Kanha: Still Bullish on Thailand December 5, 2023 Tom Hymes Edibles & Infused Processors, News & Insights, Spotlight, Thailand 0 Comments It only took a year for Thailand’s cannabis economy, if you will, to create so much concern in the easygoing nation of 70 million that a newly elected government in September announced plans to “rectify” its predecessor’s nascent cannabis policy,… Read More→
Safe Harbor Financial’s Year of Living Dangerously November 28, 2023 Tom Hymes Banking, Finance & Real Estate, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Denver, Colorado-based Safe Harbor Financial (Nasdaq: SHFS) was profiled by Cannabis Business Executive back in February 2022, in the middle of a De-SPAC transaction that, once completed, would greatly expand the fintech platform’s reach and ability to provide its long-established… Read More→
Azuca Expands Its Reach & Product Offerings November 16, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Spotlight 0 Comments Recently ranked no. 214 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America, New York-born and New Mexico-based Azuca has also added new products to its offerings since Cannabis Business Executive profiled the company in July of 2022.… Read More→
Is Germany’s Medical Market Primed to Explode? November 14, 2023 Tom Hymes Germany, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Following the federal legalization of medical cannabis in Germany in 2017, there was obvious expectation among proponents of the plant that the medical program would in time pave the way for a robust adult-use program that would quickly become the… Read More→
Ohio’s Issue 2 passes to legalize recreational marijuana November 8, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio, Spotlight 0 Comments Ohio voters have voted to legalize recreational marijuana, making it the 24th state to do so, Decision Desk HQ projects. The measure, known as Issue 2, will allow adults aged 21 and older to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana and grow up to… Read More→
Cannabis Litigation Alert: Commerce Clause Back on Blast October 30, 2023 Hilary Bricken Federal, Interstate Commerce, Spotlight 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services recommended to the Drug Enforcement Administration that cannabis be rescheduled on the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) from a I to a III. At the same time, the SAFER Banking… Read More→
FundCanna CEO Adam Stettner Sees a Resilient Cannabis Industry October 17, 2023 Tom Hymes Banking, Finance & Real Estate, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments A lot has happened (or almost happened) since CBE profiled FundCanna in January, including an HHS recommendation to reschedule cannabis and the SAFER Banking Act advancing out of the Senate Banking Committee. Of course, during that same period, the cost… Read More→
Multistate Distro: Catching Up With Nabis October 4, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Distribution, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments It is always edifying getting caught up with a distributor, especially a cannabis wholesaler whose bones were built in the hardscrabble California markets, where buzzards get fat on the unwary, the unlucky, and the lazy. To that end, Cannabis Business… Read More→
5 Freebies to Build Your Cannabis Brand’s B2B Email Marketing List September 26, 2023 Susan Gunelius Marketing, Spotlight 0 Comments A proven method for cannabis brands to build their business-to-business (B2B) email marketing lists is to offer something for free. This type of freebie is referred to as a lead magnet. The goal is to offer a freebie that attracts… Read More→
Columbia Care Picks Up the Pieces Post-Cresco September 12, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments It is almost an understatement to say that a lot has happened to New York-based Columbia Care Inc. (NEO: CCHW) (OTCQX: CCHWF) (FSE: 3LP) since Cannabis Business Executive last profiled the company in November 2021. Four months after that story… Read More→
NORML’s 50-Year Fight to Deschedule Cannabis September 7, 2023 Tom Hymes Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments As much as NORML has been in the cannabis spotlight as the preeminent organization fighting to normalize a plant that has helped so many of us so profoundly, a whispered consensus could likely be found that its day has come… Read More→
Slightly higher times: Biden administration moves to loosen weed restrictions August 30, 2023 AggregatedNews Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Spotlight 0 Comments The recommendation is the result of a yearlong review initiated by the president. The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is recommending that the Drug Enforcement Agency significantly loosen federal restrictions on marijuana but stopped short of advising… Read More→
Building Story Cannabis: A Conversation with Founder Jason Vedadi August 29, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Arizona-based Story Cannabis was founded in June of 2022 by entrepreneur Jason Vedadi in what could be seen as the third act of his cannabis career, which has included significant stops at Harvest Health and Recreation and Oasis, the latter… Read More→
Cannabis Retailer Denied Citizenship Plans SCOTUS Appeal August 24, 2023 Tom Hymes Interstate Commerce, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments In response to a ruling in June by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirming a lower court summary judgment denying Maria Elena Reimers the right to become a naturalized citizen, a lawyer for the Washington… Read More→
Judge Bryant Grants Injunction But Exempts Certain CAURD Licensees – UPDATED August 21, 2023 Tom Hymes Compliance and Regulations, New York, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments UPDATED The defendants in Fiore v. NYSCCB on Thursday appealed the case to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the Third Judicial Department. "Defendants appeal from the 8/18/23 Decision & Order of the Hon. Kevin Bryant, granting in… Read More→