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I grew up in an underground cannabis bakery during the AIDS epidemic. Yes, it is essential medicine

April 12, 2020
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Coronavirus, Medical Marijuana, News & Insights
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No one is suggesting cannabis as a treatment for novel coronavirus. That doesn't mean dispensaries should close now I grew up in an underground cannabis bakery. During the '70s, my family baked and delivered more than 10,000 marijuana brownies per…

Pandemic upends pot legalization

Ballot campaigns and cannabis bills get pushed aside during public health crisis. What was supposed to be a banner year for marijuana legalization is becoming a bust. Advocates are pushing ballot referendums in nearly a dozen states, from Idaho to…

Perfect Union Leads the Way in Coronavirus Bonus Pay Extended to Employees

April 9, 2020
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Best Practices, Coronavirus, Press Releases
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PRESS RELEASE Extends additional hardship allowance to both UFCW employees and front-line management. SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Perfect Union, one of the nation’s premier cannabis dispensary operations, announced the extension of their retail-industry leading coronavirus bonus pay program for employees. The…

Protecting Health, Safety and Your Business’ Future is Priority One in the Cannabis Industry

April 6, 2020
Lezli Engelking
Coronavirus, News & Insights, Training & Education
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As the world adapts to this new reality, reassessing and updating business practices has become the new normal. In the pre-COVID-19 world, cannabis operators often reached out to FOCUS with an interest in improving a certain aspect of their internal…

Cannabis Communication in the time of COVID-19: Six Key Takeaways

As we entered the new decade, we knew 2020 was going to be a big year for headlines: a presidential election; The Olympics; a booming economy. As January dawned, the cannabis industry was also preparing for a big news year,…

Environment, Health and Safety from Home, Resources to Rely on while Social Distancing

March 30, 2020
Grant Gilezan
Compliance and Regulations, Coronavirus, Policy & Legal
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You are a cannabis industry professional navigating the “new normal.” You have scheduled a productive day of workbooks, crafts and electronic device time for the children. You have negotiated workspace allowances with your cohabitants (“You can pace the family room…

Cannabis Business in the Wake of COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact individuals and businesses throughout the world, cannabis businesses in the United States once again find themselves confronting their own set of unique challenges. On the one hand, many State and local jurisdictions throughout…

How One California Cannabis Company is Adapting to the New Not-So-Normal of COVID-19

March 26, 2020
John Oram
Coronavirus, Cultivation, Processing, Retail, The Buck Stops Here
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As of March 30, 2020, more than 160,000 people in the United States have tested positive for coronavirus, with more than 3,000 deaths related to the disease. Over the last several weeks, with the influx of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans…

How COVID-19 Force Majeure Claims May Wreck or Save Your Business

Following its rapid spread, on March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared coronavirus (“COVID-19”) to be a pandemic thereby potentially voiding every commercial contract via “force majeure” provisions and the common law doctrine of frustration (“Frustration Doctrine”). “Force majeure”…

In fighting COVID-19, Colorado’s emergency rules affect medical cannabis differently than recreational

Updated March 27, 2020 During this ongoing response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, cannabis dispensaries nationwide are changing how they do business, and Colorado’s dispensaries are no different. On March 20th the Marijuana Enforcement Division (the “MED”) implemented emergency…

Coronavirus: Medical marijuana dispensaries are called essential in Mass., but recreational pot shops must close under governor’s order

Starting tomorrow, only licensed medical marijuana retailers are allowed to sell cannabis products in Massachusetts for the next few weeks during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Baker on Monday morning asked residents to stay at home as the respiratory illness continues…

How Oregon coronavirus outbreak affects marijuana: Retailers can sell pot curbside for now

Licensed marijuana retailers can sell their pot curbside to promote social distancing and help stem the spread of the coronavirus. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has approved a temporary rule allowing the curbside delivery. The rule permits retailers to take…

Coronavirus: Pennsylvania softens medical marijuana regulations, allows for curbside pickup

Yes, Pennsylvania's medical marijuana stores are open to the state's more than 147,000 registered patients during the coronavirus pandemic and patients can now use online ordering to accelerate the dispensing process. Pennsylvania health officials have said that food, medicine and banking…