Licensed marijuana sales in 2021 eclipsed coffee giant Starbucks

Licensed marijuana sales in 2021 eclipsed coffee giant Starbucks For years, there has been a running joke in pop culture about a Starbucks on every corner. But that trope might need updating now that regulated cannabis sales in the United States have outstripped the...

New York Asks TikTok To Stop Banning Cannabis Education

New York Asks TikTok To Stop Banning Cannabis Education – Marijuana regulators are asking the social media app TikTok to end its ban on advertising that involves the word “cannabis” as they work to promote public education on the state’s move to legalize. The...

Massachusetts House Approves Bill To Amend Cannabis Laws

The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 153-2 on Wednesday to approve a bill to make several changes to the state’s cannabis laws. The Massachusetts House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted on Wednesday to approve a bill amending the state’s weed laws,...

Estrella Resendes, Trulieve

“Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world. ~ Dolores Huerta” My name is Estrella Resendes and I am the National Director of Talent Acquisition for Trulieve. I am an accomplished...

High Times: Cannabis Now America’s Fifth Most Profitable Crop

With recreational pot now legal in 18 states, cannabis is a bona fide profitable cash crop. In November, Leafly Holdings, Inc. released its first ever “Cannabis Harvest Report” that examined “farm licenses and production in the 11 states that have legal...

Spotlight: Osbert Orduña

The Cannabis Place Q&A Session with the National Hispanic Cannabis Council Question 1: When did you first start in the Legal Cannabis Industry and why?  In late 2020 and early 2021, I visited 50 non-MSO recreation and medical dispensaries in five states on...