September 25, 2024ASTM, CAPA, Edibles & Processing, GMP, Quality, regulatory

Don’t Reinvent The Wheel: A Tour of ASTM Standards for Cannabis and Hemp – Part 2

In our previous article, we delved into the foundational ASTM International standards that are shaping the cannabis and hemp industries. We explored […]

June 28, 2024ASTM, D37, HACCP, Quality, regulatory, standards

Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: A Tour of ASTM Standards for Cannabis – Part 1

In the realm of consumer safety, minimum standards form a critical safety net that allows businesses and regulators alike with necessary guidelines. […]

October 27, 2023access, Act, analysis, analytics, banking, business, cannabis, Chuck Schumer, commerce, committee, compliance, Congress, consumer, Cory Booker, Federal, finances, financial, floor, government, growing, industry, legalization, legalize, legislation, legislative, legislators, license, marijuana, regulatory, Ron Wyden, safer, senate, senator, state, treasury, vote

Making the Cannabis Industry SAFER for America

After nearly a decade of conversation and education on the Hill, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee finally held a […]

October 4, 2023420CPA, analysis, analytics, business, california, cannabis, cbd, compliance, consumer, cultivation, dispensary, extraction, government, growing, industry, Joe Moody, law, legal, legalization, legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, medical, medicine, product, Quality, recreational, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, safety, Sid Miller, state, Texan, Texas, thc, TX

Cannabis in Texas: A Look Ahead to Legalization and Beyond

A Uniquely Texas Approach to Cannabis The last few decades have seen the United States move forward state-by-state with the legalization of […]

October 4, 2023analysis, analytics, business, Business Analysis, cannabis, comp, compensation, compliance, CQC, CQCExpo, crop, cultivation, dispensary, employment, Federal, FICA, FUTA, general, government, growing, industry, insurance, insure, law, legal, legalization, legalize, liability, license, marijuana, market, medical, Nick Murer, offboarding, onboading, Operations, practices, Quality, recreational, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, state, SUTA, taxes, training, unemployment, WECO, workers

Employee Management & Human Resources: An Often-Overlooked Part of Building a Business

Well before cannabis businesses win a license application, they need to have traditional business plans outlining how they’ll run the company. While […]

September 27, 2023analysis, analytics, business, cannabis, cbd, compliance, cultivation, extraction, farm bill, Federal, government, growing, hemp, industry, law, legal, legalization, legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, medical, medicine, product, Quality, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, state, test, Texas, Texas Compassionate Use Act, thc, TX

Texas Takes Advantage of the 2018 Farm Bill

When Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 339, also known as the Texas Compassionate Use Act, into law in 2015, many […]

September 26, 2023analysis, analytics, business, cannabis, compliance, Federal, government, growing, industry, lab, laboratories, Laboratories & Analytics, laboratory, labs, marijuana, market, medical, Pesticide, product, Quality, recreational, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, safety, test, Testing, thc

Cannabis Lab Testing Problems Continue Nationwide

In Maine, a laboratory released a study they conducted, finding a 17% failure rate of dangerous pesticides in cannabis samples tested. The […]

September 14, 2023analysis, analytics, Austin, business, cannabis, compliance, Federal, government, growing, HB 1805, HB 218, industry, law, legal, legalization, legalize, legislation, license, limit, Lone Star, marijuana, market, medical, medicine, recreational, regulation, regulations, regulatory, state, Texan, Texas, thc

Lone Star Cannabis: What’s Holding Texas Back?

Adult-use cannabis has gained steam across the nation as more and more states jump on the legalization train. As of the writing […]

September 13, 20231, 3, administration, agency, analysis, analytics, Biden, business, Business Analysis, cbd, compliance, controlled substances act, dea, Department of Health and Human Services, Federal, government, HHS, I, III, industry, law, legal, legalization, legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, medical, medicine, reclassify, recommend, recommendation, recreational, regulation, regulations, regulatory, schedule, state

HHS Recommends Rescheduling Cannabis, Surprising an Entire Industry

In the most unexpected development to hit the cannabis industry in years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Secretary […]

September 12, 2023analysis, analytics, business, cannabis, cbd, compliance, consumer, cultivation, Epidiolex, europe, European, extraction, Federal, government, growing, industry, international, lab, laboratories, laboratory, labs, law, legal, legalization, legalize, legislation, license, marijuana, market, medical, medicine, product, Quality, regulation, regulations, regulatory, retail, safety, state, test, Testing, UK, union, United Kingdom, United States

The CBD Regulatory Environment in Europe: Part 4

This is the final piece of a four-part series discussing European cannabis regulations. Click here for Part One, here for Part Two and here […]