Oregon Cannabis: Data Breach Notification Laws 101
OregonRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 22, 2018
A few weeks ago, we mentioned that cannabis companies that fall victim to a data breach are required, under state law, to inform employees and customers whose data was compromised by the intrusion. However, not every stolen piece of information demands notification. This post further dives into these laws—all... Read more
Campaign Update From Michigan’s Coalition To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsMichigan September 22, 2018 0
NCIA recently spoke with two key figures in the state of Michigan to get an update from the boots on the ground about the efforts to legalize cannabis for adults this year. Mark Passerini is the founder of a medical dispensary based in Ann Arbor, Om of Medicine, and... Read more
BREAKING NEWS: California Cannabis Businesses Face New Data Privacy Requirements
CaliforniaUncategorized September 21, 2018
California is taking steps to safeguard canna consumers. Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new piece of privacy legislation—AB-2402—which places restrictions on how licensed cannabis companies in California share information about their customers. AB-2402 is significant in that it prevents licensed cannabis businesses from sharing expansive categories of... Read more
Who trashed Civic Center? Park was clean after Denver 4/20 rally, organizers say
Cannabis CultureColorado September 20, 2018 0
Denver woke up Friday to piles and piles of trash covering Civic Center the morning after the annual 4/20 rally downtown. The garbage was mostly strewn around trash cans and appeared to have been pulled out of bags and boxes that had been emptied and tossed aside. UPDATE: Videos... Read more
Denver cannabis church’s debut doesn’t go exactly as planned
Cannabis CultureColorado September 20, 2018 0
A musky marijuana bouquet wafted into a south Denver neighborhood as 4:20 p.m. approached on 4/20. The International Church of Cannabis, which claims marijuana as its primary sacrament, officially opened for services at 3 p.m. Thursday in a 113-year-old house of worship at 400 S. Logan St. in the West... Read more
Top Seven Deadly “Don’t Knows” for California Cannabis Businesses
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 20, 2018
So many questions. We’re still in the early days of the complete roll out of the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”) in California. Currently, the only rules in play are the readopted emergency rules that are still full of ambiguities and unknowns, which will hopefully... Read more
Videos from Civic Center show park was left a mess overnight after 4/20 event
Cannabis CultureColorado September 19, 2018 0
Videos recorded by city security cameras in Civic Center show that cleanup activities following the large 4/20 celebration late Thursday night left plenty of trash strewn about the park. The clips, provided to The Denver Post by police in response to a public records request, show that organizers, volunteers... Read more
Denver mayor orders inquiry into 4/20 event’s trash, security issues
Cannabis CultureColorado September 19, 2018 0
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Monday ordered a city review into rampant fence-hopping, public pot-smoking and slow trash cleanup that left Civic Center in a “disrespectful state” during and after last week’s 4/20 celebration. Delivering his most forceful critique of the annual event, Hancock said the city’s inquiry could... Read more
Opinion: It’s past time for Denver’s 4/20 to grow up and be cool
Cannabis CultureColorado September 19, 2018 0
The following editorial was published in The Denver Post, April 25: Organizers, and too many participants, of Denver’s 4/20 cannabis celebration last week made a mess of things in more ways than one. As the eyes of the world, and of the Trump administration, potentially focused on our fair... Read more
Oregon Cannabis Licensing: OLCC Increases Application Scrutiny
OregonRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 19, 2018
We recently wrote about the new Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) rules for marijuana businesses, and observed that those rules were issued with the stated intent to stave off diversion of cannabis. In addition to its public-facing actions, we have seen an apparent shift in internal OLCC review policies... Read more
