Paul Roberts Archive

Paul Roberts

Paul Roberts writes about business, technology, and natural resources. His work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The (UK) Guardian, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Harper’s, and other national publications. His latest book, "The Impulse Society," was published in 2014. He lives in Washington state.

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Cole Memo Wakeup: Cannabis Industry Must Rejoin the Federal Fight
Paul Roberts - Published on January 9, 2018
News Analysis: The Cole memo let the cannabis industry focus on business challenges and state-level politics. That era is over, says Paul Roberts.

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Hostile Takeovers and Poison Pills: Canadian Cannabis Gets Combative
Paul Roberts - Published on December 11, 2017
Aurora Cannabis’s hostile takeover bid for rival CanniMed signals a new, more brutal phase in Canada’s burgeoning legal sector.

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California’s High Cannabis Tax Could Doom Legalization. Here’s a Fix
Paul Roberts - Published on November 29, 2017
Prop 64 promised to kill the illicit market. But with tax markups as high as 45%, legal shops may have a hard time competing.

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Toronto Stock Exchange Issues Warning to Cannabis-Related Companies
Paul Roberts - Published on October 31, 2017
The Toronto Stock Exchange has announced that any cannabis-related companies violating US federal cannabis laws—by, for example, selling or growing cannabis in the United States—might be “delisted” from the exchange.

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Price Theory: Can Canada’s Cannabis Law Defeat the Law of Supply and Demand?
Paul Roberts - Published on October 13, 2017
From the start, Canadian policymakers envisioned using cannabis taxes to help determine the price consumers pay, with the idea that said price would influence the behavior of cannabis consumers and producers. But is such a plan feasible?

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In California, Many Growers Will Stay Underground
Paul Roberts - Published on June 22, 2017
There are upwards of 10,000 growers in California’s Emerald Triangle. What happens to those who don’t get licensed?

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Emerald Triangle Growers Scale Up Together in Co-Ops
Paul Roberts - Published on June 21, 2017
For legacy farmers who want to continue as legal and independent, co-ops offer a way to thrive, together.

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California Growers: How to Thrive at Craft Scale
Paul Roberts - Published on June 20, 2017
In the second in our California Growers series, we look at small farmers who’ve built boutique brands.

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California Farmers: Grow Big or Go Home?
Paul Roberts - Published on June 19, 2017
In this exclusive four-part series, Paul Roberts looks at the options California growers face as the state enters the legal era.

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Will Online Sales Kill the Cannabis Dispensary?
Paul Roberts - Published on April 24, 2017
A new VolteFace report envisions a thriving legal online cannabis marketplace in the US, UK, Canada, and Europe. Eventually.

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Cole Memo Wakeup: Cannabis Industry Must Rejoin the Federal Fight

Hostile Takeovers and Poison Pills: Canadian Cannabis Gets Combative

California’s High Cannabis Tax Could Doom Legalization. Here’s a Fix

Toronto Stock Exchange Issues Warning to Cannabis-Related Companies

Price Theory: Can Canada’s Cannabis Law Defeat the Law of Supply and Demand?

In California, Many Growers Will Stay Underground

Emerald Triangle Growers Scale Up Together in Co-Ops

California Growers: How to Thrive at Craft Scale

California Farmers: Grow Big or Go Home?

Will Online Sales Kill the Cannabis Dispensary?