Cannabis Insights

March 18, 2018

U.S. Federal Cannabis Legalization = 1.04 Million Jobs

New Frontier Data’s latest report, Cannabis in the U.S. Economy, shows that under full legalization, the retail operations sector would have the most jobs (364k), followed […]
March 17, 2018

How to Evaluate Valuations in the Cannabis Marketplace

By Andrew Lines, MAI, Principal What We Have Learned: In valuing the business operations of companies in the cannabis industry, risk is a significant factor that […]
March 17, 2018

Oregon as Informal Case Study: Some Lessons Learned from the Rush in the Pacific Northwest

By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data What We Have Learned: New Frontier Data offers some important lessons about the state’s recent retail […]
March 17, 2018

Will New York Finally Get Serious About Cannabis?

By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data What We Have Learned: While Governor Cuomo once dragged his feet about New York’s cannabis market, […]
March 17, 2018

Where Do Things Look to Stand with the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment?

By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data What We Have Learned: As Congress keeps kicking continuing budget resolutions down the calendar, there remain […]
March 17, 2018

WHO Research About CBDs: They Are A-OK

By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data What We Have Learned: The World Health Organization (WHO) essentially called out the rationale behind the […]
March 17, 2018

What are the Upsides for Cannabis Businesses Under the Final Tax Reforms?

By Selvan Boominathan, JD, LLM, of CohnReznick What We Have Learned: The QBI deduction (with lower rates across the board, and capital expenditure incentives) should be […]
March 17, 2018

Jeff Sessions Rescinds the Cole Memo, Raising Concerns With Tough Talk but No More Resources to Prosecute

By J.J. McCoy, Senior Managing Editor for New Frontier Data What We Have Learned: Two months after rescinding the Cole Memo, Jeff Sessions said that federal […]
March 17, 2018

What Are the Likely Long-Term Market Effects to Sessions’ Rescinding of the Cole Memo?

January 4, 2018 What We Have Learned: In the first couple of months after Sessions decided to rescind the Cole Memo, market uncertainty flared but without […]