California-based Jeeter is the number one pre-roll brand in the country, according to Custom Cones USA’s first-ever Top 100 Pre-Roll Brands report. The report, developed with cannabis data firm Headset, used sales figures from 2024 in 13 state markets and found Jeeter sold more than 316 million units which equates to an 8% market share. 

In a statement, Harrison Bard, CEO of Custom Cones USA, said, “Jeeter’s success story represents the evolution of pre-rolls from commodity products to premium experiences.” 

“Their $245 million revenue – more than double their closest competitor – shows how innovation in infused products can create market leadership as their demand continues to grow.” — Bard in a press release 

The report found that the top 10 pre-roll brands account for 21.5% of total U.S. pre-roll sales. California-based STIIIZY ranked second on the list with $110.5 million in sales, while Green Thumb Industries-owned Dogwalkers ranked third on the list with $77 million in sales. Michigan-based Cali-Blaze ranked fourth with $61.8 million in sales, while Presidential, which was founded by former professional basketball player Everett Smith, rounds out the top five with $43.3 million in sales.

California hosted 41 of the top 100 brands, although Michigan led in total unit sales. Michigan-based Dragonfly sold 12.3 million units – the most of any brand – but the average price of the company’s pre-rolls is $2.38, which lands the brand at number eight in the country with $29.3 million in sales. 

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The Oregon Senate earlier this month passed a bill that would increase penalties for landowners who knowingly allow illegal cannabis cultivation on their property, KPIC reports. The legislation would end special tax assessments for properties found to unlawfully allow unlicensed cannabis cultivation. 

Special tax assessments are levied on property owners in a specific geographic area that fund local infrastructure projects or public improvements that primarily benefit those properties. 

State Sen. David Brock Smith (R) told KPIC that the legislation is designed to “disincentive … farmland owners from allowing or accepting payment or leasing land” for unlawful cannabis cultivation.  

“Those landowners need to be better stewards of their land and knowing what they’re allowing to be grown on it. It is their responsibility and this [bill] just puts that into the forefront for them to take responsibility of that land that they own.” — Smith to KPIC 

Douglas County Commissioner Chris Boice, who helped craft the language of the bill along with the Oregon Farm Bureau, told KPIC that there is a host of issues associated with unlicensed cannabis grows, including the unregulated use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers near waterways. Boise also noted that human trafficking is an issue at illegal cannabis cultivation sites. In a statement, Douglas County’s Human Trafficking Task Force noted that the sites are “high risk for both labor and sex trafficking.”

“In Douglas County, we have identified over 150 victims and survivors of human trafficking. Some exploited through the illicit marijuana industry, but all within our county,” the statement says. “Labor trafficking is fairly common within the industry with grow sites making big promises. Those coming in from other countries are promised good pay, an opportunity to live/work in the US, but the reality is they are often forced to live out in the elements without any facilities and among hazardous conditions.”

The statement adds that the origins of the illicit grow sites have come from “China, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, Honduras, Laos, and from local entities within the southern Oregon counties.”

The legislation still needs approval from the House before moving to the governor.  

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In a letter to President Donald Trump (R), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) have called on the administration to end arrests for cannabis, which they say – along with the enactment of other policies – could help the government save trillions of dollars. 

The lawmakers note that ending unnecessary federal arrests and reducing waste in federal detention programs alone could save the government billions of dollars.

“The government spends billions of dollars each year on unnecessary federal enforcement actions and detention, like costly marijuana arrests despite the fact that almost half of states have legalized recreational marijuana, imprisoning elderly and terminally ill patients who pose little risk to public safety, and incarcerating people for minor technical violations of probation and parole.” — Warren and Stansbury in the letter 

The letter, which focuses on what the lawmakers describe as the failures of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, notes that Warren had included the policy suggestion to Musk in January, but that he and DOGE had “ignored” them.  

In addition to the criminal justice reforms, Warren and Stansbury call on the Trump Administration to crack down on healthcare profiteering, negotiating better Department of Defense contracts, cutting wasteful spending on education programs, closing federal loopholes in the tax code, and ending so-called “vendor-lock” in government IT contracts. 

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