CANNABIS EDUCATION – WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

(Originally posted on Business of Cannabis 4 November 2018) Two weeks ago, Canada took an incredible leap forward with the legalization of cannabis for adult use. While those who are not familiar with cannabis or don’t think they know anyone who consumes cannabis on a regular basis may assume that most adults use cannabis just Read more about CANNABIS EDUCATION – WHY IT’S IMPORTANT[…]

BUSINESS OF CANNABIS QUICK HITS – BREANNA ROYCROFT, VP GROWWISE HEALTH

(Originally posted on Business of Cannabis 9 November 2018) On November 9th, I sat down with Business of Cannabis founder Jay Rosenthal to discuss the importance of education in the medical cannabis industry, GrowWise and Strainprint’s newest partnership, and the uptick in patient and caregiver inquiries post-legalization.  

STATS CAN REPORT INDICATES MAJORITY OF ILLEGAL CANNABIS BUSINESSES IN CANADA NOT AFFILIATED WITH LARGE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS

(Originally written for Lift Cannabis 23 January 2017) Measuring organized crime in Canada: Results of a pilot project Statistics Canada, in partnership with a number of police forces across the country, recently undertook an ambitious pilot project. “Measuring Organized Crime in Canada” set out to identify gaps and opportunities in current data collection methods at Read more about STATS CAN REPORT INDICATES MAJORITY OF ILLEGAL CANNABIS BUSINESSES IN CANADA NOT AFFILIATED WITH LARGE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS[…]

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CEO OF EMBLEM CANNABIS

(Originally written for Lift Cannabis 8 December 2016) Lift sat down to talk with Emblem’s CEO, Harvey Shapiro, as the company prepares to start trading publicly. This week, Emblem Corp (formerly Kindcann) will become the latest Canadian medicinal cannabis company to become publicly traded. I sat down with co-founder and CEO Harvey Shapiro to learn Read more about AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CEO OF EMBLEM CANNABIS[…]

CANNABIS PERFORMANCE METRICS: PUBLIC SAFETY

(Originally written for Lift Cannabis on 18 October 2016) More in-depth analysis of Public Safety Canada’s recent report on cannabis legalization. Public Safety Canada (PSC) recently released “Cannabis Performance Metrics for Policy Consideration: What do we need to measure?” For a concise synopsis of the report, I recommend this recent piece for Lift ’ by Read more about CANNABIS PERFORMANCE METRICS: PUBLIC SAFETY[…]