Miami, FL – Alt Pro Expo, the leading B2B trade show for the vape, smoke shop, and alternative products industries, is returning to Miami from April 3-5, 2025. Set in the vibrant heart of Miami’s Wynwood District, Alt Pro Expo Miami 2025 will be the go-to event for professionals looking to connect, collaborate, and innovate in the ever-growing alternative products …
They Want Our Rhythm But Not Our Blues: The Taxation Paradox Facing Cannabis Businesses
© Ganjapreneur Over a decade ago, states like California and Colorado embarked on a new revenue journey by regulating medical and adult-use cannabis sales. These pioneering states demonstrated how cannabis regulation could generate significant tax revenue while creating legitimate business opportunities. The cannabis industry quickly became a reliable source of state funding, with Colorado alone collecting over $387 million in …
MCBA 2025 Priorities
MCBA’s mission is to create equal access for cannabis businesses and economically empower communities of color through policy, programming, and outreach initiatives to achieve equity for the communities most impacted by the War on Drugs. Our unanimously approved 2025 Organizational Priorities center on empowering a grassroots approach, designed to uplift local efforts creating equity through advocacy and entrepreneurship. We will …
GOVERNOR MURPHY NOTES CANNABIS PROGRESS SUCCESS IN BUDGET ADDRESS
Governor Phil Murphy (D) highlighted cannabis industry successes in his budget address for Fiscal Year 2026. It will be his last since he is term-limited in his position. “Though we have come far in this journey we have not reached the finished line yet,” he said. “The reality is the working people who keep our State moving cannot slow down, …
Cannabis Unity Coalition to Return to Capitol Hill for 2nd Annual Unity Week of Action April 28th to May 1st
Wednesday, February 26th (Washington D.C.) – Despite significant progress in cannabis legalization at the state level, tens of thousands of people remain incarcerated for cannabis-related offenses, licensed cannabis businesses are struggling, and community uplift funds are stalled. With 24 states and Washington D.C. legalizing adult-use cannabis and the federal government cannabis’s reclassification process in limbo, the fight for full legalization …