the lobsterpot< newswrap August 28th 23'​

The Next Generation

We often talk about the moments you realise cannabis has actually made it. Where it’s a part of the everyday fabric of people’s lives. In Ohio, The Cleveland School of Cannabis is educating students on all the different facets of working in the industry. A school for people who want to work in the cannabis industry? Sounds small but it ain’t.

Recipe For 

If there’s one thing that cannabis operators really don’t need it’s being muscled out of their own market by players in the alcohol industry. Sure, they do have experience in developing a previously prohibiting market but let's not get apples and oranges confused.

Gone Fishin'

Never thought we’d be writing about the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission, but hey, this is cannabis so nothing should really be a surprise at this point. The taxation of cannabis sales has managed to buoy contributions from about $40,000 to $1,300,000. You’re very welcome, nature.

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The Bud Bus

Now, we can’t actually confirm it’s going to be a bus and our only real comparison here is mobile libraries, but The Red Lake Nation, a Minnesotan tribe, are planning on starting a mobile cannabis dispensary. Rock on guys and gals, that’s most excellent.

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Turbo Thai 

If it’s not Germany copping all the cannabis hype right now, it’s the lovely nation of Thailand. One of our thermidorks<, Dave Barton, was on the ground to see it for himself a couple weeks back, but this NY Times article does a good job of looking at what’s next for the market.

Doing Its Part

A second tax story this week, but don’t yawn, it’s a good’un. Cannabis tax revenue in Colorado exceeds both tobacco and alcohol. For 2022-2023 the industry handed over $282.3 million. Sure it’s a super-developed, and often overtaxed market, but this is how you win hearts and minds more broadly.

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