Medical marijuana ‘POS’ software crashes, preventing sales to sick patients in Pennsylvania September 18, 2019 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania, Science and Technology 0 Comments Medical marijuana patients across the state couldn’t buy medicines yesterday due to an update in a tracking software system that’s supposed to track sales, not prevent them. The Pennsylvania Department of Health requires all marijuana transactions to be processed through… Read More→
Software glitches prevent higher marijuana sales in Washington state July 26, 2019 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments Some companies lost hundreds of thousands in sales, forcing them to furlough some workers SEATTLE (AP) — At least a dozen marijuana samples typically show up every day at Trace Analytics, a lab in Spokane that tests products for Washington’s… Read More→
MTech Acquisition Corp. and MJ Freeway LLC Announce Merger Agreement October 11, 2018 Press Release Press Releases, Science and Technology 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE Transaction Supported by MJ Freeway Owners, Including Prominent Tech Investor Roger McNamee. Implementing MTech’s Strategy to Provide Investors with Access to Cannabis Technology Sector New York, NY – October 11, 2018 – MTech Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: MTEC) (“MTech”), the… Read More→
Security Incident Played Role in Traceability System Rollout Disruption February 8, 2018 Press Release Press Releases, Science and Technology 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE OLYMPIA, WA 02/07/2018 - The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) today reported that the online marijuana traceability system was disrupted after a computer vulnerability was exploited on Saturday Feb. 3, 2018. The exploitation allowed an intruder… Read More→
Here we go again, Can the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board Get anything Right? February 6, 2018 Rob Meagher Washington 6 Comments Five days into the implementation of the new Leaf Data System Seed to Sale system in Washington State, things are progressing slowly and causing major business disruption for licensees in the state. On the I502 Google user group, licensees and… Read More→
Regulatory Oversight Debacle Blows Up In Washington State October 27, 2017 Rob Meagher Washington 0 Comments Recently, The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) announced that their new contract, seed-to-sale (SOS) system provider, MJ Freeway and its Leaf Data System, would not be able to meet the October 31st deadline to take over the service… Read More→
California Seed-to-Sale Contract: Holy Cow! October 4, 2017 Rob Meagher California, Science and Technology 3 Comments A couple of weeks ago, CBE published Seed-to-Sale Scorecard: METRC’s Big Year. But at the time, we had yet to put our hands on the contract, that in our eyes, has put Franwell so far ahead of the pack in terms of… Read More→
Updated Seed-to-Sale Scorecard: METRC’s Big Year 9/19/17 September 11, 2017 Rob Meagher Compliance and Regulations, Science and Technology 0 Comments Updated to include Nevada Medical and Adult-Use STS award effective November 1, 2017 With fall just around the corner, Scott Denholm and his team at Franwell/Metrc have to be feeling good about their recent wins that include the award of… Read More→
Pennsylvania medical marijuana program on fast track to become largest in the country May 1, 2017 David Hodes Pennsylvania, Policy & Legal 2 Comments Pennsylvania’s Republican Senator Mike Folmer and Democratic Senator Daylin Leach, ranked 36 and 37 respectively in the CBE 2016 Political 100, are two happy guys. The mechanisms behind the medical marijuana bill they wrote, which became law on April 13,… Read More→
Seed-to-Sale Scorecard: A Look at 2016 and Beyond February 27, 2017 Rob Meagher Science and Technology 0 Comments By Rob Meagher Back in late January 2016, CBE published its first Seed-to-Sale state and local government scorecard to take a look at what appeared to have become a three-horse race based on those up-to-date results. We projected that the competition for local… Read More→
Major Marijuana Sales Tracking Company Hit Hard by Hackers January 16, 2017 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments The Boston Globe reports that hackers early last week took down the servers of MJ Freeway, a system that tracks marijuana sales and inventory, and helps dispensaries prepare regulatory paperwork. The company says no customer or patient information was stolen… Read More→
The Purest Mission Statement in the Field: Franwell Metrc February 25, 2016 Rob Meagher Company Stories, Science and Technology 0 Comments CBE caught up with Scott Denholm, Executive Director at Metrc, Franwell Corporation's Marijuana Business Unit that supplies Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tracking technology to its state clients, the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED), and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC)… Read More→
Seed-to-Sale Competition Heated-up in 2015. Expect it to Intensify This Year January 26, 2016 Rob Meagher Science and Technology 0 Comments As we moved into the New Year, one thing was abundantly clear. The competition for the hearts and minds of Producer, Processor and Retail (PPRs) licensees seed-to-sale software and state trace-ability systems which was very competitive in 2015, was shaping… Read More→