Michigan Dispensary Operator Credits Survival to Operational Discipline
A Michigan cannabis operator's path from sales lead to general manager offers a useful case study in what actually keeps a license solvent in a crowded, low-margin market. The operator, now running
Multi-State Dispensary Operators Confront Clashing Compliance Systems
A dispensary chain operating in three states can end up running three different compliance realities at once. One license reports to Metrc, another to BioTrack, and each system has its own rules for
Dispensary Inventory Mismatches Reveal Deeper Cannabis Tech Stack Problems
Three systems, three different inventory counts, one closing shift that won't end on time. It's a familiar scene in dispensary back offices: the point-of-sale says one number, the state's
Georgia Cannabis Operator Opens Doors to Push Stalled Medical Bill
MACON-BIBB, Ga. - A decade after Georgia legalized medical cannabis, the program remains narrow, tightly capped, and politically fragile. That tension played out this week in Macon, where one of the
Nevada City Advances Plan to Ease Cannabis Retail Rules
Nevada City is quietly positioning itself as an outlier among small California municipalities on cannabis policy, and operators watching the Sierra foothills market should take note. The city council
Older Consumers Emerge as Untapped Growth Engine for Cannabis Retailers
Michigan's cannabis market has spent years drowning in its own supply. Wholesale prices have collapsed, margins have thinned to almost nothing, and operators have been left arguing over who gets to
Pennsylvania Hemp Retailers Brace for Federal Crackdown on THC Products
A federal deadline in December could reshape a Pennsylvania hemp industry worth an estimated billion dollars a year, as Congress weighs tighter restrictions or an outright ban on hemp-derived
Federal Hemp Definition Change Leaves Retailers Guessing on Timing
The federal law reshaping what counts as legal hemp is already on the books, signed in November 2025. What isn't settled is when it actually bites, and that gap between "enacted" and "effective" is
TSRgrow Expands Cultivation Software to Link Compliance and Energy Data
TSRgrow has rolled out a significant expansion of GROWHub, its cultivation software platform, adding energy monitoring, expanded batch records, Metrc integration and Building Management System
Cannabis ETF Surges as Trulieve's NYSE Debut Tests Sector's Regulatory Bet
Cannabis stocks are trading like the industry's federal reckoning is finally arriving. The AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (MSOS) climbed to its highest levels of 2026 this week, with investors