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Paul Roberts
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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Do Farmers Have a Legal Right to Grow Cannabis?

    Paul Roberts - Published on December 22, 2016

    Fed up with cannabis cultivation bans, growers are fighting back by using laws meant to defend farmers. Because…they are farmers.

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  • Gavin Newsom: Here’s How Prop. 64 Passed

    Paul Roberts - Published on November 9, 2016

    California’s lieutenant governor, a champion of Prop. 64, explains how the law passed—and what to expect going forward.

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