Midwest Cannabis Forum 2026
Reserve Your Seat Now - Salvage One, Chicago, Illinois - Thursday, May 28 - Join the room where Midwest cannabis leaders build real alignment.
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Sherwood Forest, Drive-Thru Weed, and the Beverage Question
What we learned from the first Midwest Cannabis Forum There is a Robin Hood problem in cannabis. Actually, there are several. There is Robinhood, the trading platform, where cannabis investors can view certain cannabis-related securities and ETFs, including names like the Roundhill Cannabis ETF and AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF.
It All Rolls Into One
Cannabis has finally reached the stage of American capitalism where everyone believes they are simultaneously getting rich and getting screwed. Which, honestly, may be the clearest signal yet that the industry is becoming real. The publicly traded multistate operators feel squeezed because they spent the last five years building billion-dollar
Mindful Networking in a Frontier Sector
Why cannabis is becoming more like Chicago itself: associative, cross-pollinated, regulated, commercial, civic, and very much alive There comes a moment in every frontier industry when the room changes. At first, the room is full of true believers, opportunists, scavengers, wounded idealists, hustlers, policy nerds, and people who think they
Chicago Cannabis Is Entering Its Session Beer Era
Where Chicago gathers, a new ritual begins Chicago cannabis may finally be entering its session beer era. Not through smoke shops. Not through dispensary flower wars. Not through another round of tax debates, moral panic, or political press conferences with the usual stiff collars and softer questions. It may arrive