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 of Cannabis […]
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Peace, Love, and Whole Plant: Woodstock Cannabis Delivers on the Brand’s 55-Year Legacy
Woodstock is one of those words that still carries heat. It’s the 1969 festival mythos, the long shadow it cast over American […]
How to Kill the California Cannabis Industry
A Field Manual for the True Believer. An inversion in the spirit of Dr. Strangelove: confronting hard truths head-on by following bad […]
He Followed Every Rule. New York Still Hasn’t Let Him Open
A Brooklyn nonprofit founder embodies the intent of New York’s equity law – yet after three years, his dispensary remains closed. By […]
Inside the World’s First Plastic-Free Dispensary
It is in your food. It’s in your body. It’s in almost everything you live with, and everything you interact with, and […]
From Queens to the Cannabis Cup: Inside Torches, the Social Equity Dream Taking Over NYC’s Most Iconic Cigar Townhouse
Interviewing the Torches team was like talking to one person while chatting with four. First came José, license holder and big-picture hustler […]
Buy Low, Stay High: Dispensaries Are Selling for Pennies on the Dollar
For years, getting into the cannabis industry was a high-stakes game reserved for the well-capitalized. Entrepreneurs shelled out millions for real estate, […]
DC Wants to Kill Hemp Drinks. New Orleans Just Built a THC Nightclub. Welcome to the Rebellion.
While federal lawmakers are busy advancing a nationwide ban on most hemp-derived THC products, New Orleans just did something very New Orleans. […]
Flower City Dispensary: Rochester’s Legacy-to-Legal Trailblazer
In New York’s fast-evolving cannabis scene, few names carry the mix of grit, heart, and legacy that Jayson and Britni Tantalo do. […]
I Worked a Day as a Budtender in Brooklyn: Here’s What I Learned
The first thing I learned guest budtending in Brooklyn? Your feet hurt before your shift is halfway done. But the conversations make […]