Jeff Hale
Jeff Hale is the digital editor and SEO content strategist for mg Magazine. He earned his English degree from the University of California, Irvine, and his MBA from Chapman University. He has spent the past sixteen years in the media and communications industry, working with dozens of publications and brands including Weedmaps, Wonderbrett, Marijuana.com, Green Flower, Grove Bags, GreenBroz, HiConsumption, ISLE, Business News Daily, and Business.com.
Politicians, Voters, Pollsters Disagree about Adult Use in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s November ballot initiative to legalize recreational cannabis is a hot-button issue in a major election year, a time when the...
Tilray to Acquire Four Craft Breweries from Molson Coors
NEW YORK – In what the company characterized as a bid to strengthen its craft beer presence in the United States, Canadian cannabis company...
Uncle Sam Is Getting $174 a Gram for Hemp
GAITHERSBURG, Md. – A federal standards-setting agency is reselling commercially purchased ground hemp at astronomical prices in what the agency characterizes as an effort...
Getting Started with SEO: Tips and Tools to Get More Traffic in 2024
The average American spends nearly seven hours online each day, but very few people have even a basic understanding of how ranked content works....
Rumors of 280E’s Death Were Greatly Celebrated at MJBizCon 2023
LAS VEGAS – Conference organizers love inserting a pithy catchphrase like “dare to grow” to curate an event’s atmosphere, but palpable optimism that the...
Cannabis Excise-Tax Revenue Fell Again in Q2 2023
SUITLAND, Md. – The U.S. Census Bureau’s latest quarterly cannabis excise-tax revenue data from 2023’s second quarter showed a nearly 10-percent drop in total...
Senate Takes Long-Awaited Step Toward Cannabis Banking Reform
WASHINGTON – The cannabis-friendly Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act is on its way to a floor vote in the Senate after...
Analysis: Eliminating 280E Could Save 12 MSOs $700 Million Annually
NEW YORK – The twelve largest operators in the cannabis industry would save a combined total of $700 million annually if Internal Revenue Code...
U.S. Health Officials Recommend Schedule III for Cannabis
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended reclassifying cannabis from Schedule I to a less restrictive Schedule III...
Emerald Conference Highlights Desire for Better Scientific Data
The eighth-annual Emerald Conference, an interdisciplinary cannabis science event, was an intellectual celebration of the cannabis plant for the inquisitive, data-hungry minds of the...
