Webinar: Policy Council Conversations – Protecting Your Cannabis Brand
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
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 
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
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 
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!
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
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
Member Blog: 5 Ways To Increase Operational Efficiency
by BriAnne Ramsay, CEO of RMCC, and Karen Mayberry, Marketing Director and Co-founder of Trym In the evolving cannabis industry, companies are streamlining and optimizing their processes. Labor is the highest expense in commercial cannabis activity across the supply chain, accounting for nearly half of production costs. For example,... Read more
Committee Blog: Facts About Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) And Their Role In The Cannabis Industry
By Ellice Ogel, Tyler Williams, Peter Dougherty, David Vaillencourt, Trevor MoronesNCIA’s Cannabis Manufacturing Committee A Primer on current Good Manufacturing Practices What are GMPs? Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) are minimum requirements to ensure that products are created in a manner that ensures they are of consistent quality and safe... Read more
Webinar: NCIA Committee Insights – Managing Novel Risks During the COVID-19 Crisis
The NCIA’s Risk Management and Insurance Committee presents a conversation regarding how cannabis operators can mitigate the risks that the coronavirus presents to their customers, their employees, and their businesses. Get actionable advice and expert insights regarding how to manage your risk and avoid potential liability while keeping your... Read more
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