Smoke Signals by Headstash

Smoke Signals by Headstash

Your private wire for strain intel, culture drops, and trusted dispatches.

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When the Hype Runs Out: What Hashstoria’s Shutdown Really Says

When the Hype Runs Out: What Hashstoria’s Shutdown Really Says

A closer look at the headlines, the filings, and the questions still hanging over Newark’s most high-profile cannabis launch

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💨 Illegally Enlightened

💨 Illegally Enlightened

In the pre-mylar era, before dispensaries and white papers, we passed the wisdom hand to hand, because we had to. From ziplocks to zoning laws, this issue is about remembering who really educated the culture.

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Cannabis Crossroads 2025: Forecasting the Path Forward in an Industry Under Siege

Cannabis Crossroads 2025: Forecasting the Path Forward in an Industry Under Siege

Market forces are demanding immediate strategic decisions that will determine which businesses thrive in the post-boom cannabis economy.

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The Quiet Revolution: Women Leading Cannabis Forward

The Quiet Revolution: Women Leading Cannabis Forward

This issue explores how women are building bridges across generations, backgrounds, and experiences through honest cannabis conversations

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The Grey Market

The Grey Market

Building Brands in the Shadows to Fund Legal Dreams: How Legacy Operators Used Underground Profits to Position Themselves for Legalization That Many Could Never Afford

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Taking a short breather 🌿

Taking a short breather 🌿

We’re locking in and leveling up. No Smoke Signals this week, but here’s 4 ways you can tap in, catch up, and help us grow.

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The Grey Market

The Grey Market

Building Brands in the Shadows to Fund Legal Dreams: How Legacy Operators Used Underground Profits to Position Themselves for Legalization That Many Could Never Afford

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The Hemp Wars

The Hemp Wars

When Legal Cannabis Competes Against Regulatory Loopholes

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High Stakes x New Paths

High Stakes x New Paths

This issue explores how workplace barriers and financial exclusion force cannabis entrepreneurs to forge their own way.

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Two Americas, One Plant

Two Americas, One Plant

This issue explores how prohibition-era cannabis charges continue to create barriers in legal times, dividing those who profit from the plant and those still punished for it.

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The Quiet Revolution: Women Leading Cannabis Forward

The Quiet Revolution: Women Leading Cannabis Forward

This issue explores how women are building bridges across generations, backgrounds, and experiences through honest cannabis conversations

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Breaking Silence & Building Trust: Cannabis, Family, and the Weight of Truth

Breaking Silence & Building Trust: Cannabis, Family, and the Weight of Truth

This issue takes a closer look at how cannabis is reshaping parenting, bridging generations, and turning silence into honesty inside the modern family.

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Issue X: Cannabis, Community, and Connection

Issue X: Cannabis, Community, and Connection

From neighborhood economies to family conversations, this week’s issue explores how cannabis builds wealth, heals divides, and keeps culture alive.

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The Green Fight: How equity entrepreneurs are navigating pressure, policy, and the push to keep cannabis culture intact

The Green Fight: How equity entrepreneurs are navigating pressure, policy, and the push to keep cannabis culture intact

From small equity founders turning down corporate buyouts to returning citizens breaking into the legal market, this week we’re looking at the people, policies, and power moves shaping who truly gets to own cannabis culture.

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Adapt or Perish: The Cannabis Industry's Brutal Reckoning

Adapt or Perish: The Cannabis Industry's Brutal Reckoning

Traditional retailers face extinction as corporate overlords dominate an industry where only immediate adaptation means survival.

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Cannabis Crossroads 2025: Forecasting the Path Forward in an Industry Under Siege

Cannabis Crossroads 2025: Forecasting the Path Forward in an Industry Under Siege

Market forces are demanding immediate strategic decisions that will determine which businesses thrive in the post-boom cannabis economy.

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💨 Roots Matter - This Is Still the Weed Business

💨 Roots Matter - This Is Still the Weed Business

This issue breaks down the full game and unpacks how real operators build brands with staying power through structure, substance, and more than just a pretty bag.

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