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The ROI of Data: How Investing in Quality Cannabis Pricing Data Pays Off Big in Cannabis Litigation

May 14, 2025

In the high-stakes arena of cannabis litigation, every legal decision is a calculated risk. But what if you could significantly de-risk your strategy, strengthen your cases, and ultimately, improve your Return on Investment (ROI) in […]

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Indoor vs. Outdoor – Flower vs. Trim: Demystifying Cannabis Product Pricing Data for Litigation

April 30, 2025

In the high-stakes world of cannabis litigation, particularly when navigating contract disputes, getting the wholesale cannabis right is paramount. But “cannabis price” is far from a monolithic figure. Imagine litigating a case where the central […]

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Is Your Cannabis Litigation Case Wilting? The Vital Need for Independent Data in Cannabis Pricing Disputes

April 23, 2025

In the burgeoning, yet often turbulent, world of the U.S. cannabis market, disputes are inevitable. Whether it’s a contract disagreement over flower pricing, a biomass supply issue, or a distillate valuation challenge, a key element […]

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Cannabis Flower Retail Markup in October 2024

December 2, 2024

CANNABIS FLOWER WHOLESALE TO RETAIL MARKUPS Some states provide data on the average retail price of cannabis flower in their markets, making it possible to compare these figures with Cannabis Benchmarks’ wholesale price assessments. This […]

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Cannabis Price Monitor – July 2024

August 6, 2024

Monthly Wholesale Cannabis Price Monitor for July 2024 The U.S. Cannabis Spot Price Index experienced several lows for the year in the month of July. The week ending July 26th saw the index drop to […]

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Wholesale Cannabis Price Trends – H1 2024

July 23, 2024

Cannabis Flower Price Comparison H1 2024 vs H1 2023 DEAL FREQUENCY BY GROW TYPE AND PRICE BUCKET The histograms below illustrate the distribution of spot price observations for the first half of 2024 and 2023, […]

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Cannabis Price Monitor – June 2024

July 9, 2024

Monthly Wholesale Cannabis Price Monitor for June 2024 The U.S. Cannabis Spot Price Index reached yearly pricing lows in several categories in June. The Cannabis Spot Price Index dropped to $978 per pound to close […]

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Cannabis Flower Retail Price Markup Trends

June 5, 2024

Some state regulators are calculating and publishing average monthly retail prices for smokable flower. Using the monthly averages of the Cannabis Benchmarks weekly cannabis flower spot price assessments, by market, we calculated the range of […]

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Bulk vs Prepackaged Cannabis Pricing

May 29, 2024

Cannabis Benchmarks has been collecting wholesale flower transaction data since early 2015. Originally, all of the transaction data we received and used in our spot index calculations was for “bulk” product transfers. A cultivator would […]

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Capital Market Impacts and Timeline of Cannabis Schedule III Move

May 8, 2024

Cannabis Benchmarks spoke with Matt Karnes, founder of GreenWave Advisors, for his perspective on the recent DEA approval to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III controlled substance. Key Points Timeline: Coincidence or Pre-determined? As indicated […]

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