Being the newest state to fully legalize cannabis within its border, Minnesota has had ample economic and employment opportunities created for the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Along with creating thousands of Minnesotan jobs, the Minnesota cannabis industry generated over half a million dollars in tax...
Despite the current federal prohibition on cannabis that will likely stretch well into the 2020’s, the cannabis industry is becoming economically stronger and more normalized with every passing year. Whether that be the increasing size of cannabis-related conventions such as MJBizCon and NECANN or the...
Maine's cannabis regulators have proposed a new set of regulations meant to assist businesses service tourists. Namely, retailers, manufacturers, and cultivators would be allowed to deliver product to hotels and businesses. This would be a substantial departure from the regulatory systems across the US. In...
Anyone familiar with how large-scale change is implemented in a democracy should know that most historic change doesn’t happen overnight. Whether that be the LGBTQ+ protections that have been enshrined in law or the civil rights movement, the many widespread changes and reforms that those...
In eight years of work in the legal cannabis industry on the west coast, I thought I had seen it all. Then the news broke in May about the Professional Technical Union Local 33 (ProTech) and now in August about the National Agricultural Workers Union...
As of July 31, 2023, Cresco and Columbia Care, two of the largest multi-state operators ("MSOs") in the US cannabis industry have agreed to terminate their proposed merger which had been valued at $2 billion when originally announced. The official reasoning for the termination is...
In the decade since Colorado and Washington legalized cannabis for recreational purposes and dozens of further states have legalized for medical purposes, the political climate behind cannabis has shifted drastically. As a far cry from the previous views of the political party, medical cannabis has...
MSO Cresco Labs ("Cresco") has filed suit against MSO Green Thumb Industries ("GTI") based on the claim that GTI "poached" a former Cresco employee. This employee was Cresco's director of technical services and had an employment agreement with a non-compete clause. According to the complaint,...
Domestically, the laws and policy surrounding cannabis are among America’s most confusing. Due to the legality of cannabis itself fluctuating greatly depending on where you’re currently located, the punishments for cannabis possession and use can range greatly. If you were caught with cannabis in Denver...