Business

‘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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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,…

2 months 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…

3 months 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 months 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…

3 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…

3 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…

4 months ago

I Followed a Secret Shopper Into Dispensaries. Here’s What They Don’t Want You to See.

Dispensaries and cannabis brands are increasingly borrowing a page from mainstream retail by using secret shoppers to evaluate the in-store…

4 months ago

In a Boom-and-Bust Industry, Jetty Extracts Played the Long Game

For a decade, cannabis brands expanded like tech startups. They were fast and loud, maybe overestimated, perhaps a bit unsustainable.…

4 months ago