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Flower Isn’t Going Away

17 January 2026

Much to the chagrin of the traditional establishment, cannabis flower isn’t going away. In Michigan, sales and market shares of flower products – flower (which includes pre-rolls), shake/trim, and i…

Cannabis Patents

08 October 2025

Categories Assignees Concluding Thoughts The purpose of this analysis is to understand: What type of cannabis inventions are being patented? Who owns the cannabis patents? Which c…

Why Is Cannabis So Difficult?

04 September 2025

Ever try explaining what's going on in cannabis to an industry outsider? As you start talking, the utter absurdity of it all becomes so clear. A few years ago, I wrote a very short article, W…

Michigan Cannabis Sales

Medical vs. Adult Use Sales Adult Use Sales by Product Category Points to Ponder Michigan provides cannabis sales and volume data, so I thought I’d see what the data had to say. F…

Trends in Prevalence of Use: Cigarettes vs. Alcohol vs. Cannabis

Cigarette Smoking vs. Nicotine Vaping Cigarette Smoking vs. Cannabis Use Alcohol Use vs. Cigarette Use vs. Cannabis Use vs. Vaping 19 – 30 Year-Olds 35 – 50 Year-Olds Monitorin…

Cannabis Arrests: Pre- vs. Post-Legalization

NORML reports state level data on number of arrests for possession and sale of cannabis annually between 2018 and 2023.[1] After conducting some preliminary analyses and trying to make sens…

What’s the Value of Trust?

Of course, the value of trust is context specific. But even so, how do you put a value on trust? Douglas Hubbard, in his book, How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangi…

How Do Information Ecosystems in Cannabis Compare to Those for Other Products?

Whenever I walk into a cannabis dispensary, I’m always overwhelmed by the choice of products available. [As an aside, one of my all-time favorite Ted Talks is one by Barry Schwartz on the …

Distribution of Cannabis Use by Age and Frequency of Use

Prevalence of Cannabis Use in the Population Population Distributions by Age Population Distributions by Age and Frequency of Use Cannabis Use by Age and Frequency of Use The purpose…

Is All Cannabis Medical? Can Cannabis Be Fun? What’s the Connection?

When talking about cannabis use, there are two sets of controversial beliefs, which, after careful consideration, I believe are inter-related. Is All Cannabis Medical? The first set involves the de…

Centralization vs. Decentralization: Which is Better for Cannabis?

26 January 2025

Centralization involves concentration power and authority at a single level. As it relates to cannabis, this means having federal government establish laws and regulations that uniformly apply a…

Do 30% of Cannabis Users Really Have Cannabis Use Disorder?

27 December 2024

Diagnosing CUD How Reasonable Are the CUD Criteria? Definition of the Population of Interest National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) In Conclusion Countless researchers and or…

How Do You Define Cannabis Quality?

18 September 2024

Objective Measures of Cannabis Quality Subjective Measures of Cannabis Quality Perceived Quality and Price Are Interlinked Predominant Cannabis Factors In Short What seems like a relatively…

Trends in THC Content and Popularity of Cannabis Strains over Time: A Case Study of Maryland Flower

I accessed a database of METRC lab data for Maryland flower from Oct 2017 (when sales of medical cannabis started) through Dec 2023 (recreational sales started in July 2023).[1] The original dat…

The Expected Impact of Decreasing Taxes on Medical Cannabis: A Case Study

In Washington, medical cannabis patients have been exempt from paying sales taxes, but they’re still required to pay a 37% excise tax on cannabis. Under a new law that just took effect, medical…

Creating a Better Framework for the Cannabis Industry

What Regulators Envisioned Complications What Regulators Got Creating a Better Framework for the Cannabis Industry Cannabis markets are a big hot mess. While we wait to hear ab…

Illicit Cannabis Is Driving Out Licensed Activity

There Are Four Cannabis Submarkets The Informal Economy Has State Legalization Decreased Illicit Markets? Industry corruption and bad practices are driving out lice…

Cannabis’s Nontraditional Path Has Accelerated Development of Medical Cannabis

07 January 2024

Path of Traditional Drug Development Feedback Drives Evolution Cannabis Has Greater Potential Than Most Drugs Drug Development Filters A very clear pathway for the development and use…

California Cannabis Sales by County

02 January 2024

Quarterly Per Capita Sales by County Aggregate vs. Per Capita Sales across Counties Determinants of Aggregate Sales Conclusions The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration…

Cross-State Comparisons of Cannabis Licenses across Activities and Organizations

11 December 2023

Purpose of the Analysis Category Descriptions State Regulations The Data Numbers of Active Licenses Numbers and Types of Licenses by Licensee Conclusions Purpose of the Analysis US st…