Posts by Jay
No more Oklahoma licenses, New Mexico’s federal insurance case, and Missouri’s rec bill in question
Oklahoma isn’t issuing medical cannabis licenses for two years There should be a limit on cannabis business licenses. At the very least, a temporary limit until the market matures. I’m not against free markets, but I’m against unsustainable, consumer-last models. What’s happening in Oklahoma’s medical cannabis industry is not sustainable or consumer-friendly. That’s why the…
Read MoreEmpowering cannabis workers, the limitless world of edibles, and the future failures of cannabis.
The ROI of empowering your cannabis workers The cannabis industry has an alarmingly high turnover rate. Headset found that in the U.S. and Canada, 55% of budtenders who worked at any point over the previous 12 months left the job by the end of that time period. This data was gathered by analyzing the budtender’s…
Read MoreCannabis can’t wait on federal legalization to implement quality standards.
80% of American cannabis consumers think cannabis products are produced with consistent safety product standards – regardless of the legal state they’re in. Yikes. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) don’t apply to the cannabis industry right now. But, the long-anticipated Senate bill tackling federal legalization that was filed on July 21st might change that. The Cannabis…
Read MoreHouse passes cannabis research bill, Brittney Griner might come home, and Texas’s inch towards legalization.
House passes cannabis research bill The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act on Tuesday. This bill would allow researchers to explore medical cannabis by removing FDA barriers AND making it easier to submit federal applications to study cannabis. 👩🔬 The U.S. (and other nations) constantly cite “lack of…
Read MoreThe EU’s Novel Foods, flower’s grip on market share, and stale cannabis events.
Novel Foods in the EU This is an interesting subject for me to talk about because it doesn’t involve the U.S. market. It also involves hemp-derived CBD, which isn’t my usual focus. I do talk about international markets, but given that I am an American, the American cannabis market has a huge impact on the…
Read MoreBringing Missouri’s culture to brands & Jane’s not-so-Amazon strategy
Vivid is infusing St. Louis culture with cannabis – and it‘s delicious I might be biased y’all, but I love the city of St. Louis. I was born here but lived in Houston for 14 years. My family moved back to St. Louis when I was 17, so it’s where my adult life began. I’ve…
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