Ganjapreneur is a daily cannabis business news desk covering the industry's policy, money and operator stories.
Who they are
Founded in 2014, Ganjapreneur started as a blog tracking medical and adult-use legalisation and grew into a working newsroom serving stakeholders worldwide. Its editors are open about where they stand: cannabis off the Controlled Substances Act, people imprisoned for cannabis offences released and their records expunged, and an industry built to be ethical, sustainable and inclusive.
What they cover
Business news, adult-use and medical markets, policy and legislation, hemp and CBD, and international developments. Alongside the news run founder and expert interviews, company announcements, and a plain-language cannabis vocabulary for readers new to the terminology.
Format and cadence
Daily reporting on the web with an email edition, plus podcasts and long-form Q&A interviews. Paying subscribers get a members' area holding tools and data assembled in the course of the reporting. Directories of service providers, cannabis brands, dispensaries and upcoming events sit alongside the editorial.
Who it's for
Entrepreneurs, industry professionals and investors - people starting, running or funding cannabis businesses who need the regulatory picture and the competitive one in the same place.
Where to find them
The news, podcasts and directories live at ganjapreneur.com. Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Facebook and YouTube carry the daily headlines.
The High Rise read
Declaring the politics up front is the right call, and rarer than it should be — a reader can weigh framing they can see, and cannot weigh the kind they cannot. The daily news covers the same ground as the rest of the business desks; the founder interviews and the plain-language vocabulary are what the site adds, because they serve people arriving from outside rather than people already inside.
The directories and members' area are where the money is, and the editorial's job is to feed them. Read it as the industry's onboarding desk rather than its investigative one, which is MJBizDaily's job.