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COVID-19 & The Cannabis Industry: Ten Industry Leaders Share How Their Companies are Dealing With The Crisis

Over the last several weeks, CBE Press LLC (CBE) has been conducting research to learn from industry leadership how the COVID-19 Crisis is effecting their businesses and to learn how they are making adjustments to weather the short term storm…

Cannabis Industry’s “COVID-19 Disaster Recovery Playbook”

For legalized marijuana, the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic has been the worst of times and the best of times. Despite being deemed “ineligible” for much of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) benefits, nearly derailed by commercial-contract-voiding…

Managing employer risk in the age of the coronavirus – Part 2: Creating a plan

April 27, 2020
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Employers' infectious disease programs should consider worker exposures and provide contingencies for a variety of scenarios. Editor’s Note: Part 1 of this two-part series addressed employers’ obligations to ensure workplace safety for customers and employees. As the coronavirus spreads…

Cannabis In Colorado Isn’t Like A Normal Business. The Challenges Of Coronavirus Really Drive That Home

In about two hours, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock taught public officials a valuable lesson about the meaning of the word “essential.” When he announced the city’s stay-at-home order on March 23, Hancock said recreational marijuana dispensaries, as well as liquor stores,…

5 Tips for Setting Up a Pandemic Response Plan

As the coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread around the world, businesses must do what they can to prepare for absent staff and possible periods of enforced closure. It’s vital that companies of all sizes and types draft a distinct crisis…

Marijuana industry tested in virus crisis

The unofficial holiday celebrating all things cannabis arrives Monday as the nation’s emerging legal marijuana market braces for an economic blow from the coronavirus crisis, with many consumers reducing spending or going underground for deals. It was supposed to be…

The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Cannabis Business Insurance

It has become painfully clear that the current Coronavirus pandemic has not left a single sector of American business untouched, and that includes the United States’ burgeoning legal cannabis industry. While many cannabis businesses across the country have remained open—a…

The Whole Gamet: Operating a Dispensary During a Pandemic

Just another challenge for an industry accustomed to moving targets If ever there was a business sector that is accustomed to pivoting and adjusting to changing conditions, it is the legal cannabis industry. From rapidly evolving laws, to last minute…

4/20 fizzle: Pot industry tested as virus slams economy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unofficial holiday celebrating all things cannabis arrives Monday as the nation’s emerging legal marijuana market braces for an economic blow from the coronavirus crisis, with many consumers reducing spending or going underground for deals. It…

Stimulus Checks, the Unofficial Federal Aid for Colorado Weed Shops

The marijuana industry won't receive any official aid from federal business bailout packages, but it still received an assist from the first round of stimulus payments, which came just in time for the plant's biggest holiday. Colorado's marijuana dispensaries reported…

Managing employer risk in the age of the coronavirus – Part 1

Companies that address federal and state worker safety obligations could see fewer claims and fare better in litigation. During a pandemic, the transmission of infectious disease can be anticipated not only in healthcare settings but also in many types of…

Marijuana Has Been Deemed ‘Essential’ — But Essential for Whom?

As the coronavirus spread across the country in March, and stay-at-home orders began to go into effect, every state with a regulated cannabis system allowed weed sales to continue in some form, deeming medical-marijuana businesses essential during the pandemic, along with groceries and pharmacies. This, The New York Times declared, was “official…

Smoking marijuana and coronavirus: Even occasional use raises risk of Covid-19 complications

If you’re smoking weed to ease your stress during the coronavirus pandemic, experts say it’s time to think twice. Smoking marijuana, even occasionally, can increase your risk for more severe complications from Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.…

Colorado’s marijuana businesses can remain open during pandemic, but they say they’re still struggling

Cannabis companies, and the consultants and lawyers who aid them, not eligible for federal stimulus money As the coronavirus fueled changes in regulation for Colorado’s cannabis industry, leaders at LivWell Enlightened Health knew they needed to make dramatic moves to…

Staying Safe While Delivering Weed in the Pandemic

Legal and illegal cannabis sales have spiked, even though doctors warn that smoking and vaping worsen symptoms and spread. These businesses face a new problem: keeping employees safe. While millions of Americans are at home, socially distancing to curb the…