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Looted Cannabis Retailers Reopen.
Good news to hear, reporting from MJBizDaily.com.
Canada’s Illicit Market Commands 54% of Total Sales.
TG Branfalt reports on the current state of Canada’s illicit cannabis market for Ganjapreneur. The sector is now worth 1.7 Billion, less than half of which is legal and licensed trade.
3 Tips to Help Cannabis Vendors Select the Best Buyers.
Boosting this sound advice from Justin Lipchitz for Cannabis Dispensary Mag, “3 Tips to Help Cannabis Dispensaries Buyers Select Vendors”. Tip #3, especially.
D&O Insurance Policies Are Essential in Cannabis.
Cannabis businesses run a higher risk of facing a “D&O claim,” or a lawsuit aimed directly at the directors and officers of the company rather than at the company itself. While directors and officers of cannabis-touching companies may no longer have to worry about losing their freedom for choosing to work in the industry, they still have to worry about
Preventing a Hostile Workplace.
Today we’re re-sharing this important article by David Lesser, CEO of Numina. IS YOUR TEAM BEING STRAIGHT WITH YOU? Workplace hostility is in the news again. Enlightened bosses want to understand what people are experiencing and often ask us to interview key members of their teams. Almost always, there is something withheld. Members of the team will tell us things
Michigan employee licks pre-rolls, major recall.
Cannabis regulators in Michigan issued a broad recall following the confirmed complaint. This employee’s less-than-appropriate decision holds even more weight amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, a highly contagious virus spread through respiratory droplets and saliva. Michigan cannabis worker allegedly licked pre-rolls, sparking vast recall
We’re Featured! Cannabis Broker Spotlight with Jesse Parenti.
Jesse Parenti, Director of Programs at Nine Point Strategies, has been featured in today’s Cannabis Insurance Broker Spotlight on InsuranceJournal.com. How did Jesse get into the cannabis space? “I have family and friends that have been cottage growers for over 20 years. Protecting and having them be able to have a legal farm was very exciting to know could happen.
LED mandate and its backlash among California growers.
The Public Utilities Commission has proposed a requirement that all indoor cultivation operations use only LED lights by 2023. This allots a 3 year period for California’s 3.4 million square feet of indoor cultivation facilities to completely switch over. Cultivators have pushed back, expressing that this regulation would be excessive considering the standing environmental regulations they already must comply with.
Panel: How Cannabis Has Been Used as a Tool for Oppression.
On July 15th, Marijuana Policy Project held a series of panels titled, “Reimagining Justice: Race, Cannabis & Policing,” with cannabis business and culture leaders such as Viola Founder Al Harrington, Actor Seth Rogan, and Activist Natalie Papillion.
Michigan’s social equity regulations lacking.
More and more social equity programs are being spearheaded across the country. This push is important, and it is equally as important to assess the programs, and revise them according to their current shortfalls and blindspots. MJbizdaily’s coverage on Michigan’s program is a great example, with a bulleted list of “What can be improved” for the state and beyond. Read