This 2nd edition comprehensive report provides an overview of the successful state programs that have replaced marijuana prohibition with a tightly regulated market as well as the challenges those programs face due to outdated federal laws. (May 2019)  Read more

The cannabis market is evolving and more and more companies in all segments of the market that have previously operated only in a cash/COD environment are now starting to extend credit terms to their customers either by choice or due to market competition. This is not an unusual situation.... Read more

An update of a paper that was previously released by the Policy Council on Responsible Cannabis Regulation and produced in collaboration with the National Cannabis Industry Association. This paper presents regulatory recommendations and model regulations that emerged from a critical assessment of sub-optimal and inconsistent state regulations in one specific... Read more

NCIA’s “Cannabis Industry Policy Priorities: 116th Session of Congress (2019-202)” focuses on how given the pace of change at the state level and the support for cannabis policy reform at the highest level of the federal government, it seems clear that we are at a critical juncture in the... Read more

After months of chatter, a booze-free beer promising a different kind of buzz will hit pot shop shelves this week just in time to be a stocking stuffer for select folks age 21 and up. Ceria Brewing Co.‘s debut product, Grainwave Belgian-Style White Ale, will be available at Green... Read more

Marijuana businesses in Colorado and across the country are anxiously awaiting a move by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, next week that could completely transform the way they do business. Gardner plans to introduce an amendment Monday that, if passed, would let cannabis businesses open bank accounts in states where... Read more

The embattled owners of a once-thriving string of cannabis businesses along Colorado’s Front Range have been ordered by a Denver judge to pay $8.8 million after finding they failed to honor commitments to the owner of properties they were buying in Denver. The decision issued Wednesday by Denver District... Read more