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The luxury lifestyle trend: 5 brands that are pushing the envelope
Will luxury cannabis make it to the mainstream? We look at five lifestyle brands that stand out from the pack, going beyond their competition in
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Lessons learned from SPHEREX’s expansion into Canadian markets
Expanding into Canada is a mouth-watering prospect for US-based brands. We talk to SPHEREX about their experience.
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Canna Get a Second Chance is changing the game for cannabis hiring
A new kind of job fair has just been born. Aimed at bringing more diversity into the cannabis industry while also addressing the pandemic labor
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The latest on the battle to overturn Washington’s residency requirement
Should states be allowed to require that cannabis licensees, including investors, live within their borders? Leif Utne investigates the situation in Washington state.
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Struggling with the labor shortage? “Canna Get a 2nd Chance” could be a solution to two major industry problems
Canna Get A 2nd Chance is just the first of what Anthony Alegrete and Brandon Mitchell hope will become a nationwide series of cannabis career
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The wellness trend: A look at some of the new products that target the canna-curious yoga set
We’ve noticed a significant uptick in product releases touting new “wellness lines” of full-spectrum cannabis products—including joints, edibles, and powdered drink mixes—designed to improve
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How to overturn a cannabis ban: Lessons from Klamath Strong
We recently spoke with Ed Medina, to see what useful lessons we could glean from his experience organizing the Klamath Strong campaign, which was responsible
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Streetwear, Clubhouse, and Corvain Cooper’s unlikely path to freedom
“Trump has just given you clemency,” said the guard. You’ve got five minutes to get your shit and get out.” The stunned prisoner, Corvain Cooper,
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Oregon cannabis tax proposals could cost over $100 million, threaten 2,800 jobs, and strangle small retailers
Oregon lawmakers introduced a flurry of cannabis-related bills in this year’s legislative session. Most were friendly to the industry, including proposals to promote social equity
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Joy Hollingsworth on why her company should NOT be Washington’s only black-owned pot farm, and what the state can do about it
The pandemic has been good for cannabis sales. That’s as true for The Hollingsworth Cannabis Company (THC Co.) as it is for the industry as
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Washington state playing catch up on social equity
Despite being a leader in legalization, Washington lags behind in diversity and inclusion. A new social equity program aims to close the gap. Leif Utne
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Social justice advocates and the tug-of-war over Washington state’s residency requirement
Last January, legislative prospects for lifting the residency requirement looked good. But strong pushback from small businesses and social justice advocates caused legislators to pump
The luxury lifestyle trend: 5 brands that are pushing the envelope
Leif Utne
October 28, 2021
Will luxury cannabis make it to the mainstream? We look at five lifestyle brands that stand out from the pack, going beyond their competition in creative and interesting ways.
Lessons learned from SPHEREX’s expansion into Canadian markets
Leif Utne
October 20, 2021
Expanding into Canada is a mouth-watering prospect for US-based brands. We talk to SPHEREX about their experience.
Canna Get a Second Chance is changing the game for cannabis hiring
Leif Utne
September 29, 2021
A new kind of job fair has just been born. Aimed at bringing more diversity into the cannabis industry while also addressing the pandemic labor shortage, the inaugural “Canna Get a Second Chance” career fair is a portent of things to come.
The latest on the battle to overturn Washington’s residency requirement
Leif Utne
August 24, 2021
Should states be allowed to require that cannabis licensees, including investors, live within their borders? Leif Utne investigates the situation in Washington state.
Struggling with the labor shortage? “Canna Get a 2nd Chance” could be a solution to two major industry problems
Leif Utne
August 19, 2021
Canna Get A 2nd Chance is just the first of what Anthony Alegrete and Brandon Mitchell hope will become a nationwide series of cannabis career fairs.
The wellness trend: A look at some of the new products that target the canna-curious yoga set
Leif Utne
July 16, 2021
We’ve noticed a significant uptick in product releases touting new “wellness lines” of full-spectrum cannabis products—including joints, edibles, and powdered drink mixes—designed to improve your energy, focus, mood, or sleep.
How to overturn a cannabis ban: Lessons from Klamath Strong
Leif Utne
June 8, 2021
We recently spoke with Ed Medina, to see what useful lessons we could glean from his experience organizing the Klamath Strong campaign, which was responsible for the ballot initiative that overturned the local ban.
Streetwear, Clubhouse, and Corvain Cooper’s unlikely path to freedom
Leif Utne
May 7, 2021
“Trump has just given you clemency,” said the guard. You’ve got five minutes to get your shit and get out.” The stunned prisoner, Corvain Cooper, took the empty trash bag from the guard’s outstretched hand…
Oregon cannabis tax proposals could cost over $100 million, threaten 2,800 jobs, and strangle small retailers
Leif Utne
April 6, 2021
Oregon lawmakers introduced a flurry of cannabis-related bills in this year’s legislative session. Most were friendly to the industry, including proposals to promote social equity and cut regulatory red tape. But two measures to help balance budgets by raising taxes on cannabis have retailers scared.
Joy Hollingsworth on why her company should NOT be Washington’s only black-owned pot farm, and what the state can do about it
Leif Utne
March 26, 2021
The pandemic has been good for cannabis sales. That’s as true for The Hollingsworth Cannabis Company (THC Co.) as it is for the industry as a whole, but not for the reasons you might think.
Washington state playing catch up on social equity
Leif Utne
February 15, 2021
Despite being a leader in legalization, Washington lags behind in diversity and inclusion. A new social equity program aims to close the gap. Leif Utne explores why legalization of adult use has made the state’s cannabis industry even less equitable.
Social justice advocates and the tug-of-war over Washington state’s residency requirement
Leif Utne
October 20, 2020
Last January, legislative prospects for lifting the residency requirement looked good. But strong pushback from small businesses and social justice advocates caused legislators to pump the brakes and shift their focus to establishing a social equity program.
