How Cannabis Legalization Marks a Global Paradigm Shift The year 2020 started with a bang – literally. Within days after the clock struck 12, rumors of WWIII has been trending on Twitter, with escalating tension between Uncle Sam and the Middle East. However, I personally am not too worried about…
Rundown of 2020 Presidential Candidates Stances on Cannabis With the 2020 presidential race in full swing and the primaries quickly approaching, the US is less than a year away from electing a new president (or having to undergo a second Trump term). Although the legalization of cannabis has seen huge…
Congress Holds Historic Vote Today on Federal Cannabis Legalization in the MORE Act On Wednesday the 20th of November, 2019, The MORE Act or the “Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement Act” is expected to have a Judiciary Committee Vote. While certain analysts says this bill has a 1% chance of…
Cannabis Legislation: Here’s How It Differs State to State Legislation involving cannabis has made huge strides since the days of “Reefer Madness”, when misconceptions about marijuana were widely perpetuated. In the last five years alone, the cannabis industry has raked in billions of dollars and is showing no signs of…
Mexico’s Cannabis Legalization D-Day is Quickly Approaching (What Does it Mean for Global Markets?) On October 23rd this year, the “90-day time frame” established by the Mexican Supreme Court would come to a conclusion. For those unfamiliar with this story, the Mexican Supreme Court ordered government officials to make the…
How Legal Seafoods Jumped the Shark on Legalization [embedded content] How will iconic brands adjust to the new legal cannabis world? When discussing branding and marketing in the cannabis space it is usually centered around startups and CBD as that makes up 90% of this nascent industry. Subtract out a…
Do Cheech and Chong Need to Die for Cannabis Legalization to Happen? Do Hippies Still Fit in with Cannabis Culture? They are from the 70s, but do they belong in Cannabis 2020? You have your Grateful Dead shirt on and your long hair, you have spent years smoking weed and telling…
The Three Biggest Weakness is the Argument Cannabis Should Be Legal (That We Can Fix) Why isn’t cannabis legal at the Federal level yet? Cannabis is up for legalization. Your strategy team sits down with you to go over your strongest arguments as well as your weakest arguments. What points…
Let’s Make a Deal – Would You Agree to Full Cannabis Legalization if Trump Gets 4 More Years? Interesting rumblings out of the White House press conferences recently as President Trump was asked if we will see marijuana legalization under his presidency. At a press briefing on the lawn of…
The Industrialization of Psychedelics following Cannabis Legalization A few years ago now, I wrote about the inevitable legalization of psychedelics once cannabis has been fully legalized. CNBC echoed that sentiments a few weeks back with a small section about the legality of psychedelics. Check out the video here: Why Psychedelics…