Security threats at a Cannabis Dispensary – What to Watch For April 24, 2023 Jeff Dingle Security 1 Comment By Jeff Dingle Security is of the utmost importance in the cannabis industry. The industry is highly regulated and the sale of cannabis products is strictly controlled, so dispensaries must take specific measures to protect their products and customers. Unfortunately… Read More→
Oversupply has Pennsylvania marijuana store owners not feeling the buzz April 17, 2023 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Medical cannabis users in Pennsylvania have been enjoying a two-year high with prices falling as much as 62%, but store owners are not feeling the buzz. Balance sheets are awash in red ink for multistate operators that run the dispensaries… Read More→
Yet Another Federal Court Decision on Cannabis Gun Rights April 12, 2023 AggregatedNews Gun Rights 0 Comments By Griffen Thorn, Attorney at Harris Bricken Yet another federal court in yet another federal appellate circuit just held that federal cannabis gun rights restrictions are unlawful. Let’s look at why that is, and why this is going to keep happening in federal courts… Read More→
Does weed help you sleep? April 4, 2023 AggregatedNews Medical Marijuana, News & Insights 0 Comments Many people believe cannabis and CBD products can be used as sleep aids, but the research shows mixed results. Many people say they turn to marijuana or CBD products as a way to help them sleep. But whether that edible,… Read More→
State Cannabis Gun Right Laws Won’t Work March 27, 2023 AggregatedNews Gun Rights, Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken In the past few weeks, I’ve published a few posts (here and here) about recent federal cannabis gun rights cases. In those cases, the courts disagreed on whether the federal government can prohibit… Read More→
As San Diego’s cannabis tax revenue plummets, officials blame illegal market, new competition February 14, 2023 AggregatedNews Black Market, California, Taxes 0 Comments Inflation may be driving customers to illegal delivery services, which can charge less because of lower overhead, fewer regulations. Revenue from San Diego’s cannabis tax has been dropping sharply in recent months as the city’s two dozen dispensaries face growing… Read More→
Pot is making people sick. Congress is playing catch-up. February 6, 2023 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Now that a growing body of evidence says marijuana is bad for you, more regulation is in the offing. When Gallup asked about legalizing weed last year, two-thirds of Americans supported it — up from 12 percent when the pollster first asked… Read More→
Navigating Your Options to Achieve Clean Cannabis February 6, 2023 Don Naugler Post Harvest 0 Comments Improving Your Post-Harvest Remediation Strategy is The Best Way to Ensure Product Passes ​​Microbial Testing Dangers of Microbial Growth: Cannabis operations of all sizes risk exposure to biological contaminants, like mold, yeast, aspergillus, E. Coli, Salmonella, and other harmful pathogens.… Read More→
Can ChatGPT Disrupt the Cannabis Industry? February 1, 2023 Jay Kotzker News & Insights, Policy & Legal, Science and Technology 0 Comments By Jay Kotzker If you haven’t heard about ChatGPT, the natural language processing artificial intelligence tool that was released at the end of November 2022, now is the time to check it out. Current commentary and testing among the public… Read More→
How to Compute California’s Cannabis Business, Excise, and Sales Taxes January 4, 2023 Tom Hymes Accounting, News & Insights 0 Comments As 2023 begins, the responsibility for paying California’s cannabis excise tax shifts from industry distributors to retailers. The tax rate, which will remain at 15 percent until mid-2025, when it is subject to change, is based on “gross receipts from… Read More→
Number of young children who accidentally ate cannabis edibles jumped 1,375% in five years, study finds January 3, 2023 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments In just five years, the number of small children in the US exposed to cannabis after accidentally eating an edible rose 1,375%, a new study says. There were more than 7,040 exposures to edible cannabis in kids under 6 between… Read More→
New Year’s Resolution for Virginia Cannabis January 2, 2023 Eric Postow Virginia 0 Comments By Eric Postow As many people around the world ponder all the ways they can improve themselves, set goals, and set themselves up for success in the new year, Virginia should consider a strong New Year's resolution to right their… Read More→
A national weed glut is causing prices to plummet and imperiling businesses December 25, 2022 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments In Michigan, the number of cultivators has doubled while prices have dropped by 75 percent. Michigan has way too much weed. The number of cannabis grow operations serving the state’s recreational market has almost doubled in the past year. The… Read More→
Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America’s weed industry December 23, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Sareth Sin, 67, died upright, seated in a plastic chair, on Christmas Day. He was asphyxiated by fumes from the generator he ran to chase the desert chill out of a cannabis greenhouse on the eastern edge of Los Angeles… Read More→
Weed’s next frontier is in Asia December 23, 2022 AggregatedNews APAC, Japan, South Korea, Thailand 0 Comments HONG KONG, Dec 23 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Asia is beginning to warm up to the use of cannabis. Thailand legalised marijuana cultivation at home in 2022, while South Korea, Japan and Malaysia are paving the way for pharmaceutical applications. With the weed… Read More→