Sports Sponsorships in Cannabis: The Long Legal Road Ahead {$excerpt:n} If legal cannabis isn’t already a key facet of American culture, it is well on its way. The multibillion-dollar industry is already ubiquitous in politics, and consumers are increasingly seeing various types of marketing from cannabis brands, from billboards to magazine ads to organic content…
Beyond Compliance: Understanding and Combating Contamination {$excerpt:n} As an emerging field in cannabis, contaminant testing remains a gray area for many businesses. The vast differences in state-by-state regulations, along with the frequent changes of previously established rules make testing a difficult, time-consuming process. But at its core, the science and reasoning behind why we test…
How much THC can you legally eat or drink? – The EU sets the standard for cannabis-infused foods {$excerpt:n} How much cannabis can you put in a drink or food in Europe? The European Commission (EC), which is the regional unit charged with creating cannabis laws for all members of the EU, has…
How Fraud is Proliferating in the Cannabis Testing Market {$excerpt:n} With more and more states fully legalizing cannabis for medical and adult use, regulation has become a hot topic for the industry – and it won’t be going away anytime soon. The markets for virtually all cannabis uses (with the exception of industrial hemp, under…
How to Make Sure Your Cannabis Delivery Service Is Compliant {$excerpt:n} On-demand cannabis delivery services are a rapidly growing part of the industry. Having a delivery option available for your dispensary’s patient population is a critical component of your service offering. This is especially true when considering medical cannabis patients who might have conditions that…
Registration Open for 2022 Cannabis Quality Conference & Expo {$excerpt:n} EDGARTOWN, MA, March 23, 2022 – Registration for the Cannabis Quality Conference & Expo, taking place October 17-19 at the Hilton Parsippany in New Jersey, is now open. The agenda features breakout sessions, keynotes and panel discussions that will help attendees better understand the cannabis markets…
The Great Social Experiment: Social Equity in New York {$excerpt:n} New York is embarking on a great social undertaking. In awarding its adult-use cannabis licenses, under the plan laid out by Gov. Kathy Hochul on March 10, the state is attempting to right generations of wrongs caused by the war on cannabis. The wrongs are…
ASTM Launches Standard for International Intoxicating Cannabinoid Symbol {$excerpt:n} A new ASTM International standard seeks to create an internationally recognized symbol that indicates a product contains intoxicating cannabinoids. The cannabis technical committee at ASTM, D37, developed the standard for the International Intoxicating Cannabinoid Product Symbol (IICPS). The International Intoxicating Cannabinoid Product Symbol (IICPS) The standard…
Cannabis Businesses Need D&O Coverage; What Does The Insurance Landscape Look Like? {$excerpt:n} Cannabis continues to be a hot sector across the United States; buoyed by its ‘Essential Business’ status during the pandemic, a surge of plant touching and ancillary service providers have set up shop in the past 12 months to capture a share…
Meet Looming Federal Cannabis Regulatory Compliance Management with Automation & Confidence {$excerpt:n} Federal regulation of the cannabis and hemp sectors is coming sooner rather than later — and this is mostly good news for cannabis businesses and consumers. But cannabis producers already struggling to meet complex and ever-changing local regulations (where they exist) will be…
