High Rise: Cannabis MSOs, Products & Market Analysis podcast

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Episodes

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Episodes

E76 - Woody Harrelson has a new pot shop—is it boutique or big business?

While it would have been great to have Woody himself on the High Rise to chat with us about his new shop in West Hollywood, Cy and Emily take some time to talk about opening his unique cannabis retail experience and its counter positioning against practically all other models today. The Woods is a one of kind cannabis dispensary that opened up in May of this year by none other than actor and activist Woody Harrelson. Mr. Harrelson did not do this alone, he had some help from a kind group of frie...

Jul 21, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast

E75 - Jobs in cannabis, turnover rates, and the impending recession

On this episode of the High Rise, our hosts dig into the jobs market as it relates to the leisure and hospitality sectors for entry level jobs. In the cannabis space this means budtenders and production staff. These roles have gone down considerably since February 2020, even though full-time job openings in cannabis have been going way up—what is going on? Why has there been so much turnover in these positions? Cy and Emily offer some data and perspective as to why this is happening. https://www...

Jul 19, 2022•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast

E74 - Washington D.C. legalizes again and Snoop’s latest, ‘Sleepy Joe OG’

The mayor of Washington D.C.signed emergency legislation on Wednesday that will allow people to self-certify as medical cannabis patients and access dispensaries, without a doctor’s recommendation—interesting way to fast track legalization and help eliminate the grey market. In semi related news, Snoop Dog teases a new strain that appears to be aimed at a certain someone who occupies the highest office in D.C. Fingers crossed that this product will see the light of day because cannabis and laugh...

Jul 14, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast

E73 - Why are we seeing sensationalist journalism around high potency cannabis all of a sudden?

A spate of news articles have been circulating recently that throws some serious shade on high potency cannabis products. From linking fentanyl and gun violence to cannabis use, to teens in California ‘scromiting’ from consuming high THC products. Cy and Emily shine as much daylight and rational thinking around why these stories are attempting to use scare tactics instead of reliable data balanced reporting. Thank you for streaming the High Rise into your lives, please remember to rate and share...

Jul 11, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast

E72 - Minnesota just legalized edibles—let’s unpack this

With loopholes and grey market challenges in many legal states, there’s been quite a bit of chaos around how certain types of THC(ish) compounds make their way into various cannabis products—specifically in the edible category. On this episode, Cy and Emily take a dive into how the state of Minnesota deftly created a unique way of establishing a regulatory framework in how cannabis edibles are produced in the Gopher State. Thanks as always for streaming the High Rise, if you love the podcast, su...

Jul 07, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast

E71 - Cannabis activations and music festivals, why is this still a rare thing?

Each year during the summer months music festivals pop up everywhere for many music lovers to take part in. It seems that primarily in the state of California we have seen innovative music-meets-cannabis experiences as part of the line up. Why doesn’t this happen at more festivals across the U.S. in states where cannabis is legal? On this episode of the High Rise, Cy and Emily dig into this topic and chat about their own music festival experiences. Headset...

Jul 05, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast

E70 - The uniquely American product known as cannabis and the 4th of July holiday

Independence Day 2022 is days away and as far as summer holidays go in the United States, it’s a day of celebration with family, friends, food, drink, and cannabis products. On the this episode of the High Rise Cy and Emily get into some stats, compare product categories, look at various markets, and high light a couple of brands that see significant bumps in sales around the 4th of July. There’s also talk about fireworks and getting high—because that’s just part and parcel of the American exper...

Jun 30, 2022•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast

E69 - Pre-Roll mania with Bryan Gerber CEO & founder of Hara Supply

Welcome back to another conversation about all things cannabis here on the High Rise. We are joined by a very special guest, Bryan Gerber CEO and founder of Hara Supply. Bryan, Cy, and Emily to talk about the state of Pre-Rolls and the category’s interesting journey to scale over the years. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanmgerber/ https://harasupply.com Headset

Jun 29, 2022•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast

E68 - The War on Drugs: Federal Government’s latest

On this episode of the High Rise Cy and Emily talk about what the Federal Government has been up to lately with the ‘War on Drugs’. Intelligence agencies might be about to relax on hiring employees who’ve used cannabis in the past. The DEA has been seizing more illegally grown cannabis than ever before. The Secretary of Transportation is looking to fly Air Force One around the country to visit lawmakers’ hometowns to convince voters to push for legalization. The EPA still prohibits their workers...

Jun 28, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast

E67 - Where does the beverage category go from here?

Cy and Emily give us a classic ‘laid back data backed’ convo exclusively around the beverage category on this episode of the High Rise. There is a soon to be released in low dose THC drink called Leisuretown, from celebrity skateboarder Rob Dyrdeck and super star DJ/producer Diplo via HERBL in California. Our hosts get into the how and why a small but mighty cannabis beverage category is an important one to watch out for in the next couple years. As always thank you for streaming the High Rise, ...

Jun 23, 2022•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast