House GOP strips language aimed at protecting banks from cannabis crackdowns June 14, 2024 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Federal 0 Comments House Republicans nixed text aimed at protecting banks from cannabis crackdowns from a government funding bill after blowback from fellow GOP lawmakers. The measure was included in the party’s initial version of its annual financial services and general government bill,… Read More→
The Maryland General Assembly takes its first step toward cannabis regulation. Here’s what’s in the new bill. February 8, 2023 AggregatedNews Maryland 0 Comments After months of anticipation, members of the General Assembly, lobbyists, business owners and potential license holders can finally start to pore over the details of how Maryland will enter the recreational cannabis industry. House Ways and Means Chair Vanessa Atterbeary… Read More→
Can Virginia lawmakers find a way to fix the state’s ‘weird’ weed laws? January 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments Bills on retail sales, hemp regulation to be taken up in 2023 session At a sleek new store called Cannabist in Richmond’s Carytown shopping district, anyone with an easy-to-obtain medical cannabis card can buy a full range of marijuana products… Read More→
New Year’s Resolution for Virginia Cannabis January 2, 2023 Eric Postow Virginia 0 Comments By Eric Postow As many people around the world ponder all the ways they can improve themselves, set goals, and set themselves up for success in the new year, Virginia should consider a strong New Year's resolution to right their… Read More→
NY Cannabis Regulators Propose New Rules for Marketing, Packaging, and Lab Testing June 1, 2022 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments New York’s Cannabis Control Board approved 16 new conditional cultivator licenses today, as well as draft regulations for testing labs and for the marketing and packaging of marijuana products. Board members unanimously approved the new draft regulations, which will now… Read More→
Massachusetts marijuana has to be ultra-sterile. Just one problem: It’s a plant February 26, 2021 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments At Holistic Health Group’s farm in Middleborough, dozens of vacuum-sealed bags full of marijuana flower — worth hundreds of thousands of dollars at retail — have been sitting in a secure vault for months, stuck in limbo. The problem? The… Read More→
Voting on Cannabis Regulation in Los Angeles…Measure M or Measure N? February 23, 2017 Simone Cimiluca Radzins California 0 Comments 2018 is approaching, meaning the State of California will be REGULATING cannabis! In my previous corporate life I was never exposed to, nor realized the complexities of public policy, politics, and true government regulation. Three years later, I now read senate and… Read More→
Dear President-Elect Trump, Please Level the Playing Field For the Cannabis (and Hemp) Industry January 2, 2017 Rob Meagher Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal, Opinions, Spotlight 4 Comments Dear President-Elect Trump, Congratulations on your spectacular election win last November. You met my father, Mark J. Meagher, Chairman of Financial World Partners (FW) and a lifelong Republican, back in the early 90s at one of FW's annual holiday parties… Read More→
2017 Cannabis Industry Trends: What Businesses Need to Know December 30, 2016 Amy Poinsett Opinions, The Buck Stops Here 0 Comments By Amy Poinsett In 2010, I co-founded MJ Freeway working inside Colorado’s first dispensaries and cultivation facilities to set up their processes and operating systems. Since then, the MJ Freeway team has supported the launch and growth of thousands of… Read More→
Standards for the Cannabis Industry August 17, 2016 Lezli Engelking Compliance and Regulations, Science and Technology 1 Comment By Lezli Engelking Hearing about the lack of standards in the cannabis industry comes as quite a surprise to most. After all, cannabis is one of the most highly regulated industries in existence today. Complicated terminology and varied definitions, however,… Read More→
Top 5 Compliance Infractions: Colorado Medical and Recreational Cultivators April 11, 2016 Steve Owens Best Practices, Compliance and Regulations 0 Comments Editor's Note: This is the second in a three-part series on top regulatory compliance infractions for medical and recreational retailers, manufacturers and cultivators. See here for the first part on Retailers. The Cannabis Industry is one of the most highly regulated industries… Read More→
California Cannabis Edibles in Limbo Waiting For New Safety Regulations February 1, 2016 AggregatedNews California, Cultivation, Processing 0 Comments California’s Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act has been in effect for a month now, but the state’s Department of Public Health hasn’t yet published or implemented food safety standards for so-called edibles. However, the Act didn’t give the department… Read More→
California Readies For a New World of Marijuana With “Robust” Controls October 19, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments A new world of weed is coming to the largest marijuana marketplace on the planet. Gov. Jerry Brown this month signed regulations he said would bring “robust controls” to govern California’s long untamed medical marijuana industry, with clear standards for… Read More→
5 Things You Should Know About California’s New Marijuana “Regulations” September 15, 2015 AggregatedNews California, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Just before midnight on Friday, lawmakers in Sacramento agreed upon and passed onto Gov. Jerry Brown a package of legislation that promises to regulate the state's wild, woolly, and highly profitable medical cannabis industry. Last-minute brinkmanship as well as an… Read More→
California Lawmakers Agree on Legislation to Regulate Medical Marijuana September 11, 2015 AggregatedNews California, Policy & Legal 0 Comments California lawmakers said late Thursday that they have reached a deal on legislation to regulate and license medical marijuana. The regulatory framework to corral the billion-dollar medical cannabis industry will be contained in three bills that have received the blessings… Read More→