Based on the ongoing uncertainty around phased openings of specific states and to ensure the most successful – and healthy – event for all exhibitors, sponsors, attendees, speakers, and partners, we have decided to move the remainder of our 2020 events to next year. NCIA’s Midwest Cannabis Business Conference, originally... Read more
Allied Association Blog: Repetitive Motion Injuries and the Importance of Ergonomics in the Cannabis Industry
CaliforniaMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics July 14, 2020 0
By Alex Hearding, Chief Risk Management Officer, National Cannabis Risk Management Association Repetitive motion injuries, also known as musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are temporary or permanent injuries to muscles, nerves, ligaments, and tendons caused by performing the same motion over and over again. Common repetitive motion injuries are carpal tunnel... Read more
Meet The Team: Bethany Moore – NCIA’s Communications Manager
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics July 10, 2020 0
Some of you may already know me from seeing me around at NCIA’s trade shows and regional networking and educational events over the years. I began working at NCIA in January of 2014, just a couple of weeks into legal adult-use (recreational) cannabis sales in Colorado, which is hard... Read more
#10YearsOfNCIA: A message from our co-founder & CEO
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics July 8, 2020 0
At this time 10 years ago, I set out to launch the cannabis industry’s first national trade association. At the time, only 14 states had legalized medical cannabis, none had adult-use laws, no states had regulated their medical cannabis markets, and there was virtually no interest in federal marijuana... Read more
Member Blog: COVID-19 And The Impact on Cannabis
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics July 7, 2020 0
By John Shearman, Applied DNA Sciences When the COVID-19 pandemic started to ramp up in the U.S. last March and stay at home orders were being put in place, medical cannabis patients took notice. I saw it firsthand with my wife who stocked up for three months, not knowing... Read more
Photo By CannabisCamera.com by Michelle Rutter Friberg, NCIA’s Deputy Director of Government Relations As NCIA continues into our tenth year advancing the interests of the cannabis industry, all but three U.S. states have some kind of cannabis law on the books, 10 have regulated the commercial production and sale... Read more
Meet The Team: Vince Chandler – NCIA’s Social Media Manager
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics July 6, 2020 0
My mother once quipped in a Facebook post, shortly after I first made my professional entreé into the cannabis space, something along the lines of “high school Vince has finally found a way to make a living.” It was around the advent of the extra reaction options on Facebook,... Read more
Member Blog: 7 Dispensary-Killing Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics July 6, 2020 0
by Gary Cohen, CEO of Cova Software In the retail cannabis industry, there’s no conventional roadmap to success — at least not yet. Pioneering businesses must create their own strategies and systems through trial and error, all while coping with restrictive, ever-changing regulations and shifting market trends. But as... Read more
Video: NCIA Today – New Equity Scholarship Program, New NCIA Connect Member Benefit, And More!
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics July 1, 2020 0
Host Bethany Moore, NCIA’s Communications Manager and host of NCIA’s weekly Podcast ‘NCIA’s Cannabis Industry Voice‘ brings you an in-depth look at what is happening across the country in federal cannabis policy reform and with NCIA. This episode is sponsored by NCIA Connect, the newest member benefit from NCIA.... Read more
The “Helpers” In The Cannabis Industry – Responding to COVID-19
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics June 30, 2020 0
By Bethany Moore, NCIA’s Communications Manager As the entire world continues to navigate through the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, it can sometimes be difficult to see the silver lining. A beloved public television figure known as Mister Rogers famously told the story of how his mother urged him while watching... Read more
