Akele Parnell With a master’s degree in public health and a law degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Akele Parnell began working as a…
With cannabis retailers around the country becoming regular targets for thieves and criminals, one shop in Seattle had a particularly harrowing experience when a…
After a 42-month “pause” on issuing new licenses, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission began processing new license applications in November 2021 with a revamped…
In the face of global shutdowns, shelter-in-place orders, loss of jobs and the ever-present threat of illness, cannabis sales skyrocketed in 2020. A study conducted…
Washington in December became the first state to launch its own seed-to-sale traceability system after opting not to renew the state’s contract with Akerna for…
Although Black Friday traffic has been down at traditional retailers the past two years, the cannabis industry is still seeing an annual boom from the…
Advocates in South Dakota are calling the state Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate a voter-approved recreational cannabis initiative on technical grounds a “terrible precedent” and…
Despite the continued expansion of the legal market, the percentage of underage students who reported using marijuana “decreased significantly” in 2021, according to the latest…
The cheapest systems often fall short in terms of compliance, expansion ability and cybersecurity Several months ago, I wrote about how to choose the right…
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on November 30 voted to suspend the city’s cannabis tax for one year in the hopes of combatting the…