N.Y. Ruling Puts Adult-Use Program On Shaky Ground April 9, 2024 Tom Hymes New York, News & Insights 0 Comments New York experienced two remarkable incidents last week: a near catastrophic legal earthquake on Wednesday, and then an actual 4.8 seismic event on Friday. The latter event swayed buildings and rattled a few east coast nerves, but it was the… Read More→
Expecting Cannabis Boom, New York Lays Down the Rules September 13, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments The New York Cannabis Control Board approved a package of regulations that included licensing requirements for distributors, dispensaries and others. Cannabis regulators in New York approved a package of regulations Tuesday that laid the groundwork for an expansion of the… Read More→
Massachusetts Crisis Part I: Has Shawn Collins Resigned as Executive Director of the Cannabis Control Commission? August 1, 2023 Tom Hymes Massachusetts, News & Insights 1 Comment It is a secret wrapped in a conundrum folded into a riddle. Has Shawn Collins, the first and only executive director of Massachusetts’s Cannabis Control Commission, in fact resigned? That’s what he ostensibly told Commission chair Shannon O’Brien, who interrupted… Read More→
Legal pot is more potent than ever. And it’s still largely unregulated, putting consumers at risk. May 7, 2023 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Long ago, the THC content of weed was less than 1.5%. Today some marijuana products have more than 90%. It’s making people sick, and regulators have failed to keep up. Marijuana and other products containing THC, the plant’s main psychoactive ingredient,… Read More→
That weed you bought might not be as potent as promised, study finds April 13, 2023 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Colorado researchers found that the THC in cannabis they tested was, on average, 23 percent lower than what was reported on the label The weed you’re buying might not make you as high as you hoped. A study conducted by… Read More→
FDA CBD Regulations Are On the Way (Sorta) January 4, 2023 Hilary Bricken Hemp Industry News 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken There has been so much talk from the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) around cannabidiol (“CBD”) regulations that it makes one’s head spin. For years everyone has wondered when, or even if, the FDA would propose… Read More→
Why hasn’t legal weed killed the marijuana black market? December 17, 2022 AggregatedNews Black Market, Policy & Legal 0 Comments What’s happening It’s been 10 years since the first states legalized recreational marijuana. Over the past decade, the legit weed trade has exploded into a massive industry as personal pot use has rapidly spread to more parts of the country.… Read More→
An Essential Metrc Adjusts for the Future September 19, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Compliance and Regulations, News & Insights, Seed-to-Sale, Spotlight, Supply Chain 0 Comments If there is an all-encompassing company in cannabis, it has to be Metrc. With more than 20 state governments (and one American Territory) under seed-to-sale contract, the Lakeland, Florida-based technology company is the dominant provider of cannabis track-and-trace solutions in… Read More→
7 Things To Consider Before Opening Dispensary March 9, 2022 Tommy Truong Retail 0 Comments With medical cannabis undergoing widespread legalization, both investors and entrepreneurs are clamoring to be the first to establish themselves in this exciting infant industry. However, going first is not always best. Here are 7 things that should be considered, before… Read More→
Dealing with Cannabis Investors December 20, 2021 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments by Jonathan Bench, Attorney at Harris Bricken Lately I have been spending a lot of time engaging with clients who are dealing with cannabis investors. I work with companies and investors. Between public and private cannabis companies, the suite of… Read More→
The intersection of cannabis and wine buds environmental complication November 3, 2021 Alison Torbitt California, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Businesses producing both wine and cannabis in California must be aware of challenges and opportunities created by complex state regulations. By Alison B. Torbitt and Stratton P. Constantinides, Nixon Peabody LLP While some wineries are competing with cannabis farmers for… Read More→
Pros and Cons of Oklahoma’s Lenient Cannabis Regulations August 5, 2021 Arshad "Adam" Lasi Oklahoma, Op-Ed, Opinions, The Buck Stops Here 3 Comments Oklahoma is already famous for the iconic Broadway Show, world-class tornadoes, and the basketball team that once had James Harden coming off the bench behind KD and Russell Westbrook. Now it has a new distinction: the most medical cannabis patients… Read More→
Four Weaknesses Every Growing Cannabis Company Must Fix May 19, 2021 Jason Walker HR and Staffing 0 Comments by Jason Walker and Rey Ramirez There’s a Wikipedia page called “List of defunct hard drive manufacturers” that should serve as a cautionary tale for the cannabis industry. See, IBM shipped the first computer hard drive in 1957. In 1984,… Read More→
What You Need to Know When Buying a Cannabis Business, Part 2: The Regulatory Environment April 28, 2021 AggregatedNews Mergers & Acquisitions 0 Comments By Jonathan Bench, Attorney at Harris Bricken Buying a cannabis business does not occur in a matter of days, and transactions fall apart for a variety of reasons, as we discussed in Part 1 of this blog series focused on… Read More→
How to Determine the Best Way to Grow: Part One February 1, 2021 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 0 Comments Selecting an appropriate cultivation strategy is one of the most critical steps in launching or expanding a cannabis cultivation business. A cultivation strategy dictates how a company will produce its cannabis. This decision can determine a company’s likelihood of success… Read More→