The Arizona House of Representatives introduced a bill or legislation that would require medical marijuana dispensaries to alter and limit its marijuana packaging.

According to the source: Promo Marketing Magazine:

The House Commerce Committee of Arizona’s House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill last week that would prohibit Arizona dispensaries from selling marijuana products that are packaged or labeled in a way that would attract minors. Think about cereal boxes, with cartoon mascots and attractive colors, or even celebrity-endorsed products on billboards and TV.

This bill would put Arizona regulations in line with other states including Colorado and Nevada where specific packaging requirements are defined.

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Massachusetts is likely to face a medical marijuana shortage once legal sales begin. Medical marijuana patients want to make sure their supply of medicine is protected.

According to a Masslive article this week : Medical marijuana patients worried about shortages when legal recreational sales begin

Massachusetts currently has 22 registered dispensaries selling medical marijuana and over 46,000 registered medical marijuana patients.

There is less than a handful of other dispensaries in the final stages of the registration process before getting permission to sell medical cannabis.

The state wont begin accepting applications for recreational facilities until April 2018.

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California marijuana growers are lagging in getting licenses, according to a report released Monday by a pot industry group.

Source: Report: Less than 1 percent of California pot growers are licensed by state 

Some U.S. cannabis consumers, patients and journalists have raised concerns over the safety of customer data. This is why we are asking: What cannabis consumer data is being tracked in California?

Politifact.com reported on California’s Track and Trace requirements for customer records, expressing concerns about protecting consumers privacy.

According to the source article: How much privacy do you have when you buy marijuana in California?

“To buy recreational marijuana at a dispensary in California, customers must show a valid ID to prove they are 21 or older. A driver’s license or passport is sufficient.

This is the only information dispensaries are required to check for walk-in recreational customers under Proposition 64. The law does not instruct businesses to hold on to customer data following a purchase…But there’s also nothing in the law that prevents the businesses from asking for it and keeping it.”

Cali Cannabis business owners may want the data for marketing purposes and also for consumer safety, in the case of a product recall.

The article also reminds us that consumers can only expect a limited amount of privacy as they are, required, by ca. emergency rules for regulating cannabis, to be under video surveillance.

California does also require detailed records of delivery be maintained to verify the sales are not being done to or near children.

The business owners standard operating procedures should detail every precaution taken to protect customer and patient records. Tracking systems should be held to the highest standards to protect customer records.

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In January 2018 The Department of Public Health and Human Services, Medical Marijuana Bureau, in Montana, announced its upcoming implementation of Franwell Metrc Track and Trace software.

Metrc launched its Montana Customers Home Page giving marijuana businesses answers to frequently asked questions and announcing opportunities for training and credentialing.

For more information, checkout Metrc.com/montana

or contact us. Adilas420 offers Metrc integration and adilas seed to sale software training. Adilas POS and enterprise resource planning system will enable you to maintain compliance while producing businesses intelligence.

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Vermont is the ninth state to legalize marijuana for adults and has notably approached legalization differently than any other state.

Vermont is the first state to legalize recreational marijuana through the legislature and also the first to approach it without a plan to create a market place or regulate from seed to sale.

Gov. Phil Scott (R) wrote “To be very direct: There must be comprehensive and convincing plans completed in these areas before I will begin to consider the wisdom of implementing a commercial ‘tax and regulate’ system for an adult marijuana market,” according to the Washington Post.

Legislation allows for the possession of an ounce or less of marijuana, two mature and four immature plants and calls for an advisory board to study what a regulated marijuana marketplace would look like in Vermont. The advisory board will be required to report to the governor by Dec. 15, according to The Washington Post article. 

Picture Source: Vermont is the first state to legalize cannabis through legislature

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Yes, the state is really spelling marijuana “marihuana” as if cannabis, marijuana, weed, ganja ect. isn’t complicated enough! We are simply relieved the Michigan regulatory process is moving forward. We are happy to be helping with Michigan dispensary licenses for the marihuana program.

