Legal marijuana prices in Colorado have dropped approximately 40% in just under one year. Supply seems to be outpacing the demand for marijuana in the Centennial State. This is not to say that demand is not high, it certainly is. However, an oversupply of marijuana is causing competitive pricing and an overall drop. According to Motley Fool, the average price...

Farma, plunked right in the epicenter of Portland’s original “cannabis corridor,” puts patients at ease with its clean, holistic, cutting-edge design. But Farma’s ethos isn’t a pretty face; it’s patient care. On most days award-winning budtender Jeremy Plumb, a prolific grower for many years and cultivator of Farma’s most popular strain, Cinex, enthusiastically dispenses his vast knowledge about the...

Since 2002, Americans for Safe Access founder Steph Sherer has been advocating for cannabis patients and pushing their issues to the forefront of society with relentless determination.  Among myriad other undertakings, ASA is now hard at work building a foundation of product safety protocols intended to hold the industry in good stead for years to come. The cannabis industry is...

Inventory management can make or break your business. Here's how to master it. Heidi Marks grew up in Astoria, Oregon, and remembers the sweet-smelling plumes of cannabis smoke wafting into the living room when she was a child. In adulthood, she became a sought-after expert on building and managing inventory systems for dispensaries. Marks, who managed inventory at two dispensaries...

The adult-use initiative, Proposition 64 on the November ballot, is swallowing most of the oxygen around the state capitol. But inside the building, California legislators spent their August work sessions arguing about the fates of several minor-league cannabis proposals. The scene was nothing like last year, when an unprecedented trio of bills advanced through both houses and became the state’s historic...

“I got my medical recommendation right after high school,” said Amelia Williams, 21. “That opened my eyes to just how little I actually knew about cannabis and what it could do for people.” She began going to cannabis clubs and learning more and more about the plant. Eight months ago she began budtending at Barbary Coast in San Francisco....

“I don’t dream at night; I dream all day. I dream for a living.” —Steven Spielberg The makers of Day Dreamers Chocolates probably can relate to Steven Spielberg’s words. With multiple Cannabis Cup awards and an expanding product line, their dreams certainly seem to have come true. The company was created in 2011 in Santa Cruz, California, during a time when the...

Wana Brands founder Nancy Whiteman talks about the company’s revolutionary capsule WanaCapsXR, building the ideal work environment, year-over-year growth, and philosophy about both medical and recreational consumers. Before establishing Wana Brands in 2010, Nancy Whiteman was a principal with The Whiteman Group, a sales and marketing consultancy. She previously held a range of senior-level marketing and business-development positions, including vice president of marketing and...

The number of Americans that consume marijuana is on the rise. A new study by The Lancet Psychiatry publication indicates that a decreasing number of Americans hold a negative view on marijuana. The study was complied over a 12 year span ranging from 2002-2004. During this time, 17 states (and Washington D.C.) have passed laws to legalize medical marijuana. The...