Member Blog: 7 Places You’ll Find Mold In Most Cannabis Grows
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics May 4, 2020 0
by Bernie Lorenz, PhD, Chief Science Officer for ProKure Solutions Want Clean Cannabis? Identify Mold Pain Points. In the battle against mold, there are three critically important questions. Where is the mold coming from? How did mold get there? How did the mold travel to where it grew? Answering... Read more
Webinar: Managing Novel Risks During The COVID-19 Crisis Part II – What You Need To Know About SBA, CARES Act, And Other Financial Assistance Programs
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics May 1, 2020 0
Join us on Monday, May 4, 2020 at 1:00 PM MT for this webinar. The NCIA’s Risk Management and Insurance Committee presents part II of the COVID-19 risk management series. A conversation with industry legal and financial experts discussing how cannabis operators can mitigate the financial risks presented by... Read more
Webinar: NCIA Committee Insights – Illinois Market – What’s Happening and What’s Next
IllinoisMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics May 1, 2020 0
Join us on Monday, May 11 at 1:00 PM MT for this webinar. How is the 11th state to permit adult-use cannabis doing, and what’s coming next? Want to get your foot in the door? Join us in a lively conversation about Illinois application and licensing. Considering expansion to... Read more
Webinar: Policy Council Conversations – Protecting Your Cannabis Brand
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics April 30, 2020 0
Join us on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 10:00 AM Mountain Time for this webinar. As the cannabis industry emerges from start-up to major economic player, the protection of intellectual property becomes all the more critical. This expert panel will discuss the options available to protect trademarks at the... Read more
Committee Blog: First The Vaping Crisis, Now COVID-19 – A Cannabis Physician’s Perspective
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsMichigan April 29, 2020 0
by Cynthia Shelby-Lane, MDMember of NCIA’s Scientific Advisory Committee The vaping crisis was first reported in June 2019. In October 2019, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) coined a new medical term describing the cases of severe pulmonary disease that have occurred among e-cigarette and vape... Read more
Member Blog: Cannabis Dispensaries Are Essential Businesses – Transforming How Cannabis Businesses Operate
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics April 29, 2020 0
by Nina Simosko, Chief Revenue Officer, Akerna The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed how businesses operate and how people interact with one another. For many individuals, one of the greatest changes is living under “shelter-in-place” orders. The restrictions put in place have resulted in the closure of businesses that... Read more
From The Hill: The Emergency Cannabis Small Business Health and Safety Act
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics April 29, 2020 0
by Morgan Fox, NCIA’s Director of Media Relations Legislation to give legal marijuana businesses, which have been declared essential in a majority of states with regulated cannabis markets, access to resources being made available by congressional COVID-19 emergency response packages was introduced in the House of Representatives last week... Read more
Committee Blog: Interstate Commerce – Breaking the Laws of Economics
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsOregon April 29, 2020 0
By Gabe Cross and Gary SeelhorstMembers of NCIA’s State Regulations Committee Legal cannabis, for all of its promise, has failed – in some markets spectacularly – to live up to its economic potential. But while each self-contained state market faces its own combination of political and regulatory challenges, the... Read more
NCIA Today: Episode #4 – COVID-19 Resources, #IndustryEssentials Webinars, And More!
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics April 29, 2020 0
Welcome to NCIA Today – tune in for our latest episode! 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.... Read more
Meet The Team: Tahir Johnson – NCIA’s Business Development Manager
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics April 28, 2020 0
With April 2020 marking a full year that I fully transitioned to working in the cannabis industry, it’s amazing to reflect on the past twelve months and the journey that brought me here. This time last year I decided to leave my job as an investment advisor for one... Read more
