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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…

3 weeks 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…

4 weeks 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…

4 weeks 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 month 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,…

1 month ago

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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

2 months ago

Five Years In: What New York Cannabis Got Wrong—and What’s Finally Going Right

By Sasha Nutgent, VP of Cannabis Retail at Housing Works Cannabis Co Five years after New York created the Office…

2 months ago

The Long Game: Inside Rare Cannabinoid Company’s Bet on the Future of Cannabinoids

The hemp boom moved fast. In the years following the 2018 Farm Bill, thousands of companies rushed into the market…

2 months ago