The cannabis industry presents a complex financial landscape for entrepreneurs launching and growing businesses across the spectrum, from the plant-touching operators (cultivators, processors, and dispensaries) to ancillary service providers such as technology platforms, packaging companies, and professional services firms such as CannabizMD. My experience bootstrapping three startups, including CannabizMD, and insights gained from industry experts ..read more

Dr. Rasean Hodge is a trailblazing physician in the field of medical cannabis. He’s a Morehouse School of Medicine graduate with a medical practice focused on treating chronic pain with both conventional healthcare and medical cannabis.  During this thought-provoking discussion with CannabizMD Founder/CEO Jacquie Cohen Roth, MS, Dr. Hodge shares his remarkable journey from traditional ..read more

Grief is a multifaceted emotional response to loss, manifesting uniquely in each individual and often unpredictably over time. Its symptoms can range widely, from profound sadness and withdrawal to confusion, anger, and physical symptoms, including fatigue and changes in appetite. Grief challenges the conventional understanding of a linear healing process. It can resurface during anniversaries ..read more

Tahir Johnson is deeply rooted in advocacy for social equity in the cannabis industry. He’s a Howard University graduate who worked as an investment advisor and served on the diversity council of Morgan Stanley before transitioning into cannabis, starting out as a dispensary attendant. Tahir is now a national leader for diversity, equity, and inclusion ..read more

In the heart of adversity, we often discover our true calling. My journey with medical cannabis began in the throes of a life-altering diagnosis. Today, it has become my lifeline, my mission, and my message to the world. On November 12, 2018, I was diagnosed with metastatic cervical cancer. The prognosis was terminal, with doctors ..read more

Dr. Peter Grinspoon has a decades-long relationship and understanding of cannabis very few physicians can match. His father was a legendary cannabis Harvard scholar and as a child, he witnessed his older brother being treated with cannabis to alleviate the impact of cancer and the treatments – both were transformative for his views on cannabis ..read more

Anorexia Nervosa is a complicated neuropsychiatric illness and one that I would not wish on my worst enemy. For most of my life, I have always felt a blanket sense of inadequacy, often striving for perfection that simply doesn’t exist. How does this relate to anorexia, you may ask? The answer is not simple, universal ..read more

2022 was a dynamic year for cannabis industry policy with significant action on both the federal and state levels. Three leading U.S. cannabis policy and law experts, Kay Doyle, Kristine Blackwood, and Lauren Niehaus, joined CannabizMD Founder/CEO Jacquie Cohen Roth on a webinar sharing their insights lessons on 2022 and how the cannabis industry will move ..read more

Fifteen years ago, Dr. Jordan Tishler was working in the emergency room at the Veterans Administration in Massachusetts. As he recounts in a CannabizMD Profile, his stories of what he saw and treated are mind-blowing including a lot of complications from substance abuse-related issues. At that time, conversations about the legalization of medical cannabis in ..read more

Entrepreneurs in the industry are delivering products with cutting-edge innovation and formulators are developing products with high-level science. Marketing demand in the cannabis industry is driving innovation.  In May 2019, CannabizMD hosted the in-person event “Cannabis + Innovation”. That year, the global cannabis industry had a revenue of USD $15B. Three years later, dozens more ..read more