The cannabis beverage market is not large, compared to categories like flower and concentrates — less than one percent of all cannabis sales in Colorado, Oregon and California were spent on beverages during April of this year, for example. But interest in beverages, despite the category’s modest size, makes sense for a variety of reasons, […]
Colorado
What’s Cheap? Depends Upon Where the Sales Takes Place
How much is that bag of Kosher Kush-infused gummies in the window? Among other things, it depends upon the state from which the tropical-fruit gummies are purchased. Colorado? Ouch. The average gummy product — most of which are packages containing 100 mg of THC divided between 10 individual gummies (unless the product is for microdosing, […]
Distillate Rises From Depths to Beat Oil In Vapes
When vapes hit the market, the style of vape cartridge filled with cannabis oil dominated sales. While the vape marketplace included products like distillate and Live Resin cartridges, the straightforward oil was No. 1. Just two years ago, during the first quarter of 2016, oil cartridges captured 84 percent of the entire Colorado vape market […]
Colorado’s first-in-the-nation marijuana “tasting rooms” bill heads to Hickenlooper’s desk
Concept would allow adults to vape, consume edibles at current recreational marijuana retailers Licensed marijuana “tasting rooms” could be operating in Colorado by this time next year if Gov. John Hickenlooper signs a first-of-its-kind bill that state lawmakers sent to his desk Thursday. The bill allows adults at current recreational marijuana retailers to consume small […]
How High Are Recreational Marijuana Taxes in Your State?
As public opinion increasingly favors the legalization of recreational marijuana, a growing number of states must determine how to tax legal sales of cannabis. To date, nine states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington) and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana, but only eight of these jurisdictions have legal markets. […]
Legal Marijuana States Seek Meeting With Jeff Sessions
California, Oregon and other marijuana-friendly states are seeking a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in hopes of resolving the conflict between federal and state laws that has left the nation’s cannabis industry in legal limbo. Marijuana is illegal at the federal level, even as 29 states have legalized pot in some form. State […]
Blue Moon Brewer Is Launching Cannabis Infused Drinks
DENVER — The inventor of Blue Moon beer is launching three marijuana-infused drinks that promise intoxication without the alcoholic headache. The drinks, served chilled and initially only available in Colorado this fall, will contain no alcohol but will instead be infused with special marijuana formulas designed to mimic the effects of booze. Its developers say the […]
Truffle Hunting in Colorado and Oregon
Opportunities sprout like weeds across the cannabis edibles landscape. But dead-ends, while not as prolific, also lurk in corners of the edibles world. And what stands as a tantalizing route towards success in one state sometimes appears forbidding in others. Consider tinctures. The form of cannabis that normally comes in a dropper bottle did OK […]
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. And one slice of the pre-roll pie is expanding rapidly. Consumers in Washington State give […]
Brand Competition For Edibles Products Fizzy For 2017
Edibles Sales Strong for 2017, But Growth Declined Colorado’s edibles market hit $227.5 milion in sales during 2017, representing 21 percent in growth — a strong year, but growth fell back from 53.5 percent during 2016 according to data from cannabis market research firm BDS Analytics. Just as happened first with flower, we now are […]
