My journey into the cannabis industry did not follow the typical route and actually did not begin long ago. In February, just over five months ago, I was hired to be the COO at NCIA. Other than this whole COVID-19 thing, I’m really enjoying working with the talented and... Read more

As I’m sure it has been for so many of you, the last month has been a time of deep reflection for all of us here at NCIA.  The national awakening to horrific police violence and the systemic racism that black and brown communities have endured for centuries is... Read more

By Heidi C. Quan and Jeffrey DavidMembers of NCIA’s Human Resources Committee Now that COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders have eased restrictions for businesses to re-open across the country, employees and employers alike will have questions about returning to workplaces. Each city, county, and state will have its own specific requirements... Read more

by Erin Lemmons, Eolàs Human Resources Photo Credit: Cannaclusive Our world in 2020 looks vastly different from years past, and we have been ripped open and exposed as a human population, with the birth of COVID-19, the protests and riots resulting from brutality, and the belief that our systems... Read more

by Merril Gilbert, CEO of Trace Trust and David Vaillencourt, CEO of The GMP Collective In our last article, we discussed the benefits of Good Manufacturing Practices as a means to increase productivity, efficiency, and to drive accountability within an organization. With cannabis and hemp businesses negatively impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,... Read more

by NCIA’s Scientific Advisory Committee From Indica/Sativa to Hybridization Cannabis is thought to have originally been domesticated in the mountainous regions of Central Asia. As humans started exploring the world, they brought the plant with them, and the plant needed to adapt to the different climates in order to... Read more

For many businesses struggling during the COVID-19 induced shutdown, assistance from the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is the difference between lifeline and economic ruin. But for thousands of professionals serving state-legal cannabis businesses, including non-profits like NCIA and innumerable small businesses alike, access... Read more

by Xavier Jaillet, HAL Extraction After years of trial and error, the modern extraction equipment and standard operating procedures have removed a significant amount of risk from volatile solvent extraction processes. As more and more states are looking to adopt marijuana policies involving volatile solvent extractions, I wanted to... Read more