Founder and editor-in-chief of @cultivatednews.bsky.social, reporting on the cannabis industry. MBA student at Columbia Business School. Formerly at Business Insider. Sign up here: https://www.cultivated.news/https://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lppb22sric2sTwo interesting charts in the recent Deloitte report on Canadian cannabis excise taxes: https://www.cannabis-council.ca/press-releases/deloitte-report-the-impact-of-the-cannabis-excise-tax-en21 May 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppb22sric2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lo4vynpnbk2uNew York's Cannabis Advisory Board is meeting now. Chair Belluck says there will be a "robust" update on the Community Reinvestment Fund. https://totalwebcasting.com/view/?func=VOFF&id=nysocm&date=2025-05-01&seq=101 May 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4vynpnbk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3ln42ao2r4s2hTrack-and-trace firm BioTrack responds to recent reporting that out-of-state cannabis products are being sold in NY. NY picked BioTrack as its track-and-trace provider in 2022. It's a crucial part of cannabis supply chain management. https://mjbizdaily.com/lack-of-track-and-trace-system-at-heart-of-marijuana-inversion-in-new-york/18 Apr 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln42ao2r4s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lmv64rwxqk2rNew York cannabis dispensary chain Gotham has filed lawsuit against the state's Office of Cannabis Management over what they call an "unconstitutional mandate" in the MRTA that requires all NY cannabis companies to execute a labor peace agreement to obtain or renew a license.15 Apr 2025 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmv64rwxqk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lms2kj3tk226Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is in hot water over steering $10 million of a legal Medicaid settlement into his wife’s charity — which then went to two organizations that successfully fought legalization last year. https://www.cultivated.news/p/desantis-anti-cannabis-campaign-in-hot-water14 Apr 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lms2kj3tk226https://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lmd5avtlqs27How will tariffs impact the #cannabis industry? Well, it's not good. Grow lights, packaging, rolling papers, and vape hardware are mostly manufactured in China and Asia. Read the latest @cultivatednews.bsky.social: https://www.cultivated.news/p/how-will-tariffs-impact-the-cannabis-industry08 Apr 2025 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmd5avtlqs27https://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lmar4ludcc2zOur March in review @cultivatednews.bsky.social07 Apr 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmar4ludcc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3llx33tvau22xDid Canadians consume cannabis more widely, more frequently and at younger ages as it became more accessible and affordable? The answer was mostly no. From @profmjarmstrong.bsky.social https://theconversation.com/cannabis-retail-expansion-in-canada-came-with-only-a-small-uptick-in-the-number-of-consumers-25200803 Apr 2025 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llx33tvau22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3llrotolyzc2qIn today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social The most profitable legal weed states — if the federal government legalizes — are those with more laissez-faire regulations, according to an analysis from UC Davis economist Robin Goldstein. Read it here: https://www.cultivated.news/p/states-that-will-lead-legal-weed-according-to-an-economist01 Apr 2025 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrotolyzc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3llchmflmsk2vIn today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social: 🌿Virginia might be for lovers, but it's not for cannabis 🤝 Glass House gets into hemp biz 🥊 Minnesota publishes proposed regs 🤔 Arizona rules all hemp must be sold in dispensaries Read it below and be sure to subscribe. t.co/Gx8mHc9ezL https://t.co/Gx8mHc9ezL26 Mar 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llchmflmsk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3ll7qyj2m3c2eArizona’s attorney general ruled that all Hemp-THC products including beverages and edibles must be sold within state-regulated dispensaries. https://www.azag.gov/press-release/illegal-thc-product-sales25 Mar 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7qyj2m3c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3ll56mgnrtc26In today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social, Tennessee weighs a 'pot for potholes' bill to legalize and tax recreational cannabis to pay for road and infrastructure repairs. But Republican lawmakers in the deep-Rep state are against it. https://www.cultivated.news/p/tennessee-s-smoky-mountains-may-be-getting-a-little-smokier24 Mar 2025 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll56mgnrtc26https://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3ll3rgvp4tc2624 Mar 2025 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll3rgvp4tc26https://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3ll3rfwz5y226Nice day climbing and skiing with my brother24 Mar 2025 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll3rfwz5y226https://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lk2cklnjls2wYou don't say. https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/10/fact-check-ohio-gop-claims-legalizing-marijuana-increases-crime-it-doesnt-legal-expert-says/10 Mar 2025 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2cklnjls2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lk2cflpp3k2kDriving