A Leafreport industry study allegedly found that only 7% of CBD brands, of the 188 brands sampled, actually conduct legitimate contamination testing for pesticides, heavy metals and microbial contamination.
Metrc is the most widely used cannabis traceability system in the United States. With government contracts in nineteen different states, the company’s traceability software is a fixture in the marketplace. In this article, Aaron Green sits down with Metrc CEO Michael Johnson to discuss retail challenges, regulations, cybersecurity, compliance and more.
In this article, Aaron Green sits down with Kyle Sherman, founder and CEO of Flowhub, a prominent cannabis tech company. After becoming the first company to integrate with Metrc in 2014, the platform quickly became a leading software company in the space.
In this article, Aaron Green interviews Everett Smith, co-founder and CEO at Presidential to learn more about his cannabis journey from professional basketball in Europe to one of California’s top infused flower and pre-roll brands.
On April 21, 2022, a handful of cannabis retailers in the Garden State opened their doors to adults over 21, launching adult use cannabis sales in New Jersey. One month and over $24 million later, the state’s legal market is beginning to blossom.
Canopy Growth Corporation, one of the largest cannabis companies in the world, announced the acquisition of Jetty Extracts this week for $69 million. The acquisition follows a similar pattern of their recent acquisitions, increasing their North American footprint in the cannabis market considerably.
In an FDA news release, the agency says they have issued their first warning letters to companies illegally selling products that contain delta-8 THC. The letters were sent to five companies for marketing unapproved new drugs, misbranding and adding delta-8-thc to food products.
Shopping at a cannabis dispensary can often be an overwhelming and intimidating experience for a new cannabis consumer. LucidaClub aims to fix that with a membership-based platform designed to help make sense of the cannabis world. In this article, we sit down with Jack Roosevelt, co-founder of LucidaClub, to hear his thoughts on the cannabis retail experience and how he hopes to disrupt the market by guiding new consumers to make the right purchase.
Thirteen dispensaries in the Garden State open their doors to all adults over 21 today. Following delays and controversies surrounding licensing, New jersey’s adult use cannabis program is finally launching.
The next big marketing frontier for cannabis brands is professional sports sponsorships. Obstacles remain that are unique to the highly regulated cannabis market that, paired with the already legality-heavy proposition of sponsorship deals, mean a long road ahead.
