Javier Hasse is a seasoned reporter with over a decade of experience focusing on cannabis, hemp, CBD and psychedelics. Writing for Forbes since 2019, he currently serves CEO of the Spanish-language news site El Planteo, which he co-founded, and as Editor-in-Chief of High Times
Rosario Dawson Is Fighting To Keep THC Drinks Legal. She Says Legal Weed Betrayed The People Who Built It.
She's helping fight a federal ban on hemp THC drinks. But Dawson says the legal weed industry left the people who built it broke and shut out.
Cannabis Has Dozens Of Public Companies. Wall Street Acts Like It Has Seven
Cannabis stocks have rallied 104% in a year, but only seven North American operators clear the institutional threshold that matters to Wall Street.
Cannabis Companies Were Taxed Like Drug Traffickers For Years. A New Federal Order Could Unlock Billions
Federal rescheduling could end a tax structure that made legal cannabis look far less profitable than it actually was. Here's what the numbers show.
Cannabis Prices Keep Falling. New Global Report Says That Was Always Going To Happen
A new analysis from Whitney Economics and GCNC argues that cannabis price compression is not a market failure, but a predictable phase of legalization that regulators and operators repeatedly underestimate.
Why Most Celebrity Cannabis Brands Flopped—And What The Winners Got Right
A new report tracking 83 celebrity cannabis brands across North America finds fewer than half are still operating. The ones that survived share four things in common.