The 2022 Cannabis Supply Chain Virtual Conference. Check out sessions from this virtual event like: A Smarter Cannabis Beverage Distribution Model; Track-and-Trace Technology: Building Resilience in the Cannabis Supply Chain; Improve Your Operations through Cannabis Industry Analytics; Quality and Safety and the Edibles Supply Chain; and Managing Cash Flow in the Cannabis Supply Chain
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
