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Enforcement or Compliance

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This is all very bad and we collectively need to figure out how to get people to comply with state law rather than penalizing everything. The issue of enforcement or compliance is probably the biggest one most states face at the policy level. compliance tradeoff. The compliance approach. Yet, the illicit market is huge.

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MJ Biz : Oakland sends social equity marijuana licensees to collections over unpaid loans

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Marijuana regulators in Oakland, California, have begun referring a handful of social equity licensees to the city’s collections department after they defaulted on loans intended to help get their companies started. About 60% are “in compliance” with the terms of the loan, according to the report. MJ Biz report.

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California: Starting April 1st, Cannabis Operators Face CEQA Compliance Requirements for State Licenses

Cannabis Law Report

Starting April 1st, Cannabis Operators Face CEQA Compliance Requirements for State Licenses. For many in the cannabis industry, April 1, 2022 is seen as a day of reckoning following the July 2021 passage of Assembly Bill 141 and Senate Bill 160 (collectively, the Cannabis Trailer Bill). Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Whitney Hodges.

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Cannabis Compliance Companies Join Forces To Further Safe Practices Within Industry

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.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cannabis compliance consulting firms Allay Consulting , iComply Cannabis , GMP Collective and TraceTrust today announced the formation of the Cannabis Compliance Alliance , a collaborative group created to put the cannabis industry on the same footing as mainstream business sectors.

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LA City Council Seeks to Implement Emblem Program for Cannabis Stores

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As a measure to protect cannabis consumers from untested and unregulated product at unlicensed businesses, two Los Angeles City Council members introduced a motion today aimed at implementing a county program that issues emblem placards to licensed cannabis businesses. ” Source: [link]. . ” Source: [link].

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Press Release: ACS Laboratory Launches Comprehensive Hemp Compliance Testing Panel

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One year after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its final rules on hemp, various states enacted their own regulatory programs. Using the data collected, ACS Laboratory extracted the strictest requirements per category to create the National Hemp Testing Panel and corresponding Certificate of Analysis.

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Alert: Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board – CCB/DoT Release Annual Cannabis Taxable Sales Data Now Published

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Together with the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB), the Nevada Department of Taxation (DoT) released figures showing more than $1 billion in taxable sales reported by Nevada’s legal cannabis industry over a 12-month period. Additional Links & Information: Cannabis Compliance Board: Industry Statistics.