Top 8 Predictions for Cannabis 2021: Health & Wellness drives industry.

One thing that the Coronavirus pandemic has sharply put in focus for many of us is our health. Now every cough or sniffle, you question whether or not you have been hit by COVID-19 or if it is just another cold. Either way, you are armed with your thermometer, your vitamin C, chicken soup and keeping your family members at bay. You are taking every precaution in ways that you would have not normally taken before and you may also be looking at alternatives to traditional meds, like cannabis.

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Top 8 Predictions for Cannabis 2021: Year of Big Falls & Even Bigger Opportunities

For many 2020 has been the year of giant tidal shifts, uncertainty and complete unpredictability. This was especially evident in the Cannabis space where the challenges of constantly shifting regulatory issues piled on top of the vape crisis just to be outshined by the Coronavirus pandemic related shutdowns and retail limitations, a business problem only closely supercharged by political shifts. Nothing was predictable; as the country began to shut down, and everyone buckled down, just to see the biggest spike in sales in March of 2020 as the consumers prepared for the long haul. Then as the industry prepared for the 4/20 retail rush, a big ooops – no expected spike or the revenues to show for it. Everything was upside down and all this had an obvious negative impact business, investment activities, growth and expansion.

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An inside look: knowing your audience and staying ahead of the innovation curve

It seems virtually everyone I meet in the cannabis space think that they got a good beat on the industry and their target audience. Anyone that has spent more than a month in the industry feels himself an OG and knows their customer wants cannabis in one form or another. The truth is there are no OG’s in this industry due to the simple fact that as an industry we haven’t even gotten out of the gate and have barely crossed the starting line. We are at the tip of the iceberg and those few who are humble enough to recognize this also recognize there is so much room for innovation in perfecting the cannabis consumption experience, that the possibilities are literally endless.

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Why do cannabis vaping cartridges never appear to be full?

 

We’ve all had the experience of unboxing a brand new cart and thinking “Hey, the cart isn’t filled! Is there really 0.5mg of oil in there? Am I getting what I paid for? Well, guess what, it’s perfectly normal. The short answer is that some of the oil has been absorbed by the wicking material of the coil. For a more detailed explanation of the mechanics behind this absorption please read on.

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