while high is hard to detect. States are racing to find a good tool https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/nx-s1-5220351/driving-high-thc-dui10 Mar 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2cflpp3k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lk23lvxuac2vPM Justin Trudeau is on his way out of office, to be replaced by Mark Carney. His crowning achievements of nearly 10 years in office? Cannabis legalization, according to a recent poll. Read the latest @cultivatednews.bsky.social https://www.cultivated.news/p/legalizing-cannabis-justin-trudeau-s-biggest-accomplishment-as-pm10 Mar 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk23lvxuac2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3ljsqmjdxn227Sam Adams maker Boston Beer Co execs revealed how big beer companies are thinking about the cannabis and hemp-derived beverage industry in the US. In short, they're not quite there yet, I write in today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social. https://www.cultivated.news/p/boston-beer-co-isn-t-ready-to-mass-produce-hemp-drinks-in-the-us-yet07 Mar 2025 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsqmjdxn227https://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3ljsnc6xui22uWelcome to our new weekly wrap-up. This Week In Cannabis News, powered by Dutchie. https://www.cultivated.news/p/this-week-in-cannabis-news-march-7-202507 Mar 2025 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsnc6xui22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3ljpug4choc2bTrump missed a big opportunity to push cannabis reform on the biggest state when he invited Marc Fogel, who was imprisoned in Russia for 17 grams of cannabis and freed last month, to his Wednesday night joint address in front of Congress. https://www.cultivated.news/p/trump-s-missed-opportunity06 Mar 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpug4choc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3ljkn2z3tts2iIn today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social, a new bill introduced in the New York State on Monday would allow legal dispensaries to sell intoxicating hemp products containing THC.04 Mar 2025 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkn2z3tts2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3ljiilwjpgs25Our @cultivatednews.bsky.social Sunday Read is a guest analysis from @deepakanand.bsky.social on what the recent German elections mean for the country's experiment with cannabis legalization. https://www.cultivated.news/p/what-the-german-election-results-mean-for-the-future-of-cannabis03 Mar 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljiilwjpgs25https://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lj6e5nonts24In today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social: 👀 NYT investigates New York's social equity fund 💰 Green Thumb Industries $GTBIF crushes earnings 🍹 Trulieve drops a line of hemp-THC drinks And much, much more. Read it here and be sure to subscribe! https://www.cultivated.news/p/false-promises-and-pitfalls-of-new-york-s-social-equity-fund27 Feb 2025 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6e5nonts24https://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lj3wnf2kb22mThe Payload Space team has built a great business. $1.8 million of revenue for a small digital media startup, up from $1 million in '23, is fantastic. They just raised $1.4 million to expand into new, related verticals. https://www.axios.com/2025/02/25/defense-news-coverage-payload-rebrand26 Feb 2025 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3wnf2kb22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lj25vd6vlc2hFinally solved: how the body's own marijuana spreads through the brain https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025/02/finally-solved-how-the-bodys-own-marijuana-spreads-through-the-brain26 Feb 2025 00:50 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj25vd6vlc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lj25mnasas2bAs Pennsylvania inches toward legalizing recreational cannabis, lawmakers propose selling it in state-owned dispensaries similar to state liquor stores @theconversation.com https://theconversation.com/as-pennsylvania-inches-toward-legalizing-recreational-cannabis-lawmakers-propose-selling-it-in-state-owned-dispensaries-similar-to-state-liquor-stores-25036826 Feb 2025 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj25mnasas2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lj25lmpwn22hN.J. medical cannabis patients feel betrayed as legal weed business booms https://www.nj.com/marijuana/2025/02/profits-before-patients.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=insidercannabis_sf&utm_content=nj_twitter_insidercannabis26 Feb 2025 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj25lmpwn22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lj25h6mpvc2hThis is interesting: The IRS owes Jushi, a cannabis company, $6 million in COVID-era ERC tax credits. Jushi sold them to a third party for $5.1 million to raise money. https://mjbizdaily.com/cannabis-mso-jushi-benefiting-from-little-used-irs-tax-credit-program/26 Feb 2025 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj25h6mpvc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jberke.bsky.social/post/3lizvehzzf22fThe new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said he wants to roll back legalization. In Monday's @cultivatednews.bsky.social, I wrote that uncertainty may put some of the medical supply agreements that Canadian firms have signed in jeopardy. Today, High Tide said it was pausing a planned deal.25 Feb 2025 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:tdeits563blh77oftnauvij7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizvehzzf22f