California’s cannabis regulatory scheme is far from established. Given the prior history of the inability to test for chemicals in cannabis and the effects of long-term cannabis use, an area of vast underdevelopment is state regulation related to allowable levels of chemicals (if any) within cannabis that the state deems safe under Proposition 65. Thousands […]
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Medical Marijuana Makers, Distributors To Be Allowed in El Monte, But Retail Locations Still Banned
El Monte, CA – The City Council voted Tuesday to move forward with new rules allowing operators on the business side of the medical marijuana industry — distributors, manufacturers and lab testers among them — to set up shop in the city, while still banning retail outlets selling the drug to patients. The council voted […]
Too Stoned to Drive? How to Beat the Rap If Arrested – Part 2 of 2
Changing sobriety standards, no caselaw to reference, and unreliable test methods make prosecuting cannabis DUIs a challenge. “Cases are more complicated to prosecute and take considerably longer than a classic drunk driving case,” says attorney Todd Spodek. Courts across the country have trouble proving that stoned drivers are too stoned to drive. There are several examples […]
How to Manage Cannabis Business Leadership In An Increasingly Brighter Spotlight
A critical element of successful leadership is appreciating the spotlight. Leaders are in the spotlight. People are watching them. Closely. Assiduously. They’re the subject of the floodlights’ glare. The aperture is set for widest exposure where all images are captured with precise focus. As such, leaders’ actions are magnified and the shadows behind looms large, […]
Industry, Legislators: Mongrel word ‘Marijuana’ No More – Let’s Call It ‘Cannabis’
There is a slowly rising respect coming into the cannabis industry from key business sectors. Maybe it’s because of the estimated half billion dollars in state tax revenue that the industry is expected to generate this year, according to Forbes magazine. Maybe it’s in D.C., where more bills for legalizing cannabis have been seeing co-sponsors […]
Flower’s Dominance Fluctuates
Sales of flower — everything from grams of Blue Dream to ounces of generic hybrid blends — dominate in all states with legal recreational marijuana, compared to other categories like concentrates, edibles and topicals. During the first quarter of 2017 in all channels between Colorado, Washington and Oregon, flower captured 52 percent of the broader […]
Public Consumption? Yes, No and Maybe
Like a lot of cities where recreational use of cannabis has been legalized, D.C. is in a cannabis quandary. Actually, a double quandary that illustrates some of the problems with public consumption in other cities and states where recreational use has been legalized. And the tourists in this town not only notice it – they […]
Branding Your Bud: Why Trademarks Are Tricky for Marijuana Businesses
Brand loyalty builds businesses. That’s why most businesses need successful brands, and, ideally, brands backed by a federal trademark registration. But because of the federal laws affecting marijuana and related products, marijuana growers and distributors don’t have access to the same avenues of brand protection. So although Dr Pepper/7 Up, Inc., can trademark “Hawaiian Punch,” […]
Infused Products – What’s Next?
Infused products continue to expand their market share of the cannabis industry as new technologies and techniques provide customers unique ways to consume. With edibles now accounting for $1 of every $5 of sales in a dispensary, the power of the sector cannot be ignored. Additionally, manufacturers of infused products are becoming increasingly creative with […]
Five Signs Your Cannabis Customer Needs to be Placed With a Collection Agency
While trade credit is not currently the norm in the cannabis market, it will be in the near future. Once there is credit, collections is not far behind. So, what is collections? Collections is the recovery of outstanding funds from a business which you have extended credit to for products or services. Almost every company […]
