Monthly Archives: March 2019

Have you ever been caught in a speed trap? That’s when you’re driving along, in a great mood, music on loud, and thinking that you are within the speed limit. Suddenly you see the flashing lights of a police car behind you signaling you to pull over immediately. The officer explains that you have exceeded the speed limit and has you clocked at 20 mph over the limit through a safety zone, and he writes 
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The image that your dispensary business portrays to your customers is very important to its success. Part of that image is the way your business looks when a customer comes into your store. Another part of the image is the type of products you carry in your dispensary. And the third part of your image is your employees and how they serve your customers. This takes management know-how and employee training. Due to an injury, 
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Huge population centers on the East Coast are currently on the verge of legalizing marijuana for medical and recreational use. Former New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, a stern anti-pot leader, has been replaced with Governor Phil Murphy, who has recently spearheaded a successful effort to institute cannabis legalization. Efforts to legalize weed in New York are meeting some resistance, but Governor Andrew Cuomo is committed to legalization for some very good reasons such as to 
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California has long had a strong culture of illegal cannabis cultivation in the backcountry of Northern California. Many of these growers have been supplying customers for decades. The simple existence of laws making it legal to grow cannabis doesn’t seem to phase them because they’re already growing and making money without having to jump through legal hoops. Business has been so good for the illegal producers that many have been able to ignore the need to 
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The Farm Bill of 2018 legalized the growing of hemp nationwide, but it opened up a new problem for the cannabis industry — and yet another reason that you should be working with consultants, accountants, and lawyers who focus on the cannabis industry, rather than trying to figure things out for yourself. Part of the problem arises from the Federal laws that ended DEA prohibitions on the growing of hemp because it was considered a 
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It’s not normally hot news when an FDA Chief resigns. Few people noticed Scott Gottlieb’s sudden recent resignation. Similar to many resignations, his reason for leaving his job at the FDA was to spend more time with his family. But it doesn’t matter why he left as much as what he left behind. If you are engaged in producing or selling CBD-infused edibles or cosmetics, it is important that you check with your advisers regarding whether you 
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Taxes and Cannabis Sales   Every tax season you should get down on your knees and thank the god of cannabis for making state coffers so needy for money. Don’t fool yourself, tax revenues are what cannabis legalization is all about. That is precisely why you should pay very close attention to all the many rules regarding taxation for pot growers, weed distributors, and cannabis dispensaries.   If you are in California you should keep 
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The three most important things in starting your cannabis dispensary are the legal paperwork, a detailed business plan, and money. Unfortunately, the hardest thing to get is the money to start your business. Even though cannabis dispensaries are a hot investment item these days, the hardest part is finding those people who are willing to invest in your project. When you go out for funding you will find three kinds of investors Passive investors are 
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