US: Cannabis is Fifth Most Valuable Crop! THEM: Shhhhh....
A whole bunch of numbers coming at you this morning, with some pretty impressive sums being rung up by our cannabis farmers across the US...
Times Are A-Changing in Montana
Good morning, Dear Readers, my story today is based on an article in The Daily Montanan. “Montana is Now a Pot State, Not a Coal One — So...
Keep Your Eyes on the Size
Today, let's use a story from WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan as a starting point: “How Taxes Collected from $1.1B in Recreational Marijuana...
Are Cannabis Taxes a Piggybank for Police?
At last, some good news about cannabis taxes: “Maricopa Community Colleges Get $17.1M from Cannabis Tax in First Year of Legality” THE...
Thailand Goes All-In for Cannabis as Plant Medicine and Commercial Opportunity
Our good friend Shaun Salvaje reported on the Malta-Legalization story on the State of Cannabis News Hour when it broke a week ago, so...
Trickle-Down Weed Taxes in Illinois
Good morning everyone, this perspective springs from a headline found in The Chicago Sun Times: “Illinois’ Weed Tax Windfall Tops $560...
Opt-Out Rates are Low in New York, but Killing Cally
My story today is from one of the best news sources in the industry, Ganjapreneur. “9% of New York Towns Opt-Out of Cannabis Operations”...
The Massive Embodied Energy of Cannabis Redevelopments
If the mainstream media is going to continue to smear the cannabis industry for all the energy used in indoor cultivations (instead of...
Cannabis Tax Dollars Not Really Getting to Kids
Today we're digging deeper into the issue of THE GAP between what's promised for cannabis tax revenues, and what's really happening....