A change in uniform changes behavior. Police uniform before the War on Drugs kicked off in the ’80s and ’90s is a starkly different from today…

Lori Ajax is back to talk about the last year that flew by and the next year looming on the horizon. Lessons learned from the last year are carried forward into expectations for year two by looking at the transition of the industry into the regulated market, and the struggles that the transition continues to […]

Looking at how retail can inform the industry, I see two things: Retail is the chokepoint for the industry in the West of the U.S.Retail is the…

Here we are in 2019, with a new landscape for the cannabis conversation. But it’s not all applauding and back patting. Some, like the Wall…

What should we fix in 2019? We really have our work cut out for us in terms of cannabis policy and business, make no mistake about it…

The Agricultural Act of 2018, also known as the Farm Bill or Hemp Bill, just passed and was signed into law in December of 2018. It officially…

Senator Cory Gardner talks about the path of the STATES Act, which has been surprisingly, and perhaps ironically, cleared by the helping hand of Jeff Sessions. His rescindment of the Cole Memorandum of the Obama era tried to quash states rights on the issue of cannabis, but only led to the more simplified STATES Act. […]

Darren Soto discusses big changes happening of late. While previous years have been difficult in terms of passing legislation, the new democratic congress brings with it a more positive outlook. The change gives legislation like the Farm Bill and STATES Act greater possibilities to pass. Darren covers the reasons why legalization is something to continue […]

Congresswoman Dina Titus returns with updates about the effects of the blue wave in congress and the resulting green wave in cannabis. Now, the issue is keeping up with and properly managing bills to try to iron out differences between the house and senate as well as federal and state law. Getting Republicans on board […]

It was difficult to summarize the developing legal situation in the UK, which means that it will be even harder to do so for all of Europe. Let’s focus on the more general aspects of cannabis regulations in the EU. The European Approach Medical cannabis in Europe is regulated as a true pharmaceutical product, however […]