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ICYMI: Proposed Emergency Regulations Require QR Code on All Licensed California Retail Cannabis Premises

Canna Law Blog

According to the BCC, these new regulations are designed to help consumers identify the licensed cannabis retail store from which they are purchasing, and to help law enforcement and “support the legal cannabis market where products such as vape cartridges are routinely tested to protect public health and safety.” L and the BCC.

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Article: At Least We Now Know Why Weedmaps Didn’t Want to Get Rid of the Illegal Listings on Their Website

Cannabis Law Report

At Least We Know Why Weedmaps Didn’t Want to Get Rid of the Illegal Listings on Their Website. Weedmaps, or now known as WM Technology on Wall Street, had a horrendous stretch of bad news and dismal financial reporting over the past few weeks. The problem is that the illicit market in California does not use WM technologies anymore.

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Average Price of Cannabis 17% Higher Since Legalization

WeedAdvisor

According to Kelowna Capital News , the average price of illegal cannabis is 17% higher roughly three months after legalization. But despite this increase, it still remains cheaper than its open market counterpart. This poses some serious problems, which casts our mission to kill the black market into doubt.

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A Look Back at California Cannabis in 2022

Canna Law Blog

Probably the biggest complaint our California cannabis team hears is just how bad of a job the state has done in terms of letting the illegal market fester. In a much more highly publicized case, Kushy Punch and some of its owners were tagged with a $128 million fine in late 2022 for alleged illicit market sales.

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Op-Ed: Gov. Kristi Noem: ‘Legalizing industrial hemp legalizes marijuana by default’

Cannabis Law Report

As a farmer and rancher, I would be thrilled to get a new crop into the hands of our producers, especially as our ag markets struggle. A new source of revenue for farmers would be great. In Ohio, a law enforcement official said this to WBNS, a local news station: “We have to be able to distinguish between hemp and marijuana.

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Downstream Effects: April 2023

Project CBD

We start with some positive news from the Golden State. The tags are the definition of ‘single use’ – they can only be used on one plant and never re-used during subsequent growing seasons. That’s a lot of plastic tags for an industry with green pretensions.” Sponsored by CannaCraft, Inc., ” Why?

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Starting a small business at home: How to succeed in the cannabis industry

The Joint Blog

As you are setting up your new small business there is a tendency for excitement to take over. It is easy to wish to invest in buying expensive equipment such as HVAC equipment , technology, and marketing material immediately at the start. Develop a small and viable prototype for deciding the reaction of your market to your product.