Steve Schain

March 19, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

With the Eastern seaboard's most ambitious adult use program primed to explode, New Jersey's Superior Court Appellate Division just lifted its "stay" on scoring 18-month-old medical marijuana applications clearing the way for five cultivation, 15 dispensary and four vertically integrated license awards.

By Steve Schain

8 minute read

January 15, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

In tranches of up to $10 million, the federal government is doling out $900 billion of forgivable loans to borrowers other than "plant touching" marijuana-related businesses (MRBs).

By Steve Schain

7 minute read

December 14, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

With 44 million consumers banging on its door, and $950 million of revenue projected over the next three years, New Jersey's adult use marijuana program is poised to define cannabis across the eastern seaboard.

By Steve Schain

8 minute read

November 03, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Like any other contest, the competitive process for obtaining a license to grow, process and sell marijuana is won before the application is submitted but can also yield a blueprint for launching a lucrative, compliant and saleable cannabis business.

By Steve Schain

10 minute read

August 27, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Generating $11.6 billion of revenue in 2019, and legal in 34 states, marijuana is mainstream, profitable and intensely regulated.

By Steve Schain

6 minute read

May 01, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

For legalized marijuana, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been the worst of times and the best of times.

By Steve Schain

11 minute read

March 19, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Feeling kind of blue? Experiencing intimacy issues or just plain anxious? Help may be right around the corner in the form of legalized hallucinogens.

By Steve Schain

8 minute read

January 16, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

While leaving unanswered questions about how the U.S. Food and Drug Agency (FDA) will regulate hemp-derived products (including CBD cosmetics, dietary supplements and food additives), this much is clear: hemp just erupted and Jersey got there first.

By Steve Schain

8 minute read

October 25, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Most businesses fail, marijuana businesses fail more greatly, but neither marijuana businesses, nor their owners, are entitled to bankruptcy law protection.

By Steve Schain

9 minute read

August 29, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Spanning 34 states and generating $10.8 billion domestically in 2018, banking and cash management is one of legalized marijuana's greatest obstacles.

By Steve Schain

10 minute read