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Market Insights You Need to Accomplish Your Goals
Tom Adams Research / May 15, 2026
Investors are reading the wrong tape
The “total cannabinoid market” is $57 billion and growing twice as fast as the state-licensed dispensary channel investors fixate on. Federal action is starting to steer more of that demand into licensed retailers.
April 20, 2026
The Ice is Breaking Up: $9 Billion in Growth Is Forecast Worldwide
Overseas markets—and Texas of all places—will heat up as older US and Canadian markets mature.
February, 2026
Three Days that Shook the Cannabis World
The Hemp Prohibition enacted on November 12 may have unintended consequences for its anti-cannabis advocates.
Global Cannabis Times / December 1, 2025
Did the Feds Just Double the Growth Rate of Legal Cannabis?
The Hemp Prohibition enacted on November 12 may have unintended consequences for its anti-cannabis advocates.
Global Cannabis Times / October 22, 2025
The Hemp Loophole Takes Its Toll
Licensed markets, old and new, are not reaching their potential.
Global Cannabis Times / August 20, 2025
Boom Times in Ohio, New York and New Jersey
Hypergrowth Can Still Happen When Regulators Allow It
Global Cannabis Times / May 21, 2025
Cannabis Fundamentals Shine in Face of Tariff Battles
BDSA Forecasts 7% Compound Growth to $44.5 billion in 2029.
After publishing groundbreaking research and analytics at BDSA 2016-2020, Tom has contributed a steady stream of “By the Numbers” columns and other industry analytics to Global Cannabis Times in recent years.
Read them all here.