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2020 Cannabis Industry Outlook

January 27, 2020
Jacques Santucci
Best Practices, Compliance and Regulations, News & Insights, Newsletters, Opinions
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The New Year marks a noteworthy turning point in our country, economically, politically, and culturally. The decade ahead will likely include transformation and accelerate innovation within the cannabis industry, in continuation of previous years’ trends and with continued advancement towards…

THCP: Newly Discovered Form of THC Could Help Explain Potency Variations in Cannabis Strains and May Lead to New Product Label Requirements

January 22, 2020
Ian Stewart
Compliance and Regulations, Packaging, Science and Technology
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The pharmacological effects of most cannabinoids remain a mystery. Despite more than 120 identified cannabinoids in the cannabis plant, very few other than THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol) have been isolated and characterized in terms of their pharmacological properties. The…

Certification | The Latest Cannabis Buzz (word)

December 18, 2019
Lezli Engelking
Compliance and Regulations, Standards and Certification
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This is the first in a series of articles designed to educate and assist both the public and private sector understand the challenges related to producing safe, quality consistent cannabis products, and the role third-party certification plays in that process.…

Cannabis Regulations and EHS – An Overview

By Grant Gilzean & Gerald Hincka Congratulations! Your company has completed the permitting process for your cannabis business. You understand and have managed the operational and commercial risk in your particular state, and have likely immersed yourself in necessary zoning…

Cannabis Banking: The Prospects for Legal Protection

September 9, 2019
John Vardaman
Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Compliance and Regulations
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The trend of states legalizing cannabis - 33 Medical Marijuana states plus the District of Columbia and 10 Adult-Use states and counting - while it remains illegal under federal law poses a dilemma for U.S. financial institutions. While some banks…

Security Master Planning in the Cannabis Industry – Part 3: The Security Management Plan

April 25, 2019
Tim Sutton CPP, PCI, PSP, CHPA
Compliance and Regulations, Cultivation, Processing, Security, Standards and Certification
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THE SECURITY MANAGEMENT PLAN PART 1 in this series explained that to legally operate a cannabis business, whether medical or recreational, a license or permit to operate must be obtained. Every state has its own regulations and application process in…

Proposed Standards Aim to Help with Cannabis Business Security Issues

March 27, 2019
Press Release
Compliance and Regulations, Press Releases
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PRESS RELEASE W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., March 27, 2019 – Three proposed ASTM International standards aim to support day-to-day security management of cannabis-related businesses. The standards are being developed by ASTM International’s cannabis committee (D37). According to committee member Erica Rigler,…

Security Master Planning in the Cannabis Industry – Part 2: The Security Technology Plan

February 12, 2019
Tim Sutton CPP, PCI, PSP, CHPA
Best Practices, Compliance and Regulations, Security
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This article is the second in a series of four (4). PART 1 in this series explained that to legally operate a cannabis business, whether medical or recreational, a license or permit to operate must be obtained. Every state has…

Security Master Planning in the Cannabis Industry

January 21, 2019
Tim Sutton CPP, PCI, PSP, CHPA
Best Practices, Compliance and Regulations, Security
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Part 1 of 4 In order to legally operate a cannabis business, whether medical or recreational, a license or permit to operate must be obtained. Every state has its own regulations and application process in place. They all require security…

Will Hemp-Derived CBD Be Fully Legal with Passage of the 2018 Farm Bill? Not Quite…

December 5, 2018
Ian Stewart
California, Cannabis Investments, Compliance and Regulations, Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Hemp Policy & Legal, News & Insights, Policy & Legal
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By Ian Stewart, Wilson Elser Public interest in the potential health benefits of CBD (cannabidiol) is responsible for a whole new market segment of health and wellness foods and supplements that features CBD as an ingredient. CBD is one of…

Making Data Work: What You Need to Know

November 12, 2018
Jacques Santucci
Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Best Practices, Compliance and Regulations, Science and Technology
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The cannabis industry is evolving rapidly and so is the usage of data in a business, particularly in this nascent industry. We all know that data’s importance to business strategy is unimaginably larger than a couple of decades ago, but…

What Cannabis Companies Should Know About Data Security and Breach Response Requirements

October 10, 2018
Robert Munnelly
Best Practices, Compliance and Regulations, Massachusetts, Science and Technology, Security
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Cannabis companies should remain mindful of the importance of creating and maintaining a comprehensive written data security program. No cannabis company should aspire to being subject to response costs, regulatory fines, and potential lawsuits that follow the theft or inadvertent…

Unique Program to Track and Trace Dollars in CA Could Pave the Way for a Banking Solution in the US

September 12, 2018
Rob Meagher
Banking, Finance & Real Estate, California, Compliance and Regulations
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State and local governments vary greatly in their ability to attract and compensate regulatory personnel that bring institutional knowledge and experience to regulate the nascent Cannabis Industry in their respective spheres of influence. Think about it, the challenge for any…

Mandatory Testing Costly For Colorado Marijuana Growers

New mandatory marijuana pesticide testing in Colorado is putting a financial squeeze on local cultivators to the tune of thousands of dollars in increased costs. The added expense is the latest financial blow to hit the state’s cultivators, which are…

ASTM Announces New International Standard Projects to Help Reduce Hazards in Cannabis Processing and Cannabis Sampling Procedures

PRESS RELEASES Two Proposed ASTM International Standards Underway to Support Cannabis Sampling Procedures W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., August 23, 2018 – Members of the ASTM International cannabis committee (D37) are proposing two guides for cannabis sampling procedures in an effort to…