As the nation's coronavirus news takes a teeny look around the apex corner (maybe), we bring you the latest update on the pandemic's impact on the marijuana and hemp industries. As medical marijuana remains an "essential" business throughout the US, industry participants remain mostly locked...
Salutations and happy corona-April Fool's Day (a seemingly serious post that New York was about to ban liquor sales made the rounds and scared a few). We continue to think positively about the world and our cannabis industry in this challenging time. Here is today's...
We are starting our second week of official stay at home directives here in New York as the infection and death tolls rise worldwide. Let's keep focused on those positive aspects of our lives, including the declaration of the cannabis business as essential and continuing...
We continue to cut through the blather and bring you just coronavirus-related updates concerning the cannabis industry. Now finally ensconced outside NYC, we will seek to provide these alerts and commentary as often as possible. Here's today's quick update: Pitching in. Dispensaries and producers in a...
I continue to hope you are all staying safe and social distancing amid all this craziness. Here is today’s quick update on information about our industry, its response to the coronavirus crisis and your humble blogger's thoughts on the same. "Essential" business. Most states, especially...
I hope you are all staying safe and social distancing amid all this craziness. Here is today's quick update on information about our industry and its response to the coronavirus crisis. Canadian sales are up. Call it hoarding. Call it search for calm. Or escape. Or...
It is about all anyone is talking about, understandably. Mostly the fear of the unknown and the inconsistent messaging from some officials are driving the intense focus on the coronavirus, which has now been labeled a global pandemic. What we know for sure is how...
The newest Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Stephen Hahn, took office in December. Many have been worried about prior FDA leaders' concerns about cannabidiol (CBD)-infused food and beverage products and their apparent delay in determining whether to permit these products to be sold legally following...
Originally pioneered in the 1990s, special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have gone in and out of Wall Street favor since. Currently enjoying a renaissance, SPACs are public companies that raise money then seek a private business that wishes to go public and access the...
I am not, in general, a betting man. If so, I would have lost some hard-earned dough last year when I predicted that New York will legalize the adult use of cannabis in the legislative session during the first half of 2019. There are a...