Evolution of Cannabis
Part I: Panel Introduction and Discussion Prohibition of cannabis encouraged breeders to increase levels of THC to provide more bang for the buck. Now that ...
Mid Year Economic Update
Our midyear review of the Legalized marijuana market affirms our expectation that 2016 retail sales are on track to meet or exceed $6.5 billion. We ...
Best Marijuana Taxes Yet: California’s Proposition 64
Two devastating traps threaten taxes on newly legalized marijuana. One is the quicksand of inflexibility, leading to impotence during a whirlwind of market change. The ...
Health Policy Analysis of Proposition 64
I give California’s Proposition 64 very high marks for tax structure, avoiding two deadly tax traps “better than any marijuana initiative voters have ever seen..” ...
Federal Agents Mad ‘Cause I’m Flagrant
[aesop_video width=”90%” align=”center” src=”youtube” id=”B_vtjc71Ins” loop=”on” autoplay=”on” controls=”on” viewstart=”on” viewend=”on”] Diane Goldstein, Executive Board Member – Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), spoke at the October Women Grow ...
The 10 Most Common Misconceptions About Growing Cannabis in Greenhouses
As the cannabis industry continues to gain legal status around the world more and more cannabis growers are learning about commercial scale horticultural production techniques, ...
Staging Marijuana Taxes
Here’s how to start low and go slow: Not just phase-ins of rates, but staged effective dates for each new excise tax or tax base, ...
Tax Strategies for Dealing with the IRS
[aesop_video width=”700px” align=”center” src=”youtube” id=”0jK0dUaDSuw” loop=”on” autoplay=”on” controls=”on” viewstart=”on” viewend=”on”] Patrick Cox and Elizabeth Sheldon of Tax Defense Partners spoke at our September event in LA. ...
Building an Edibles Brand
[aesop_video width=”700px” align=”center” src=”youtube” id=”NfCcK2y9IUI” loop=”on” autoplay=”on” controls=”on” viewstart=”on” viewend=”on”] Krystal Kithara talks about why she began Yummi Karma after noticing a gap in cannabis products ...
Rockefeller, Taxes, and Alcohol in the Early 1930s
Why did John D. Rockefeller, Jr., look for safe ways to deal with alcohol, and so commission the study, “Toward Liquor Control,” that recommended state ...
Large Scale Cannabis Facility Design
[aesop_video width=”720px” align=”center” src=”youtube” id=”7P1N3Y8zY6A” loop=”on” autoplay=”on” controls=”on” viewstart=”on” viewend=”on”] Autumn Karcey, founder and President of Cultivo, spoke at our recent event. Autumn talks about ...
Their Way or the Highway…
There has been a fair bit of press focusing on proposed California law AB 2300, and its implications for tenants and landlords. AB 2300, proposed ...