Receptive Capital Blog
Opinions and updates on the East Coast cannabis markets.
Updated Thoughts on Social Consumption Lounges: Summer 2023
The premise behind separate, stand-alone cannabis social consumption lounges is flawed. Cannabis use in social settings will have to become more nuanced for the type of environment the social use is taking place. The East Coast markets have yet another opportunity to lead by redefining social consumption for cannabis.
Maryland Launching Legalized Cannabis Sales
Maryland joins the 21st century tomorrow and legalizing adult use cannabis for adults 21+. We celebrate each new state that legalizes medical and adult use cannabis, but especially those located on the East Coast.
Trustworthy Advisors for Early Stage Cannabis Companies
Receptive Capital advisory practice is focused on early stage companies in the cannabis industry. Our collective experiences punch above their weight class for this group of companies. We offer our services to a wide range of industry sectors from cultivation to software companies and everything in between.
A Multi-Dimensional Regional Cannabis Market Landscape on the East Coast
We envision a multi-dimensional regional market landscape on the east coast within the next 5 years. These regional and hyper-regional markets will be driven by consumer demands for products that fit their way of life and deliver the value they seek.
MJ Unpacked 2023 Week in New York
It was a great week of meeting entrepreneurs, operators, investors and advocates in the New York cannabis and East Coast cannabis community. The feeling at the events in and around MJ Unpacked was telling. Everyone has their gripe, but no one is throwing in the towel.
Incremental Change in Insurance Reimbursement for Medical Cannabis
Insurance reimbursement for medical cannabis is one area where we are seeing this incremental change.
Keeping An Eye On The Carolinas
We’re keeping our eyes on the states that no one is talking about, like North Carolina and South Carolina. Yes, you read that correctly. The Carolinas are getting closer to the right side of history.
Participating in the Regulatory Process in New York’s Cannabis Industry
After speaking with trusted advisors who helped us recognize the magnitude of the moment here in our home state of New York, we decided to submit comments to the OCM with respect to proposed adult use regulations. The regulations, as proposed today, create substantial roadblocks to those of us who wish to deploy growth capital for the New York adult use cannabis market.
Why Aren’t More People Talking About Cannabis As A Potential Alternative To Opioids?
Cannabis is a potential alternative to opioids because it has been shown to be effective at treating pain. From multiple recently published studies, adult use cannabis markets have a measurable positive impact in the fight against the opioid addiction crisis.
Miss Grass Homecoming in New Jersey
Lots of attention on NY and well-deserved. However there is a very exciting story happening in NJ. Miss Grass, a female-founded, female-led brand, originally launched in CA, is taking the state by storm in homecoming fashion for Kate Miller.