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2021 has arrived and is poised to be a pivotal year for the cannabis complex. The tailwinds of political support, ‘essential’ status, legalization in 70% of US states, local government desire for tax revenue and increased public health focus are expected to drive a five-year 27% industry CAGR – making this industry one of the fastest growing in the world. A classic emerging market, it is likely that cannabis proves to be the best performing asset class this decade and also unlikely that any sector remains untouched by this plant as we continue our march toward global acceptance.

2021 promises to bring many other developments and advances in cultivation and consumption technology, medical and scientific discovery, and broadened uses across the supplement and pharmaceutical channels. The legal cannabis industry remains one of the fastest growing industries in America – with unique ability to attract the interest of financial and impact investors alike. Diversified capital intentions will undoubtedly have diversified impact, to the benefit of our plants, people, planet and portfolios.

Show Notes: Cannabis 2021: Five Things To Watch https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/21/01/19171331/cannabis-2021-five-things-to-watch

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 641 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

The National Cannabis Industry Association was founded on the principle of power in numbers. The NCIA is the only national trade association representing state-legal, responsible cannabis businesses in the U.S.

Advocating for the Responsible Cannabis Industry Representing nearly 2,000 member-businesses and tens-of-thousands of cannabis professionals, NCIA is leading the charge to protect the legal cannabis industry, defend our state laws, and advance federal policy reforms. Businesses join the NCIA to become stronger, smarter, and more prosperous by working together to end prohibition and expand opportunities within the legal cannabis industry.

Join the Movement Your participation with NCIA means banding together with hundreds of responsible industry leaders in the only unified, coordinated, and industry-led effort to change federal law increases the power of our new industry. In an increasingly competitive industry, investment in your business is essential to your continued success. NCIA offers information, networking, and political representation that businesses serving the legal cannabis industry need to succeed.

Guest: Morgan Fox, Media Director at NCIA National Cannabis Industry Association, NCIA FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheNCIA TW: https://twitter.com/NCIAorg LK: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-cannabis-industry-association/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/nationalcannabisindustry/

---Contents of this Video--- 00:00 - NCIA Intro 01:01 - Cannabis Banking 05:46 - Legislative Priorities 08:14 - Federal Legalization 10:06 - Online Events 12:31 - NCIA Events 14:14 - Social Equity 17:44 - VR & Events 19:39 - Investing In Cannabis

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 640 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018Artist: LuxrayBeats

Keywords: Hemp News, Weed News, Cannabis News, Marijuana News, Cannabis Business, Marijuana Business, Cannabis Industry News, Marijuana Industry News, Weed News 420, Talking Hedge Podcast, Cannabis Podcast, Marijuana Podcast, Business Podcast, CBD podcast, THC podcast, Cannabis Pitch Deck, Marijuana Pitch Deck, Marijuana Investment Deck, Cannabis Investment Deck, Cannabis Compliance, Cannabis Data, Cannabis Banking, Cannabis Investment, Pot Stocks, Cannabis Stocks, Weed Stocks, Marijuana Stocks, Cannabis Data, Marijuana Data, Cannabis Analytics, Marijuana Analytics, Cannabis Sales Data, Marijuana Sales Data

Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

Once a month the Chronic Club meets up to review a cannabis product sold somewhere in Washington State.

Join The Talking Hedge and Cannabis Legalization News as we compare a $5 joint VS a $10 joint recommended by Budtender Eric of Euphorium in Covington, WA.

$5 Juicy Joints (grape) is a preroll with 90% THC distillate and kief VS $10 High Tide's Face Mints 1g preroll (14.4% THC)

Last month, we rated GABRIEL's Diamond Medley an 86% (1g concentrate, BHO extract, 89% total cannabinoids) recommended by Nate from Kush Klub in Shoreline, WA.

