California’s legal weed industry can’t compete with illicit market October 24, 2021 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Local government opposition, high taxes and competition from unlicensed businesses are complicating the state's push to build a thriving legal market. LOS ANGELES — California’s cannabis market is booming nearly five years after voters legalized recreational weed. But there’s a… Read More→
Is Your Cannabis Billboard DCC Compliant in California? October 13, 2021 Tiffiny Walls-Fox California 0 Comments By Tiffiny Fox Every cannabis-related enterprise working to build a legitimate business in California must operate within the regulations established by the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC). This includes the recent restrictions placed on billboard advertising by the Bureau of… Read More→
It’s official: California legalizes CBD (but not delta-8 THC) October 9, 2021 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, News & Insights 0 Comments Hemp CBD—but not delta-8 THC—is legal for retail sale in California, pending specific regulations to come from the Department of Public Health in a few months. Blockbuster hemp ingredient CBD is now officially legal in California in dietary supplements, foods,… Read More→
Newsom vetoes bill that would have allowed cannabis advertising on freeway billboards October 9, 2021 AggregatedNews Marketing 0 Comments Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation Friday that would have allowed cannabis products to be advertised on freeway billboards in most of California, a bill that sought to negate a court order in November that had banned the signs. The bill… Read More→
Industrial Hemp Products, Including CBD, are Finally Legit in California September 16, 2021 Hilary Bricken California, Hemp Business Executive, Spotlight 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken, Principle at Harris Bricken Many people ignore or just don’t want to believe the fact that, until recently, California was a bit of a villain when it comes to the manufacture, distribution, and sale of industrial hemp… Read More→
California high court: Inmates can’t have cannabis in prison August 13, 2021 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Prison inmates can’t legally possess marijuana under California’s law allowing recreational pot, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in overturning a lower court that found prisoners could have the drug as long as they didn’t consume it.… Read More→
Building a National Brand One Kanha Gummy at a Time: A Conversation with Sunderstorm President Keith Cich August 4, 2021 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight 1 Comment CBE recently spoke with Sunderstorm co-founder and president Keith Cich about the company’s ongoing commitment to improve upon its already popular Kanha gummy, plans to expand production and distribution into more states, and the inevitable addition of new SKUs to… Read More→
California cannabis company sues Tennessee Titans’ Julio Jones, others July 30, 2021 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments NASHVILLE — Tennessee Titans wide receiver Julio Jones is facing allegations of illegally harvesting and selling millions of dollars of cannabis in California, according to court records. California-based cannabis company Genetixs filed the suit earlier this month against a handful… Read More→
Illegal cannabis growers are stealing water amid California’s drought, officials say July 28, 2021 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments California’s deepening drought is creating another big problem for authorities: water theft. Water thieves, many of them illegal marijuana growers, are tapping into fire hydrants and drilling unauthorized water wells, according to officials, threatening the water supply for residents. In… Read More→
The Minefield of California Cannabis Labels July 14, 2021 AggregatedNews California, Packaging 0 Comments by Griffen Thorne, Attorney @ Harris Bricken Over the last few years, I’ve been asked to review dozens and dozens of mockup cannabis labeling material to see whether they comply with California’s complex cannabis labeling requirements. I can’t recall a… Read More→
HERBL CEO Mike Beaudry Sees a Natural (Food) Arc in Cannabis Distribution July 6, 2021 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Distribution, Spotlight, Supply Chain 0 Comments In California, the nation’s largest legal (and traditional) cannabis market, distribution, the literal lifeline of any CPG industry, is kind of a free-for-all. If you want to do it, get a license, and do it. Whatever floats your boat. It… Read More→
Planet 13 Puts Its Big Foot Down in Southern California June 28, 2021 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, Retail 0 Comments California is about to experience Planet 13 up close and personal when the Las Vegas, Nevada-based company officially opens its Orange County superstore on July 1. To commemorate the occasion, Planet 13 threw a media and friends bash on Thursday,… Read More→
CEO Josh Genderson Discusses Holistic Industries’ Privately Funded Trajectory of Growth June 16, 2021 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight 0 Comments The way CEO Josh Genderson sees it, the company he founded eleven years ago, Washington, D.C.-based Holistic Industries, is on track to become the largest privately owned and operated cannabis multistate operator (MSO) in the country. Driven by a growth… Read More→
California offers $100 million to rescue its struggling legal marijuana industry June 15, 2021 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments The California Legislature on Monday approved a $100-million plan to bolster California’s legal marijuana industry, which continues to struggle to compete with the large illicit pot market nearly five years after voters approved sales for recreational use. Los Angeles will… Read More→
The Ubiquity of Bud: Canndescent Refocuses on Flower May 24, 2021 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Cultivation, Multiple State Brands, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Canndescent is a privately held cannabis company of such ubiquity on Golden State dispensary shelves that it long ago achieved the status of anchor brand in a market where precious few exist. Its stand-out orange box denoting the original brand,… Read More→