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Med to Rec Reveals Fresh California Trends

How do Californians prefer to consumer their favorite plant? Prior to recreational legalization, we fully understood where those with medical licenses spent their money. Would full legalization change things? It did. So far, the shifts in consumer preferences between those…

Pre-Rolls Offer Sturdy Foundation, But Pre-Rolls Headed For Lift-Off

It isn’t the sexiest cannabis category in the world, but sales of pre-rolled joints have been strong and steady ever since recreational legalization began in 2014 in Colorado — and sales remain robust in all states with established recreational regimes.…

Blue Dream Reigns Again in 2017, and So Does Sativa

February 28, 2018
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Cannabis strains fought across 2017 for consumer affection, and people inhaling deeply over aromatic jars and examining buds under big magnifing glasses in dispensaries across Colorado, Oregon and Washington chose their faves with their wallets. And as it has been…

Dennis Peron, activist who helped legalize medical marijuana, dies

Dennis Peron, an activist who helped legalize medical marijuana in California, died Saturday afternoon in a San Francisco hospital. He was 71. Peron was a force behind a San Francisco ordinance allowing medical marijuana, a win that later helped propel…

As California Gets Ready for Rec, Trends Are Emerging

December 18, 2017
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In two weeks recreational marijuana will be legal in California. While most recreational shops will not fling open the doors on January 1, some will. And as municipalities across the state hammer out the regulatory details for their towns and…

Cannabis Shortages Continue: Could California Be Different?

Here we go again.. Another state, Maryland, begins medical cannabis sales and within just a week, shelves are empty. Mainstream media builds these situations up to look like “everybody is crazy for cannabis and the stores can’t keep up." But…

Tinctures, Pills Triumph in High-CBD Edibles Market

December 4, 2017
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Candy is the No. 1 edibles category in California, Colorado, Washington and Oregon. In all of these states, chocolate is the second-most popular type of product. Other categories like baked goods and beverages fill out the rest of sales. But…

Coloradans With MMJ Cards Score Bargains

November 27, 2017
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It arrives in pre-rolled joints and by the ounce in plastic containers. It is turned into oil and gets smoked, or is used to saturate gummy bears and brownies. Teas contain it. Salves include it as an ingredient. Pills? It…

Balms Overtake Topicals Market

November 7, 2017
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As the legal cannabis market matures, products that in the past barely existed become more mainstream, with multiple brands, plenty of shelf space and enthusiastic consumers. Relatively high-tech concentrates like shatter and wax (compared, for example, to old-school concentrates like…

Solid Growth in Tinctures Market

People working in cannabis spend a fair bit of time talking about vape pens, flower trends and gummies, and for good reason — together, these pieces of the cannabis puzzle represent a healthy chunk of sales. But dispensary shelves groan with…

California Prices High for Legal Cannabis

October 3, 2017
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California's decades-long reputation as an international cannabis growing powerhouse suggests prices for flower should be cheap. The logic: With enormous outdoor grows in the Emerald Triangle pumping out so much Blue Dream, Jack Herer and Gorilla Glue, the marketplace must…

Assembly Bill 133 is the Cannabis Technical Fix Bill California Needs

Having begun my cannabis legal career in Washington state, which is a cannabis marketplace that started with a loose collective model and then morphed into the heavily regulated medicinal and adult use marketplace it is today, I know firsthand that it…

Californians are Enthused for Infused

A little boost with that joint? The question isn’t common in other states with big legal cannabis marketplaces, like Colorado, Washington and Oregon. But in California it might be the budtender equivalent of the cafe question, “Cream with your coffee?”…

Cannabis Business Owners: It’s Time to “Lawyer Up”

It’s time to lawyer up in the cannabis business. And more law firms are deciding to dip a toe into the tricky waters of cannabis law to help the growing industry. But these law firms will have to deal with…

Cannabis Shortages: Just the Norm?

With Nevada recently launching their highly anticipated recreational cannabis market in July, states are watching very closely at what they can learn from their neighbors and how to avoid key obstacles they’ve seen in getting these highly complex programs up…