The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission ("OLCC") has a problematic system for issuing violations to licensees. Over the years, I have seen this situation play out for many operators and it shows a complete failing by the regulators to act in the interest of public...
As the American cannabis industry continues to grow at the rapid succession that it is, so too will the size of the companies that sell and produce popular cannabis brands. While the current federal law and the many provisions of the Controlled Substances Act limit...
As the country further legalizes cannabis and simultaneously attempts to right the many systematic and societal wrongs of previous cannabis policies and prohibitions, the implementation of social equity measures in the usually flourishing cannabis industry is very necessary. To the some state’s credit, they have...
For a heartland state that isn’t oftentimes associated with greater American cannabis culture and the burgeoning industry, Missouri’s cannabis industry has become a massive success on multiple levels. Considering the fact that the Missouri cannabis industry has only been allowed to recreational cannabis products since...
27 long years ago in 1996, widespread cannabis reform and nearly half the American states having fully legal recreational cannabis seemed like nothing more than a delusional dream that would never come to fruition in the slightest. A handful of less populous states and municipalities...
As the American cannabis industry continues to expand at the rapid succession that it is, the number of jobs and other employment opportunities created from these expansions are simultaneously growing quickly. From just hundreds of jobs in the pre-2012 days of medical-only legalization to an...
Over the past fiscal year, the California cannabis industry has seen tremendous financial and economic hardship. Many large-scale cultivators and multi-state operators such as Curaleaf and Trulieve have closed several stores across the Golden State and popular gummy brand Wana has left the state entirely....
Despite the many widespread issues that the Golden State is currently facing, California has always been a pioneer when it comes to the desperately needed subject of cannabis and drug reform. Although recreational cannabis legalization didn’t become signed into law until the very contentious election...
Given how irreparably damaging and unrelenting that the previous draconian laws regarding cannabis and drugs across the country once were to entire communities of America, the implementation of social equity programs and opportunities in the legal cannabis industry is certainly warranted. Especially on the East...