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Leaders of California cannabis companies warned Gov. Gavin Newson and lawmakers last week that the state’s regulated marijuana industry is in danger of collapse, calling for tax relief and an improved retail market to support ailing businesses. In a letter sent to Newsom, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, andContinue Reading

While the nation was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the Northern California trade show, Hall of Flowers, held onto the value of face-to-face connections through the creation of Engage. The virtual event fosters networking opportunities between licensed brands and retailers across the state. While we’re allContinue Reading

Harborside, a California cannabis dispensary, appealed the Tax Court’s decision of tax deficiencies totaling over $29 million dollars for the periods between 2007 through 2012. Harborside’s tax liability stems from the IRS’s denial of deductions under IRC §280E and the disallowances of cost of goods sold reported on Harborside’s taxContinue Reading

Since the May 25 killing of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis police force, the demands of the Black Lives Matter movement—itself galvanized six years ago by the slaying of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, MO—has come to animate what can now only be called a nationalContinue Reading

In the ultra-competitive world of cannabis retail, operators are looking for new ways to stand out from the pack, and one option some have decided to go with is opening a themed dispensary with a focus on creating an “immersive” and dare-we-say “Instagrammable” experience. The dispensary model has evolved aContinue Reading

How does one truly define the last decade in cannabis hype? Is it the wild strains that took over the world in waves? When the decade began, Cookies held court at the top, as the great Purples and OGs that captured the American connoisseur’s attention through the 2000s fell to the waysideContinue Reading

Harborside, the pioneering Oakland, California-centered cannabis mega-dispensary, owes the U.S. Internal Revenue Service $11 million in back taxes, a U.S. tax court judge ruled last week. But in a very Harborside judo move, the publicly-traded cannabis company characterized the bill as a huge win — a bold stroke which isn’tContinue Reading

Back in the “OG days,” as we’ll probably fondly recall the time before legalization, one of my greatest joys was bringing in a turkey bag full of flowers to our urban dealer friends, or later to the buyers at emerging dispensaries. First, we’d have to “run the gauntlet” as drivingContinue Reading