Is Cannabis Ready For a Weights & Measures Day of Reckoning? September 22, 2022 Tom Hymes Best Practices, News & Insights, Standards and Certification 1 Comment It turns out that The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM), the official body responsible for setting weights and measures standards in the United States, has had cannabis in its sights for some time, and even formed a Cannabis… Read More→
How state marijuana legalization became a boon for corruption December 28, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments By making local officials the gatekeepers for million-dollar businesses, states created a breeding ground for bribery and favoritism. Jasiel Correia’s star was rising. The son of Cape Verdean immigrants in the working-class Massachusetts port city of Fall River — famed… Read More→
Why Compliance Data: Beyond A Zero-Sum-Game October 20, 2020 RJ Falcioni Compliance and Regulations, Science and Technology 0 Comments Introduction The cannabis industry remains fixated on compliance, but not in the right way. Heavy regulations and looming financial consequences have created a paradoxically cost-avoidant approach to compliance: invest capital to protect against more significant loss. It's a zero-sum-game– read… Read More→
California, Cities Battle Over Marijuana Home-Delivery Rule August 6, 2020 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments FRESNO, Calif. — California faced off in court Thursday against some of its own cities that want to overturn a government rule allowing home marijuana deliveries statewide, even into communities that banned commercial pot sales. In a potential setback for… Read More→
Massachusetts Wants to Make It Easier for Patiants to Obtain Medical Marijuana September 15, 2016 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments State regulators moved Wednesday toward making it significantly easier for patients to gain access to medical marijuana, proposing an overhaul of a program hobbled by missteps when it dawned three years ago. The rules would allow nurse practitioners to certify… Read More→