Betsy Pisik
A Surreal Sanctuary Takes Off in New York City
Dispensaries could interpret a “travel” theme in a number of different ways. A psychedelic celebration of trippiness could be fun. A jumble of hot...
How to Navigate Retail Real Estate
Retail trends generally roll in waves, but the waves look more like oscillations in the cannabis industry. Michigan is an excellent example. By 2016,...
After Prohibition
As of September 2022, thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia regulated medical cannabis sales; nineteen states housed recreational markets. More than two-thirds of...
Selling the Sizzle and the Steak
It used to be so easy to buy cannabis: Call your source, or maybe drop in on a neighbor. Then head shops became a...
Which Is the Better Extraction Method: Solvent or Solventless?
Both solvent-based and solventless extraction methods have their defenders and detractors. For now, methods that use hydrocarbons like butane, propane, and ethanol are the...
Extracting the Bottom Line
Consumers may know the brand, strain, and strength of their favorite vape, topical, or tincture, but they are unlikely to know much about the...
Sustainability: Green Commerce
Cannabis may be the ultimate natural medicine, but it has a terrible reputation for environmental destruction. The myths range from partially true to borderline...
California Looks to Spare Cultivators from Suffocating Taxes
California’s cannabis cultivators celebrated the idea of temporary reprieve from high taxes after warning for years that onerous levies, low prices, and suffocating regulations...
Beyond the Basics of Branding
Red Antler, named for the fastest-growing cells in the animal kingdom, is a brand-building agency that focuses on startups. In fact, the company often...
Feds Request New Cultivators to Supply NIDA Researchers
NEW YORK, NY - A federal agency this month took steps to end a decades-long monopoly on cannabis grown for research, issuing a call...
