Franchise Wire: Bud’s Place Franchising announces collaboration agreement with Status Group International
Cannabis consumption lounge plans national expansion from the Franchise Wire Editorial staff Bud’s Place Franchising, LLC, (Bud’s) a start-up franchisor of social cannabis consumption lounges, announced a Collaboration Agreement with Status Group International Corporation (SGIC). Under this Agreement, SGIC will help Bud’s accelerate its growth and ultimately aid in its expansion worldwide. “We are excited […]
Is A Cannabis Consumption Lounge Franchise in Your Future?
A cannabis consumption lounge franchise could be just the ticket for you to enter a $30 billion industry!
For some entrepreneurs, entering the cannabis industry is a difficult proposition: start-up costs range from tens of thousands to millions of dollars, and many banks refuse any business ties to marijuana.
New entrants to the cannabis market may have challenges understanding all of the complex regulations.
For many prospective owners, the entry barrier is just too high.
Ohio set to vote on legalization in 2022
Ohio stands poised to join the growing list of states legalizing recreational cannabis.
The Ohio attorney general on Friday, August 20 certified a petition to legalize marijuana. Activists will be attempting to put the measure on the state’s 2022 ballot.
Recreational Marijuana Consumption Lounge Growth Continues
Cannabis consumption lounges are the new hot ticket in recreational marijuana use Recreational marijuana use is now legal in most of the United States. This has led to an increase in cannabis consumption lounges that are focusing on cannabis-friendly spaces to cater to those who wish to partake. The cannabis market remains robust as […]
Nevada legislature passes Social Consumption Lounge bill on final day of session
Social Consumption Lounge bill PASSES! On the very last day of this year’s Nevada Legislative session, the Nevada Senate passed a bill that was long in coming. AB341, sponsored by Assemblyman Steven Yeager, authorized the establishment of consumption lounges in Nevada. Its has been a major piece missing from Nevada’s cannabis law, which […]
Will the Third Try be the Charm for New York’s Adult-Use program?
New York and cannabis have a history together. In the late 1800’s, two groups were known to be using the herb for non-medical use. White intellectuals at the universities and culturally in the literary circles, and the Black and Caribbean populations. Cannabis, Harlem and the Jazz Age In the 1920’s Harlem was the center of […]
Cannabis was a bright spot in a dark year
Face it. 2020, in general, sucked. It was the lousiest of lousy years in many aspects. The emergence of the COVID virus, and a botched government response forced almost 100 thousand small business to close permanently. Decisions made to shut down the economy to force people to stay home also created massive unemployment. At years […]
Oklahoma’s Medical Program Soars Sooner
Oklahoma, which has only had a medical program since 2018 managed to implement it with hyper speed. After only 2 months, registration began for patients, doctors and medical cannabis businesses. Sales of product began one month later, making Oklahoma the fastest state to implement a medical program ever. Despite conservative politics (Trump carried the state […]
Cannabis Consumption in the Year of Covid-19
This pandemic had been hard on us all. Some have lost loved ones and friends. Others have lost their business. The business they built or were fortunate enough to acquire and worked steadily towards success. In fact, we have lost 328,000 souls, and 97000 small businesses have been shuttered. Permanently. Between the shutdowns, losses of […]
Bud’s Place™, How It All Began
In the beginning……no really the story of Bud’s Place™ began quite a long time ago.
Our story begins in 1996 when California where I lived at the time made medical cannabis use legal.
I had been a pro-cannabis activist both politically and socially since 2003 when I became involved in the political rig-a-ma-roll as the state made its best effort to streamline the system and create a usable model for the rest of the country, which they did for medical cannabis use with the passage of senate bill 420 (yes 420).
