Because of its geopolitical value at the silk road gateway of Iran, Central Asia and India, the region of modern Afghanistan has historically been a conquest...

I have teenagers and I’m often asked if I would encourage them to pursue a career in cannabis. Initially, the question gave me pause but now, I tend to give ...

The impacts of the July Phase II testing requirements have been devastating, leaving whole swaths of dispensary shelves empty and frankly, wiping out a lot o...

With the looming implementation of Phase II requirements, we are seeing a massive shift in dispensary and distributor purchasing criteria away from cannabino...

The black and gray markets are the biggest winners in California’s newly regulated cannabis industry. There are many factors suffocating the roll-out of Cali...

If you’ve been around this thing for a minute, you know the California cannabis marketplace is severely fractured and regional. We're creating a regional “ec...

"To a hammer, everything's a nail," goes the saying. The problem with deep focus on a subject is that everything starts to filter through that lens. On the u...

Coming immediately around the bend at California's cannabis operators is a massive onslaught of regulatory detail that will require millions of dollars to na...

The reason I seize on processes is because above all else, thinking about processes will force you to think in a way that regulators think, which is the firs...

Most cannabis entrepreneurs share three core desires: (a) to further compassionate care & patient marijuana access, (b) to pursue social justice goals, such ...

With our industry roaring forward into 2016 under the new Medical Marijuana Regulation & Safety Act (the "Safety Act"), there is a literal frenzy of partners...