Guest: Miggy420, Editor-in-chief, Cannabis Legalization News www.cannabislegalizationnews.com YT: https://www.youtube.com/cannabislegalizationnews

Host: Josh Kincaid, The Talking Hedge podcast www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com YT: https://youtube.com/c/TalkingHedge

CANNABIS JUDGING CRITERIA: Judge’s scoring can be influenced by test results as well as the following 7 categories: Appearance Aroma Taste Strength / Effect Cure Quality / Care Branding / Packaging

Music: Song: Beat | Keep On | 2020 Artist: Milochromatic Beats & Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018 Artist: LuxrayBeats

At Cannabis & Tech Today, they're passionate about celebrating innovations in cannabis. Their quarterly award-winning magazine takes the audience to the frontline of technological innovation with cutting-edge content from all sectors of the cannabis industry. Cannabis & Tech Today is a publication for all things science, business, cannabis, & technology with exclusive interviews, brand new technology, and thought provoking articles from every corner of the cannabis community.

---Contents of this Video--- 00:00 - Cannabis & Tech Intro 00:54 - Josh's Fav Story 02:34 - Chuck's Story 04:05 - Tech in 2021 05:55 - Pandemic's Influences 08:56 - Emerge Virtual Conference 13:36 - Fav Story of 2020 19:19 - Fav Event Topic 22:31 - VR & Events? 25:11 - Fav Speaker 27:50 - Accurate Dosing 30:54 - Social Media Censorship 34:54 - 2021 Cover Stories 36:56 - Cultivation & Sustainability

Guest: Charles Warner, Founder & CEO, Cannabis & Tech Today https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-warner-b6b4598/ https://www.facebook.com/EmergeCanna https://www.instagram.com/emerge_canna/

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 638 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

The 7 Tips to a Successful Investment Deck looks at CannaVerde Pharma, who's goal is to become a low cost, high quality producer of medical cannabis extracts, with a further focus on product formulation and development.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Green Health Colombia, it holds licenses to cultivate, extract, produce, manufacture, domestically distribute and export both CBD (cannabidiol) and THC medical extracts.

CannaVerde intends to build greenhouses and extraction facilities in Colombia. The company recognizes the significant role that Colombia's ideal climate, infrastructure and workforce will play in building a sustainable business at a fraction of the cost in other jurisdictions.

Furthermore, the ideal location of Colombia gives the company access to approximately 640 million potential customers in Latin America. The directors and executives at CannaVerde have built a business plan focused on delivering cannabis-based extracts and products in Colombia and the international marketplace.

Guest: Katrina Glogowski, Seattle Attorney & Angel Investor https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrina-glogowski-711a985/

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 633 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

DeepCell is a technology and product development company focusing on cannabis, hemp-cannabidiol (CBD) products, and cannabinoid molecule discoveries. They seek licensees of their brand and technologies in legal cannabis markets, and contract-manufacturing in hemp-CBD markets with trusted brands.

---Contents of this Video--- 00:00 - Deepcell Intro 02:46 - International CBD Wholesale 4:53 - Int'l Royalties (Canada) 10:10 - How to be successful 13:03 - Cannabis Blockchain 16:55 - Trusted Payments 19:36 - Cannabis Patents 22:24 - Raising Capital

GUEST Kelly Ogilvie, Founder & CEO of Deepcell https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyogilvie/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/madewithruby/ @madewithruby @gemstonecbd

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 636 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018Artist: LuxrayBeats

Keywords: Hemp News, Weed News, Cannabis News, Marijuana News, Cannabis Business, Marijuana Business, Cannabis Industry News, Marijuana Industry News, Weed News 420, Talking Hedge Podcast, Cannabis Podcast, Marijuana Podcast, Business Podcast, CBD podcast, THC podcast, Cannabis Pitch Deck, Marijuana Pitch Deck, Marijuana Investment Deck, Cannabis Investment Deck, Cannabis Compliance, Cannabis Data, Cannabis Banking, Cannabis Investment, Pot Stocks, Cannabis Stocks, Weed Stocks, Marijuana Stocks, Cannabis Data, Marijuana Data, Cannabis Analytics, Marijuana Analytics, Cannabis Sales Data, Marijuana Sales Data

Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

Despite the chaotic events of 2020, the cannabis industry continued to grow. However with a changing environment, customer behavior changed as well. Year over year growth in cannabis sales decreased from the youngest to oldest generations from 2019 to 2020 and the oldest generation, the Silent Generation, had negative year over year growth.

