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Cannabiz Media Announces Free Regional Subscriptions  for Cannabis License Holders

Cannabiz Media Announces Free Regional Subscriptions for Cannabis License Holders

The Cannabiz Media team has been hard at work enhancing the Cannabiz Media License Database, now offering expanded CRM and email marketing functionality, and currently tracking over 50,000 licenses throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Visit Cannabiz Media at MJBizConNEXT in New Orleans

Visit Cannabiz Media at MJBizConNEXT in New Orleans

This month, the Cannabiz Media team will be at Booth #617 at MJBizConNEXT in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Cannabiz Media team will join approximately 300 exhibitors on the expo floor, which will be open on June 12, 13, and 14.

Imperfect Cannabis Driving Impairment Tests: No Viable Solution in Sight

Imperfect Cannabis Driving Impairment Tests: No Viable Solution in Sight

The problem with testing for cannabis and related driving impairment is that there isn’t a direct correlation between the amount of THC a person has consumed and their impairment level like there is with alcohol consumption and impairment.

How Real Estate Affects the Value of a Marijuana License

How Real Estate Affects the Value of a Marijuana License

The term “cannabis effect” or “cannabis premium” refers to the inflated real estate costs that cannabis license holders are required to pay across the United States. The problem is the cost of real estate has a direct negative effect on a cannabis business, ...

European Cannabis Symposium Recap: What’s Happening in Europe?

European Cannabis Symposium Recap: What’s Happening in Europe?

Earlier this month, the Cannabiz Media team attended MJBizDaily’s two-day European Cannabis Symposium in Copenhagen, Denmark. During the event, I had the opportunity to attend several insightful presentations covering topics ...

Join Cannabiz Media at the Cannabis World Congress & Business Expo in New York

Join Cannabiz Media at the Cannabis World Congress & Business Expo in New York

The Cannabiz Media team will attend the Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City later this month. Will we see you there?

The State of the International Cannabis Industry

The State of the International Cannabis Industry

As of January 2019, approximately 50 countries around the world officially regulate some form of medical cannabis. Some industry experts predict the number will jump to 70 by 2021. Cannabiz Media is actively adding international cannabis license data ...

Onsite Cannabis Consumption Update

Onsite Cannabis Consumption Update

Last month marked one of the biggest days of the year in cannabis culture, and one of the cannabis industry’s largest sales days: 4/20. For most of the states where cannabis is legal in some form, this meant cannabis was sold in a dispensary and consumed off-site.

Research Reveals Surprises in International Marijuana Markets

Research Reveals Surprises in International Marijuana Markets

Despite the fact that medical marijuana is not yet legal in more than a dozen states in the U.S. and even fewer states have legalized adult-use marijuana, the country is still the leader in cannabis sales around the world.

Join Cannabiz Media at MJBizDaily’s European Cannabis Symposium

Join Cannabiz Media at MJBizDaily’s European Cannabis Symposium

Cannabiz Media will be attending MJBizDaily’s European Cannabis Symposium on May 6, 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark where Founders Larry Schwartz and Ed Keating will host an exhibit at Table #5 throughout the day.

Research Finds Marijuana Advertising Prevalent in Oregon - But It's Still Not Easy

Research Finds Marijuana Advertising Prevalent in Oregon - But It's Still Not Easy

While more than half of Americans can access either medical or recreational marijuana (or both) in their home states, that doesn’t mean it’s easy for marijuana companies to spread the word about their products and services.

How to Leverage Online Influencers for Cannabis Business Marketing

How to Leverage Online Influencers for Cannabis Business Marketing

An excellent way to build your cannabis business’ brand reputation, grow your audience, and turn members of your target market into buying customers is to connect with online influencers –

Cannabiz Media Client Spotlight – BioTrackTHC

Cannabiz Media Client Spotlight – BioTrackTHC

In 2018, BioTrackTHC merged with Helix TCS, Inc. To read an updated interview conducted in April 2020 with Justin Mayhall of BioTrack, click here. BioTrackTHC is an industry-leading seed-to-sale inventory management and dispensary point-of-sale (POS) ...

What Works in Email Marketing to Cannabis License Holders? We Analyzed 332,000 Messages to Find Out

What Works in Email Marketing to Cannabis License Holders? We Analyzed 332,000 Messages to Find Out

The Cannabiz Media team analyzed data from over 332,000 emails sent by its clients through the Cannabiz Media License Database between January 1 and March 1, 2019 to learn what’s working in email marketing to cannabis license holders.

What’s New in Cannabis Testing, Delivery and Distribution?

What’s New in Cannabis Testing, Delivery and Distribution?

As we end the first quarter of 2019, several trends show continued challenges ahead for licensed cannabis testing labs as well as delivery and distribution businesses. To wrap up our series of posts this month about what’s new in cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, ...

What’s New in Cannabis Retail and Dispensing?

What’s New in Cannabis Retail and Dispensing?

As more states approve medical and recreational cannabis sales, the number of licensed cannabis retailers and dispensaries continues to grow. So far in 2019, cannabis retailers and dispensaries have been at the crux of rapid growth and change.

Shining a Light on Cultivation and Energy Use

Shining a Light on Cultivation and Energy Use

Sustainability — both economic and environmental — has been a major consideration in the cannabis industry for years, and as more states approve medical and recreational cannabis, the use and overuse of resources becomes a bigger concern.

What’s New in Cannabis Cultivation?

What’s New in Cannabis Cultivation?

The news has been filled lately with stories about cannabis cultivation across the country and in Canada, Europe, and South America, and competition is rampant. A 2019 study from Farm Journal found that even conventional farmers are eyeing the cannabis industry ...

Irrigation: Know Before You Grow

Irrigation: Know Before You Grow

The marijuana cultivation landscape continues to evolve in the arid western United States. Many Western states have legalized adult-use marijuana (Alaska, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington), and as a result, ...

What’s New in Cannabis Manufacturing?

What’s New in Cannabis Manufacturing?

As we move closer to the end of the first quarter of 2019, the cannabis industry continues to evolve. Cannabis manufacturers are growing, and mergers are dominating the news, particularly mergers and strategic acquisitions ...