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 […]

The Cannabis Consumption Lounges Are Coming!

Consumption lounges on the rise

It’s happening right in front of you. And it looks like there’s no stopping it. City after city is warming up to the idea of opening cannabis lounges, with many pushing for legislation to allow establishments where people can enjoy marijuana products. In places like Ann Arbor, MI and Las Vegas, NV. New York state also included cannabis club […]

Insurance: Getting ready to 10X in Cannabis Sector

Insureance in the cannabis industry is set to explode

The insurance industry is about to explode with cannabis legalization.
As Congress inches closer to legalizing cannabis at the federal level, companies are bracing themselves for what could be as big as a ten-fold increase in sales as part of the booming $17.6 billion-a-year market.

Nevada legislature passes Social Consumption Lounge bill on final day of session

Consumption Lounge

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 […]