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Ideas Need Language: The Discovery of Discovery in Both Name and Concept

Science and Discovery Are Defined Science and Discovery Are Redefined A Proliferation of New Ideas and New Language A revolution in ideas requires a revolution in language. --...

The Problem of Funding Education for Medical Cannabis Patients

The Traditional Healthcare System The Medical Cannabis System Education: Pharma vs. Cannabis Alternative Funding Mechanisms for Cannabis Patient Education Using medications to treat...

Thoughts on Cannabis Market Consolidation

Overview of Market Consolidation The Process Firm Dynamics Factors Predictive of Consolidation in Cultivation Markets Nature of Regulations Extent of Natural Monopoly Other Cost Fac...

Consumer Components of Product Value

Purchase Component Consumption Component Effects Component Community Component Component Overlaps Think about the last time you bought, say, lunch, and how you chose among your ava...

The Health Costs of Moldy Weed

Background Information About Mold Licensed vs. Unlicensed Cannabis Singling Out Mold Price Differentials: Licensed vs. Unlicensed Information for Calculating Estimates Information N...

Using Group Motivations to Improve Cannabis Industry Outcomes

Motivations Spiritual/Lifestyle Therapeutic Recreational Monetary Regulatory Improving Industry Outcomes Decreasing Burdensome Regulations Improving Financial Viability of Busines...

From Legacy to Licensed Cannabis

Introduction Licensed Cannabis Markets: The Current Landscape Legacy Cannabis Markets Envisioning Inclusive Cannabis Markets Introduction Almost invariably, markets – that is, the ...

Model for Evaluating Alternatives for Increasing Dispensary Revenues

Download dispensary_model The Situation Dispensaries have several different options for increasing their customer counts and associated sales: Bring in new customers from the nearby community ...

Where Science, Technology and Cannabis Meet

19 February 2023

The Evolution of Science and Technology in Society Brief History of Cannabis in the US Hemp Medical Cannabis Recreational Cannabis Cannabis Science and Technology in the US Cannabis...

Anatomy of a Cannabis Price Crash

25 December 2022

What Drove Oversupply? What Drove So Much Red Ink? The Good News Market prices in cannabis have been crashing in more mature markets due to massive oversupplies of cannabis products:...

Cannabis Regulators Determine the Portion of Legal Market Activity

23 December 2022

Before cannabis was legalized, by definition, all cannabis activity took place in the Black (or Illicit) Markets. People in society were thus either Non-Users of cannabis, or they were Black Market...

The FDA’s Refusal to Provide Clear Guidelines for CBD Activity is Unconscionable

22 December 2022

Image Source: https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/10/20/2372978/cbd-oil-may-protect-against-covid-19-lung-damage-research 2021 CBD sales surpassed $5B.[1] Since CBD was initial...

What Will Cannabis Deschedulization Look Like?

16 November 2022

Current Landscape for Controlled Substances What Regulators Want Cannabis Licenses Alcohol Regulations Federal Deschedulization Current Landscape for Controlled Substances Le...

Alternative Forms of Cannabis Taxes

23 October 2022

General Note on Cannabis Taxes Cannabis Tax Systems by State Comparisons of Alternative Forms of Cannabis Taxes Germany’s proposed cannabis regulations have been in the news recently...

Why Is Cannabis Such a Tough Nut to Crack? A Synopsis of Supply and Demand Complexities

The Essence of Cannabis The cannabis market, like any other product market, is about delivering the right product to each consumer, that is, providing the product that will most closely satisfy th...

Will High THC Cannabis Continue to Dominate Markets?

What Led to the Rise of High THC Cannabis? Multidimensional Cannabis Dynamics Flaws in the Argument For High THC Cannabis Shifting the Paradigm References Demand for high THC pot...

Arguments For and Against Caps on THC Potency

Arguments in Favor of Caps on THC Arguments Against Caps on THC References Introduction Selective breeding has led to significant increases in the potency of cannabis flower over ti...

Cannabis Grey and Black Submarket Dynamics

Pre-2018 Cannabis Submarkets Post-2018 Cannabis Submarkets Grey Market Cannabis Activity More Nuanced Cannabis Submarkets Regional Distributions of Cannabis Activity References Pr...

Causes of Cross-State Differences in Legal Market Cannabis Sales

04 November 2020

Legal cannabis markets have existed for several years now in a good number of states. If we compared legal market cannabis sales across states and over time, what would that look like? Do states ex...

Cannabis Cultivation: Seeds vs. Clones

26 September 2020

Cannabis plants are dioecious, that is, they are either male or female. Plant reproduction occurs naturally, when male plants pollinate female plants, causing female plants to produce seeds. New ca...