(2) BUSINESS SPECIFICATIONS. We’ve got you covered from sections E-G and beyond.

E. Technology Plan –

We can help to provide an explanation in the space provided AND have prepared supplemental documentation demonstrating a technology plan including ADILAS being used as a third-party systems being used to interface with METRC; and (2) systems and procedures for internal loss/theft/destruction reporting.

F. Marketing Plan

We will work with you to provide a description AND supporting documentation of your advertising and marketing plan.

G. Inventory & Recordkeeping Plan

Adilas420 can provide a description AND supporting documentation of the applicant’s plan for acquiring, storing, and transporting medical marihuana products. Also, we will provide a description of how inventory records will be maintained.

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While rule making for implementation of adult use marijuana in Maine is finally moving forward, Gov. Paul LePage has agreed that Maine should delay social cannabis consumption clubs until 2023.

The move is intended to shore up political support for implementing recreational marijuana rules, but advocates say it ignores the will of Maine voters.

According to the source: Legalization panel makes concession, votes to delay social cannabis clubs until 2023 – Portland Press Herald 

Perhaps Maine will be looking to Massachusetts to how they set the example for social consumption of cannabis which has not yet been implemented in any state.

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Canada is moving forward with its plans to implement legal sales of recreational cannabis, one province at a time and so is Adilas420!

To provide seed to sale software for cannabis business in Canada, we have been awaiting the chance to give careful consideration to rules, regulations and the governments intention to track and trace cannabis.

Working out most of the details affecting consumers is largely up to the 10 provinces. Three — Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick — have offered only general ideas of how they will operate and regulate their marijuana markets. The other seven are still in the start of of public consultations and planning.

Ontario has offered a first round of rules and plans to open 40 government run stores, overseen by the LCBO this year. As described on the government website, 

“Under the approach, approximately 150 standalone stores will be opened by 2020, including 80 by July 1, 2019 servicing all regions of the province. Online distribution will be available across the province.”

Alberta’s website also offers province rules and describes, Albertans will have two options for purchasing recreational cannabis:

• privately run retail stores
• government-operated online sales

While the website offers enough of an introduction to cannabis rules to start writing standard operating procedures, it quickly confirms “Full details on licensing and establishing a cannabis retail operation will be available in early 2018.”

New Brunswick government has partnered with two licensed cannabis producers, Organigram and Canopy Growth Corp to supply the province. The Cannabis Management Corporation, a Crown corporation has been charged with the oversight, organization, conduct, management and control of retail sales of recreational-use cannabis.

While it is unknown what track and trace software will be used by the federal government or any of the local provinces, adilas is now being used as seed to sale software for cannabis growers and online distributors.

We will keep tracking compliance requirements and invite you to learn with us!

As of January 2. 2018, the California Cannabis Commission tracks the marijuana supply chain from the point at which a plant is 8 inches tall through the point(s) of sale using METRC.

“Rebecca Forée, a spokesperson for California Department of Food and Agriculture, explained via email. “Once we have completed and approved annual cannabis licenses — and the licensees have completed a state-mandated training on the California Cannabis Track-and-Trace (CCTT) system — the system will be used to record the inventory and movement of cannabis and cannabis products through the state’s commercial cannabis supply chain, from cultivation to sale.””

The track-and-trace system uses RFID tags to ensure compliance and public health.

Source: California tracks marijuana from seed to sale — GCN

Adilas420 helps Cannabis Business owners track from seed to CPA using Adilas.biz which seamlessly integrates with Metrc and a tried and true set of standard operating procedures for data entry and supply chain management.

Metrc and Adilas have been developing side by side and working together to produce a track and trace and seed to sale software system that works for both regulators and business owners.

Adilas provides software for enterprise resource planning and reporting for retailers, distributors, cultivators and processors.

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