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Defense Wins Championships: Why Distribution (Not Branding) Will Determine Who Survives the Cannabis Shakeout

By Eric Offenberger via Cannabis Confidential 69% of cannabis consumers have no brand preference. 18% say brand influences their purchase…

4 days ago

Doja Pak Takes on Europe: The Cali Brand Known for Elite Genetics Enters Regulated Medical Markets

Doja Pak helped popularize Permanent Marker, contributed to the rise of Zoap and RS11, and spent years building one of…

4 days ago

The Legends Who Built Cannabis Culture Are Finally Certified. It’s Called Oakland Legendary.

Oakland built the cannabis culture before there was a legal market. Now the city has a certification mark to prove…

4 days ago

You Went Legal. The Federal Government Rewarded You With a 70% Tax Rate.

Legal cannabis operators paid $2.24 billion in excess federal taxes in 2025. The illicit market paid zero. That is not…

7 days ago

‘Cannabis Is a Tool, Not an Escape.’ Two Iraqi-American Brothers Built a $180 Million Brand Around That Idea.

Ali and Muha Garawi built Muha Meds from a $15,000 startup into one of cannabis’s most dominant brands — without…

1 week ago

She Paid $150,000 for a Florida Cannabis License and Got Nothing. Then She Found Another Way In.

GÜD Essence CEO Jasmine Johnson has been building a Black woman-led cannabis company in Florida since 2016. In an exclusive…

1 week ago

Argentina’s Cannabis Paradox: Access First, Market Later

By Robert Hoban & Ivana Sol Vigilante Argentina has built a patient-first cannabis framework with real access, but the commercial,…

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Big Finance Found A New Way To Go After Cannabis: By Policing Speech

In Transaction Denied, Rainey Reitman argues that cannabis was never merely underbanked. It was pushed to the margins by a…

3 weeks ago

Bam Margera: ‘Weed Does Not Lead To Other Drugs. It Leads To Fucking Carpentry.’

In an exclusive High Times interview, the Jackass icon and his wife Dannii Marie talk recovery, sleep, bad trips, psychedelic…

3 weeks ago

Legal Weed May Bounce Back In 2026. Small Operators Might Not

Whitney Economics projects legal cannabis sales will resume growing in 2026 after a rough 2025. But falling prices, weaker state…

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