Massachusetts marijuana has to be ultra-sterile. Just one problem: It’s a plant

At Holistic Health Group’s farm in Middleborough, dozens of vacuum-sealed bags full of marijuana flower — worth hundreds of thousands of dollars at retail — have been sitting in a secure vault for months, stuck in limbo. The problem? The…

Voting on Cannabis Regulation in Los Angeles…Measure M or Measure N?

2018 is approaching, meaning the State of California will be REGULATING cannabis! In my previous corporate life I was never exposed to, nor realized the complexities of public policy, politics, and true government regulation. Three years later, I now read senate and…

Dear President-Elect Trump, Please Level the Playing Field For the Cannabis (and Hemp) Industry

January 2, 2017
Rob Meagher
Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal, Opinions, Spotlight
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Dear President-Elect Trump, Congratulations on your spectacular election win last November. You met my father, Mark J. Meagher, Chairman of Financial World Partners (FW) and a lifelong Republican, back in the early 90s at one of FW's annual holiday parties…

2017 Cannabis Industry Trends: What Businesses Need to Know

By Amy Poinsett In 2010, I co-founded MJ Freeway working inside Colorado’s first dispensaries and cultivation facilities to set up their processes and operating systems. Since then, the MJ Freeway team has supported the launch and growth of thousands of…

Standards for the Cannabis Industry

August 17, 2016
Lezli Engelking
Compliance and Regulations, Science and Technology
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By Lezli Engelking Hearing about the lack of standards in the cannabis industry comes as quite a surprise to most. After all, cannabis is one of the most highly regulated industries in existence today. Complicated terminology and varied definitions, however,…

Top 5 Compliance Infractions: Colorado Medical and Recreational Cultivators

April 11, 2016
Steve Owens
Best Practices, Compliance and Regulations
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Editor's Note: This is the second in a three-part series on top regulatory compliance infractions for medical and recreational retailers, manufacturers and cultivators. See here for the first part on Retailers. The Cannabis Industry is one of the most highly regulated industries…

California Cannabis Edibles in Limbo Waiting For New Safety Regulations

California’s Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act has been in effect for a month now, but the state’s Department of Public Health hasn’t yet published or implemented food safety standards for so-called edibles. However, the Act didn’t give the department…

California Readies For a New World of Marijuana With “Robust” Controls

A new world of weed is coming to the largest marijuana marketplace on the planet. Gov. Jerry Brown this month signed regulations he said would bring “robust controls” to govern California’s long untamed medical marijuana industry, with clear standards for…

5 Things You Should Know About California’s New Marijuana “Regulations”

Just before midnight on Friday, lawmakers in Sacramento agreed upon and passed onto Gov. Jerry Brown a package of legislation that promises to regulate the state's wild, woolly, and highly profitable medical cannabis industry. Last-minute brinkmanship as well as an…

California Lawmakers Agree on Legislation to Regulate Medical Marijuana

California lawmakers said late Thursday that they have reached a deal on legislation to regulate and license medical marijuana. The regulatory framework to corral the billion-dollar medical cannabis industry will be contained in three bills that have received the blessings…

California’s Marijuana Regulations and Enforcement? “It’s a Mess”

California voters legalized medical marijuana nearly two decades ago, but absent statewide regulation, it has spawned a vast network of illegal dispensaries, easy access to marijuana, crime and wide disparities over how businesses are monitored – if they are at…

Cannabis Compliance: Avoiding the Landmines

By Nicholas Kovacevich If you are in the Cannabis Industry, then you already know the importance of keeping your business compliant. While outsiders may not appreciate the web of regulations that govern most marijuana-related businesses, those inside the industry have…