As New Jersey forces their rec market forward, they’re making the same mistakes many other States did before them. Will the market be able to thrive, or get swallowed up by big business and consolidate? Alan Ao, PharmD, joins us to discuss his experience inside New Jersey.   🟠 SHOP our Effects-Based Edibles  🟠 10% OFF your 1st order w/ Code = PODCAST https://www.periodiccaramels.com/shop-edibles  Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:40 - Conditional Use License  09:50 - How Licensing Issues Hurt the Market 18:27 - Is the Cannabis Market Impacting Other Markets? 24:15 - The Future of Small Cannabis Business 29:05 - How the Market Limits Consumers 36:25 - Cannabis Marketing and Branding 41:05 - How Pharmacies & the Cannabis Market Can Pair 45:00 - Empty Federal Legalization Promises 57:45 - Opioids Vs. Cannabis 1:02:10 - Small Business: When Do You Walk Away? 1:08:00 - Outro Watch our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/PeriodicEffects  Free Consulting Call w/ Wayne:  https://calendly.com/periodic-wayne/call?month=2022-05