions 0 Comments By Doug Poretz Basic Premise #1: Fundamental changes in the way an industry is structured often ignite explosive and very disruptive changes in the very nature of that industry for all time. Basic Premise #2: Fundamental changes are going to come… Read More→
A Stock Symbol is not a Value Proposition November 19, 2018 Doug Poretz News & Insights, The Buck Stops Here 0 Comments By Doug Poretz I have a warning – a very serious heads-up – for all those who are part of the executive team of a publicly owned cannabis company: Do not let the tail wag the dog. A company’s ultimate… Read More→
Cannabis Industry Slow Rollouts and Consolidations to Drive Ancillary Partnerships, M&A November 5, 2018 Zachary Venegas Venegas Ancillary Businesses, Banking, Finance & Real Estate, The Buck Stops Here 0 Comments By: Zachary Venegas Analysts have predicted upwards of 20,000 business licenses and a potentially $21+ billion market in California alone by 2021. The massive growth implicit in such projections seems a far cry from the operating tempo of the legal… Read More→
What are the Prohibitionists saying in Michigan? October 28, 2018 Rob Meagher Michigan, Op-Ed, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Crain's Detroit recently published an op-ed written by prohibitionist Scott Greenlee, president of Greenlee Consulting and the Healthy and Productive Michigan campaign. The article raises valid points but is ripe with inaccuracies, "only part of the story" and fear mongering comments that render it… Read More→
Why Advocacy Needs to be a Part of Your Communications Strategy September 24, 2018 Shawna Seldon McGregor Marketing, Opinions, Organizations & Associations 0 Comments Heading into the November Midterms, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the myriad ways in which lawmakers and regulators affect our ability to do business in the legal cannabis sector—and how reaching those audiences needs to be an important… Read More→
Marijuana is not really legal in California if residents don’t have a reasonable way to buy it August 15, 2018 AggregatedNews California, Opinions 0 Comments California law allows adults to buy marijuana. It allows licensed businesses to deliver marijuana to customers, and it says specifically that cities and counties cannot prevent delivery services from traveling on public roads. Yet even though cities can’t stop deliveries… Read More→
The Federal Government has acknowledged a patent on a cannabis based pharmaceutical as a legitimate and useful medicine June 29, 2018 Mark Goldfogel Op-Ed, Opinions 1 Comment G.W. Pharmaceuticals accomplished a feat that is about to change the course of history. They achieved drug approval for a plant-based medicine related to cannabis for treatment of certain conditions in children! This doesn’t apply only to states that have… Read More→