Cannabis Industry Journal

Biden Issues Pardons, Launches Federal Cannabis Review

In an early October surprise statement, President Biden announced a three-part plan to address cannabis prohibition. First, he is pardoning all prior federal offenses for simple cannabis possession. Second, he is calling on all governors to do the same for state-level offenses. Thirdly, he announced that he is initiating a federal review of the current Schedule 1 status of cannabis.

Featured Articles

November 23, 2022

The 3-Legged Stool of Successful Grow Operations: Climate, Cultivation & Genetics – Part 3

By Phil Gibson

In this six-part series of articles, the folks from AEssenseGrows introduce the 3-legged stool of successful cannabis cultivation: climate, cultivation & genetics. In part 1, we covered environmental controls. Part 2 delves deep into the wide world of water quality. Part 3 recommends critical housing requirements.

November 14, 2022

Benefits To Growing Cannabis In A Cleanroom Environment

By Steve Gonzales

While factors like humidity, light exposure and water may be easy enough to control in any indoor environment, other influential factors can be more difficult to control, such as mold or other contaminants. Growing in a controlled cleanroom environment ensures healthy, high-quality cannabis by mitigating some harder-to-control threats.

November 9, 2022

A Q&A with Sundie Seefried, President & CEO of Safe Harbor Financial

By Cannabis Industry Journal Staff

In this sit-down interview, we speak with Sundie Seefried, who has been working in the credit union space for around forty years. As founder, president and CEO of Safe Harbor Financial, she shares some insights on current events, the future of cannabis banking and lending, and what the next few years might hold in store for an industry ready to grow.

November 9, 2022

Election Results for Cannabis: MD, MO Vote to Legalize

By Cannabis Industry Journal Staff

Cannabis legalization as on the ballot in five states and the results are here. Voters in Maryland and Missouri have passed ballot initiatives to legalize adult use cannabis. Meanwhile, voters in Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota appear to have shot down proposals to legalize it in their states.

November 8, 2022

The 3-Legged Stool of Successful Grow Operations: Climate, Cultivation & Genetics – Part 2

By Phil Gibson

October 31, 2022

The 3-Legged Stool of Successful Grow Operations: Climate, Cultivation & Genetics – Part 1

By Chris Wrenn, Phil Gibson

In this six-part series of articles, the folks from AEssenseGrows introduce the 3-legged stool of successful cannabis cultivation: climate, cultivation & genetics. In part 1, we cover environmental controls. Stay tuned for five more articles where we cover other key recommendations for improving quality in cultivation.

October 26, 2022

Advancing Knowledge and Expertise in the Cannabis Testing Industry

By Greg Kozadjian, MBA ,BSc.

A chat with cannabis and hemp testing industry consultant Julie Kowalski about the evolution of the marketplace, the importance of product safety and some of the common challenges that labs face.

October 25, 2022

Uber Eats, Circle K Dip Their Toes in Cannabis

By Cannabis Industry Journal Staff

Uber Eats announced a partnership with Leafly last week to begin delivering cannabis in Toronto. Meanwhile, Circle K inked a deal with Green Thumb Industries to offer up their gas station convenience stores in Florida as retail space for cannabis dispensaries.

October 24, 2022

Scenes From The 2022 Cannabis Quality Conference & Expo

By Cannabis Industry Journal Staff

Last week, Cannabis Industry Journal hosted the Cannabis Quality Conference & Expo (CQC) in New Jersey. Check out some of the highlights from this year’s CQC here.

October 12, 2022

ASTM Debuts New Standards for Cannabis

By Cannabis Industry Journal Staff

ASTM International has unveiled four new cannabis standards that the D37 committee approved earlier this month, along with a soon-to-be-published standard on cannabis grown for research purposes.

October 10, 2022

Financing the Cannabis Industry Part 3: A Q&A with Matt Hawkins, Founder of Entourage Effect Capital

By Aaron Green

In this series of articles, Aaron Green interviews a number of industry executives leading cannabis financing companies. In Part 3, Green sits down with Matt Hawkins, Founder & Managing Partner at Entourage Effect Capital to learn more recent capital market dynamics and trends in cannabis financing.

Columns

November 15, 2022

Expanding Your Cannabis Brand: Plan Your Packaging & Labeling Strategy

By Orna Bresler

This column provides marketing and regulatory considerations for brand owners and licensees who want to maintain brand integrity, control costs and meet compliance requirements when expanding into other states.

October 25, 2022

Soapbox

Five Reasons Everyone in Cannabis Should be Using RegTech

By Brooke Butler

Those who have implemented RegTech will have distinct advantages. To survive and thrive in the industry going forward, it’s prudent to proactively handle compliance and adopt RegTech solutions today.

October 11, 2022

Can Employee Resource Groups Really Help Streamline My Business? Yes. Here’s How…

By Anya Varga

While some in the cannabis sector have already implemented ERGs, this new practice is one that all cannabis companies should consider – particularly as this industry grapples with its own unique DE&I challenges and history

October 4, 2022

3 Ways to Increase Cannabis Market Accessibility via Diversity

By Dale Sky Jones

A person is not diverse, but the cannabis industry can be. A team can be diverse, and within your team is a great place to begin shaping the industry you wish to see. Rather than focusing on any one aspect of diversity, the goal should be to invest in and build diverse teams across many dimensions.

September 29, 2022

Bad Actors in CBD: How to Distinguish Quality Products From the Rest

By Joseph Dowling

Looking for products that are produced with cGMPs, keeping an eye out for strange health claims and paying attention to the certificate of analysis are a few ways you can distinguish quality CBD products from the rest.

August 31, 2022

Soapbox

Fly By Night: Do Your Gummies Take the Red-Eye?

By Douglas Rohrer

From hobbyist producers operating out of home kitchens to opportunists using flex-industrial spaces, there are some issues to look out for in how CBD products are produced. Manufacturers need to adhere to a number of standards and best practices to protect consumer safety and ensure a quality final product.

August 16, 2022

The Top 3 Ways to Find the Right Automation Tools for Your Cannabis Operations

By Nohtal Partansky

From identifying what to automate to choosing the right manufacturer, there are a lot of ways you can optimize your automation tools so you won’t need to reinvent the wheel.

August 3, 2022

The B2B Marketplace Trend Comes to Cannabis (Finally)

By Adam Benko, Brian Mayfield

As more and more industries specialize, it’s no wonder ancillary services are having a renaissance and replacing the traditional one-size-fits-all model popularized decades ago. The more this industry expands, the more founders and their B2B partners need to roll with their own solutions.

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Upcoming Events & Webinars

November 29, 2022 – 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Cannabis Supply Chain Virtual Conference

This collection of webinars will explore a variety of topics throughout the cannabis product supply chain. We will take a deep dive into the traceability, sourcing, vetting suppliers, vendors, quality controls, labeling from seed to sale, working to achieve client goals, logistical issues, automation and much more. Attendees registering for this complimentary series of webinars will get access to veterans of the cannabis packaging market, who are all available for Q&A after each presentation. In addition to getting the opportunity to chat with these subject matter experts on December 1, a recording of the presentations will be made available to all who register. Practical and educational information from experts in the cannabis packaging field, all on the same day and all from the comfort of your home or office. Registration Page coming soon!