Corporate mold, cultural insensitivity, and low-dose cannabis products in 2022
Moldy corporate cannabis At this point, we’ve all heard mold stories in cannabis. Whether on the final product or in the facilities – mold has been a problem for a plethora of companies. Oftentimes, corporate cannabis companies are being blamed. So large, public companies like Trulieve and Canopy Growth with a board of directors and all that corporate…
Read MoreHealth insurers sued, USDA says no to cannabis farmers, and Colorado’s declining cannabis sales.
Health insurance providers sued for not covering medical cannabis in New Mexico In 2021, a bill was passed to eliminate cost-sharing for mental health prescriptions in New Mexico. Now, Ultra Health is suing health insurers (including some big names like United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield) for violating New Mexico state law because they don’t cover…
Read MoreCannabis needs a rebrand, standing out in the marketplace, and comparing cannabis to alcohol.
Jeremy’s post isn’t the first one I’ve seen discussing the awesome takeaways from The Cannabis Marketing Association’s recent event. The Green Paper is heavily-focused on events and one thing we’ve heard is that cannabis events are stale. The same several speakers are always at the same events. The same conversations are happening. The same sponsors,…
Read MoreA 2022 mid-year analysis of the cannabis industry.
It’s June 12th, 2022. Somehow, we are halfway through 2022. It’s been a year and a half since President Biden took office and honestly y’all, the cannabis industry is struggling. We are by no means failing, but we are struggling. Every cannabis report I’ve ever read starts off by happily citing our industry’s billion dollars in…
Read MoreD.C. protects employees who consume cannabis, Dutchie reduces its workforce, and Ukraine’s support for medical cannabis.
Interesting (and long overdue) developments coming out of D.C…. Washington, D.C. City Council unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday preventing employers from firing employees and refusing to hire applicants who test positive for THC. The bill is called the Cannabis Employment Protections Amendment Act of 2022 and was first introduced by D.C. Councilmakers in February of 2021. It’s come a long…
Read MoreRescheduling cannabis, the budtender’s influence, and the illicit market.
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) currently has five categories of substances, with cannabis currently listed as a Schedule I. The drugs on the scheduled substances list are in order from most dangerous and addictive to least dangerous and addictive. This means cannabis is currently listed as among the most dangerous and addictive drugs as a schedule I substance – with “no currently accepted…
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