July 1, 2018 represents Phase 2 of implementing compliance expectations for California Cannabis Businesses. As of January 1, the state’s emergency regulations require temporary licensees to document all sales and transfers of cannabis and cannabis products between temporary licensees—or between temporary licensees and annual licensees—by manually using paper sales invoices or shipping manifests. All annual […]
Laboratories that test marijuana for medical use in California will have to be licensed and show their employees are properly trained, and will face strict guidelines for how to conduct examinations of samples, according to rules proposed Friday by the state Bureau of Marijuana Control. Source: California proposes new rules and standards for marijuana testing […]
Ohio’s new law on medical marijuana prohibits private laboratories from testing medical marijuana’s properties for one year. No other state tests medical marijuana like this, because university officials are way of losing federal money. Source: Testing could stall access to medical marijuana in Ohio
San Diego police have a new way to confirm the presence of marijuana and other drugs in impaired drivers — a mouth-swab device that is already being used by police departments in more than a dozen states and is expected to become more popular with the legalization of marijuana. Source: San Diego rolls out mouth-swab […]
According to wcvb.com and ABC news network, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is leading an effort to make sure vendors working with legal marijuana businesses don’t have their banking services taken away.After voters in Warren’s home state, [Massachusetts], approved a November ballot question to legalize the recreational use of pot, she joined nine other senators in sending […]
With the legalization of marijuana becoming more common, there is a dearth of knowledge on the drug itself, after years of governmental restrictions on its study. This article, by issue editor Tim Baker and other articles about Marijuana in America, are included in the new NewsweekSpecial Edition, Weed U.S.A. Federal restrictions limiting legal cannabis to one source are […]
After my time last week, in Oregon, at the Dispensary Next and CCN-con Conferences, I am not surprised to hear more about the efforts for research of marijuana in the state. Oregon’s marijuana industry and its regulators are collaboratively motivated to maintain the integrity and reputation for health benefits of the plant. This is demonstrated […]
The Oregon Department of Agriculture on Friday temporarily removed a popular pesticide from its list of chemicals cannabis growers may use on their crop. The state on Friday issued a bulletin “out of an abundance of caution” alerting cannabis growers to a potential labeling problem with a popular mite spray and advising them not to use the […]
Massachusetts medical marijuana purchases and the quantity of cannabis sold are surging now. Talk about pent-up demand. With more dispensaries opening, the inventory concern has subsided, and MMJ is easier to obtain for patients across the state. Though businesses still face many challenges with lab testing – not to mention the 12 other dispensaries that have been granted provisional […]
