Category Archives: cannabis technology

How Revelry is Connecting New Yorkers to the Cannabis Industry

“What we noticed the first couple of years in cannabis was everybody was learning, but there was also a little bit of gatekeeping of information,” Tsui said. “Very specific people were allowed access or had the ability to fundraise. We thought it was important that if people were interested they would have real information, transparent […]

A New Compliance Education Platform Gives Retailers an Edge

A few years ago, Eastman re-connected with childhood friend Shawn Hauser, a partner at Vicente Sederberg. After careful consideration, the pair decided to join forces, launching Rootwurks in July 2021. “We took 20 years of lessons from the food industry and applied it to what we built, tailoring the solution from the ground up to […]

What Does the Future of Retail Cannabis Packaging Look Like?

N2 also uses pull tabs and child-resistant, senior-friendly lid apparatuses that combine compliance with accessibility. Most of the 13 patents N2 holds in the U.S., Canada, and 11 other countries center around the locking and connecting mechanisms for the actual lid adherence to the can. “What we are responsible for is building the better mousetrap,” […]

Who’s Finding Success in Oklahoma’s Cannabis Technology Boom?

Perhaps one doesn’t think of cannabis when conjuring images of Oklahoma, but over the past several years the Sooner State has emerged as a hotspot for cannabis production and distribution. Based on per capita consumption, Oklahoma is now the largest medical marijuana market in the country.  In 2018, Oklahoma voters authorized the state’s medical marijuana […]

Choosing the Right Container for Your Cannabis

Walking into a dispensary for the first time, or even the tenth, can be a little overwhelming. With such a wealth of options of brands, strains, and packaging types, decision paralysis can easily set in. While decisions on whether to purchase flower, concentrates, edibles, or a refreshing cannabis beverage comes down to personal choice and […]

‘Bowlmates’ Online Community Launched by Cheech and Chong

Bowlmates, a new free social website for cannabis lovers, is lighting up the online cannabis community. The platform, powered by Ear2Ground, connects like-minded cannabis enthusiasts known as “Bowlmates” from around the world in a community where users can share and talk openly without fear of unnecessary suppression.  “With other social media platforms censoring cannabis posts […]

A Global Cannabis Cultivation Revolution is Underway

The practice of cultivating cannabis is far from new. The cannabis plant is believed to have first evolved roughly 28 million years ago based on the results of a pollen research project, the results of which were originally published in May 2019. More than 4,000 years ago farmers in China started to master the art of […]

Content Creator Advice for Creating an Engaging Online Presence

On Being a Content Creator and Entrepreneur   I’m literally having to create a job and a career for myself from scratch. So it’s been a lot of ups and downs, a lot of struggles, a lot of trial and error.  Attracting New Followers People wonder, ‘Why do all the big accounts interact with one […]

Retail and Packaging Cannabis Products That Will Surprise You

In each issue of Cannabis & Tech Today, our editors put together a list of innovative and unusual cannabis products that everyone from the retailer to the consumer can appreciate. For Volume 4 Issue 3, we focused on innovations in packaging and fresh-to-the-scene retail products. Check out the top 10 below and tell us what […]

Savvy Retailers Use CRM Software to Gain a Competitive Edge

The target market for dispensaries is already using Netflix, Spotify, Instagram, and Amazon daily and is well-accustomed to tailored purchasing experiences. The same customer buying toothpaste on the Target website is also browsing your dispensary website, but the journey of these purchases couldn’t be more different.  Let’s say this customer searches your site for edibles, […]