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Columns

4 Pitfalls to Avoid When Seeking a Cannabis Trademark (and Tips to Avoid Them)

Trademark protection in the cannabis industry is complex and still evolving, but building a strong legal foundation now will give your brand staying power.

July 8, 2025

Tomorrow in Cannabis

How to Fresh-Freeze Cannabis

A CBT reader asks industry expert Ken Morrow how to freeze a fresh cannabis harvest after hitting some hurdles on the first attempt.

July 3, 2025

Guest Column

White Ash vs. Black Ash

Is the longstanding popular belief that white ash is ‘good’ nothing more than a myth?

March 26, 2024

Compliance

7 Critical Questions Cannabis Businesses Need to Be Asking About The Corporate Transparency Act, The Most Important Federal Law You’ve Never Heard Of

Complying with the CTA, which took effect in 2024, can be deceptively complicated, and failure to do so can subject companies to civil—and even criminal—penalties.

February 15, 2024

Impacts of Cannabis Legalization

Cannabis Reform Momentum Unprecedented in Recent Years

In the past three years, the federal government has taken steps to provide more access to research, rescheduling may be on the horizon and nearly half of U.S. states have legalized adult-use cannabis.

February 8, 2024

Guest Column

8 Tips to Maximize Cannabis Cultivation Energy Efficiency Rebates

RII expert members share tips and insights into getting the most out of programs that will help pay for facility upgrades.

January 31, 2024

Interviews & Opinion

7 Takeaways From the Feds' Cannabis Rescheduling Recommendation

Attorney Jonathan Havens outlines what stood out for him most after reviewing the 252-page document released by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

January 24, 2024

Interviews & Opinion

A Positive Sign For Schedule III

In Vienna, a U.S. state department legal adviser champions member-state discretion over domestic drug policy, potentially removing the obstacle the Single Convention drug treaty could pose to cannabis reform.

November 7, 2023

Cannabis Tax Law

280E: How the Cannabis Industry Got Here

As cannabis businesses brace for potential tax relief should the plant be rescheduled, a look at the origins of IRC Section 280E and why it applies to legal, state-level cannabis companies.

October 18, 2023

Finance

8 Internal Controls That Can Protect Your Cannabis Company

Established and continually tested checks and balances throughout your operation help prevent fraud, regulatory woes, litigation, and other serious threats to your business.

September 25, 2023

Interviews & Opinion

Opinion: HHS Rescheduling Recommendation is 'About Damn Time'

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recognition that cannabis should no longer be classified in the same category as heroin is an event to be celebrated. But the trajectory of U.S. policy deserves to be mourned.

September 20, 2023

Interviews & Opinion

Opinion: Rescheduling Is Recriminalizing, Descheduling Is Decriminalizing

President of cannabis genetics company DNA Genetics, Rezwan Khan, weighs in on Biden's cannabis policy reform plan and how rescheduling or descheduling the plant would impact the industry.

August 29, 2023