When we looked at year over year growth trends, it’s clear that Gen Z will continue to play an important role in the growth of the cannabis industry. Headset predicts by 2022, Gen Z will become the third largest age group in our dataset, since they will easily surpass Baby Boomers as more age into the market this year. Gen Z will likely pass Gen X by the end of next year to become the second largest age group behind Millennials.

We also saw a growing number of Female consumers emerge in 2020. By the end of 2021, it's expected Females will make up greater than 1/3 of total cannabis sales. Finally, we observed growth in the Vapor Pen category. The overall market share of Vapor Pens will continue to grow, driven largely by Gen Z’s preference for this product type.

Show Notes: A look at cannabis demographics & consumer behavior in 2020 https://www.headset.io/industry-reports

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 635 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

Here are five key metrics from Headset to provide you with a pulse check on January's legal cannabis sales across 12 markets including total sales, year over year growth, basket count, and more.

2020 sales exceeded $10,274,300,000 across all 12 markets. California had the highest monthly sales at $394M with annual sales over $3.81B in 2020.

Illinois spent on average $110.97 per visit, boosting it's YOY sales growth by 341%. Washington State, on the other hand, had the lowest average basket size spending only $34.50 per visit, preferring to shop more often.

The market with the most brand concentration was Alberta at 40%, while Washington's more mature market has a more competitive brand concentration rate of 22%.

Show Notes: Comparing cannabis retail in Canadian markets https://www.headset.io/posts/comparing-cannabis-retail-in-canadian-markets

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 634 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

Cresco Labs’ products are sold in over 700 dispensaries across the Canada as they prioritize wholesale in order to reach as many consumers as possible, accessing the scaled benefits of a national footprint. They package, ship and distribute products nationwide, including locations owned and operated by their team.

As one of the largest multi-state (MSO), vertically integrated cannabis companies, they control their cultivation, manufacturing, extraction and packaging practices. Involved at every point in the seed-to-sales process and powered by world-class agronomists, manufacturing experts and state-of-the-art agricultural equipment.

Social Equity & Education Development (SEED) initiative is designed to ensure that all members of our society have the skills, knowledge and opportunity to work in and own cannabis businesses. From collaborating with universities to develop cannabis-focused curriculum to working with local agencies and community organizations to sponsor expungement events, the SEED initiative consists of impactful programs and actionable solutions-based approaches that they believe will help make the cannabis industry a highly inclusive force for job creation.

Guest: Katrina Glogowski, Seattle Attorney & Angel Investor https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrina-glogowski-711a985/

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 633 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.

The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) is the preeminent international cannabis industry event series, combining policy, industry, and networking opportunities attended by entrepreneurs and policymakers from over 80 nations.

In addition, the ICBC Global Investment Forum was created to provide an exclusive gathering place of accredited investors and Europe’s leading cannabis companies looking for investment. ICBC offer access to a the up-and-coming leaders in the Euro cannabis space, and an opportunity for entrepreneurs to connect with the capital they need for growth.

Guest: Alex Rogers, Founder & CEO of ICBC https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-rogers-03976510/ https://internationalcbc.com

Host: Josh Kincaid, Capital Markets Analyst & host of your cannabis business podcast. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshkincaid/

Episode 632 of The Talking Hedge: Your Cannabis Business Podcast. ​Covering cannabis products, reviews, business news, interviews, investments, events, and more. https://www.theTalkingHedgepodcast.com

Music Info: Song: Dark Trap Beats Hard Rap Instrumental | Gang | 2018Artist: LuxrayBeats

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Josh is not an investment adviser. The Talking Hedge is long gold and silver. Listeners should always speak to their personal financial advisers.