Sue Dehnam

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Cannabis Remediation Equipment: RF, X-Ray, and Ozone Solutions

4 weeks ago | mgmagazine.com | Sue Dehnam

Microbial contamination instantly can turn a promising harvest into a grower’s worst compliance nightmare. From processing tools and equipment to unsanitary human hands and airborne fungi, potential contamination culprits are omnipresent in grow rooms and processing facilities. Luckily, the cannabis industry can piggyback off some impressive medical and food safety technology developed to decontaminate organic and inorganic materials.
High Stakes: Texas Hemp War Heats Up

1 month ago | mgmagazine.com | Sue Dehnam

AUSTIN, Texas – A new poll conducted by Baselice & Associates on behalf of the Hemp Beverage Alliance, U.S. Hemp Roundtable, and Bayou City Hemp Company revealed 68 percent of Texas voters want consumable hemp to remain legal but be strictly regulated. Only 20 percent of poll respondents said they favor an outright ban. The poll results dropped just as the state senate passed Senate Bill 3, which would outlaw products containing any amount of THC.
Edible Arrangements® Bites into Cannabis

1 month ago | mgmagazine.com | Sue Dehnam

ATLANTA – The company that rules the market in fruit bouquets has branched into a wholly different kind of deliverable treat. Edible Brands®, the parent company of Edible Arrangements®, launched e-commerce marketplace Edibles.comTM March 20. The platform offers a curated selection of consumables infused with hemp-derived THC and other cannabinoids. At launch, consumers in Texas could select beverages, lozenges, and gummies from top-shelf brands including Wana, Cann, 1906, and Happi.
2025’s Must-Have Vapes: Top Brands & Game-Changing Tech

2 months ago | mgmagazine.com | Sue Dehnam

Vape pen sales in the United States reached $4.3 billion in 2023 and, after all sales are tallied, likely will have eclipsed $5 billion in 2024. While flower continues to outsell every other category by a wide margin, the vaporizer segment consistently stands out as the second largest category in terms of sales. According to market analysts at Headset, vape pen sales represent about 19–27 percent of total sales in legal markets across the country.
Former Hightimes Chairman Pleads Guilty to Criminal Conspiracy

Jan 22, 2025 | mgmagazine.com | Sue Dehnam

LOS ANGELES – The founder and chairman of Hightimes Holding Corp. could face a statutory maximum of five years in federal prison after pleading guilty in January to participating in a criminal conspiracy to inflate sales of the company’s stock. In December, federal authorities charged Adam Levin, 45, of Marina Del Rey, California, with one felony count of conspiracy to tout securities for undisclosed compensation.
DEA Judge Hits Pause on Cannabis Rescheduling

Jan 22, 2025 | mgmagazine.com | Sue Dehnam

WASHINGTON – Cannabis rescheduling is up in the air again after the administrative law judge assigned to hear arguments for and against the proposal abruptly cancelled a hearing scheduled for January 21 and indicated the process may need to back up a step or two before it can move forward.
Uncertainty Loomed As Global Cannabis Professionals Converged for Weed Week

Dec 12, 2024 | mgmagazine.com | Sue Dehnam

LAS VEGAS – Thousands of cannabis industry members from around the world flocked to Nevada the first week of December for MJBizCon, the Emjays awards show, and accompanying events and afterparties colloquially known as Weed Week. At the same time, across the country in Arlington, Virginia, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) began a preliminary hearing to determine whether cannabis should be moved to a less-restrictive schedule under the Controlled Substances Act.
11 Clever Cannabis Marketing Campaigns with Serious ROI

Dec 9, 2024 | mgmagazine.com | Sue Dehnam

Some marketing techniques stand the test of time. The best ones often are uncomplicated, sustainable over a long period, and deliver a hefty return on investment. Those factors are especially important when economic conditions are in flux, as they are now, or when market forces outside an industry’s control exert internal pressure. One of the key strengths of classic techniques is their ability to create a tangible connection with the audience.
New Study Reveals Female Cannabis Consumer Motivations for 2025

Nov 27, 2024 | mgmagazine.com | Sue Dehnam

LONDON – Cannabis marketers who see 50 percent of the population as a homogeneous customer base are destined to disappoint more than they satisfy, but that doesn’t mean they can ignore key motivational factors appealing to a wide swath of American cannabis consumers—the 50 percent who happen to be women.
Eaze Inc. Secures $10 Million to Reorganize, Reopen

Nov 12, 2024 | mgmagazine.com | Sue Dehnam

LOS ANGELES – Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, now-defunct Eaze Technologies Inc. will be reborn as Eaze Inc. following a capital injection of $10 million in Series B funding. Once known as “the Uber of Weed” and valued at $700 million, delivery-service-cum-multistate-retailer Eaze Technologies was acquired at auction by holding company FoundersJT after its owner, Netscape co-founder James Henry Clark, foreclosed on a previous loan to the company.