Episode Details

On This Week in Cannabis Live, High Spirits hosts Ben Larson & AnnaRae Grabstein join the team at Cultivated for a high-stakes news roundup. From the logistical nightmare of surging oil prices to the "race to the bottom" for cannabis pricing on the East Coast, the crew breaks down the macro-trends hitting operators' bottom lines right now. Plus, a look at the latest hemp-derived THC legislation and the "de-banking" saga that proves no one is safe from the whims of big banks.

💡 What You’ll Learn:

• The Logistics Crunch: How $110 oil is forcing distributors like Nabis to use AI and "secure roots" just to keep trucks moving.
• The "Massachusetts Effect": Why East Coast markets are rapidly compressing toward $23 eighths and how operators must find efficiency to survive.
• Hemp vs. The Farm Bill: A breakdown of the Klobuchar-Rand Paul hemp bill and whether "gas station weed" can actually survive federal scrutiny.
• The De-Banking Reality: Why even non-plant-touching media companies are getting shut down by Chase and the critical need for financial redundancy.

🌟 Meet the Panel:

This episode features a "full house" of industry experts, including hosts Ben Larson (Vertosa) and AnnaRae Grabstein(Wolf Meyer), alongside Jay Rosenthal and Jeremy Berke of Cultivated, and Marc Hauser of Cannabis Musings. This group combines deep expertise in cannabis investment, media, legal policy, and supply chain operations.

📅 Why Tune In?

Whether you're an MSO executive or a craft hemp brand, the "difficulty level" of the cannabis industry just increased. Tune in to hear how the top minds in the space are navigating the current "knife fight" for profitability and where they see the biggest wins (and losses) heading into the rest of the year.

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