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Advisory for Colorado’s Craft has Broad Implications

On September 25, 2026, the Colorado Department of Revenue and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) issued a health and safety advisory for vaporizer delivery devices produced by Staycon LLC, which does business as Craft. The state found that 87 production batches across 11 product lines were made with an ingredient that […]

General Ella Daniels 0

19 Jun

Rescheduling Does Not Necessarily Mean Registering with the DEA

The announcements of rescheduling for medical cannabis products and the 60-day registration window with the DEA have created uncertainty. The DEA will grant safe-harbor protections to anyone registering within the 60-day window while reviewing their applications. The agency will also expedite cannabis business applicants from state-licensed medical cannabis operators. What is unclear, however, is if […]

General Snowden Stieber 0

22 May

Clearing the Smoke Around Hemp-Derived Products

Pardon the pun, but there’s so much smoke around hemp-derived products that it’s hard to see what’s what. Let’s try to clear that up! The introduction of the 2018 Farm Bill legalized the cultivation and production of hemp with less than 0.3% THC. This had led to an explosion of hemp-derived products, and with it, […]

General Elisa Cruz 0

27 Jan

Why Risk-Based Audits Are Becoming the Standard in Cannabis Compliance

A data-driven look at how regulators actually enforce rules—and why operators save time by focusing on high-risk requirements. Risk-based audits should be the norm in the cannabis industry, but we still see operators doing comprehensive audits far too often. I’ll be blunt. Comprehensive audits are a very inefficient use of time. That’s right, the COO […]

General Rick Matsumoto 0

6 Jan

Top 8 Compliance Tips for Cannabis Businesses

Managing compliance for a business in a highly regulated industry, like cannabis, can seem overwhelming. You have to manage onerous requirements for recordkeeping, reporting, inventory tracking, testing, packaging and labeling, and security systems. The list goes on. You also have to verify that every employee of the company is following the rules, which frequently change. [...]

General Former Employee 0

10 Nov

Prioritizing Cannabis Compliance: Is An Audit Worth The Cost?

Across the country, in 2022 alone the expansion of legal cannabis markets broadened the number of entrepreneurs and businesses entering the cannabis space. East coast states such as New Jersey and Connecticut joined ranks with others and rolled out their recreational programs this year. Whether you’re a cultivator, starting a cannabis business, or have been [...]

General Olivia Swann 0

17 Oct

The Comeback: How Hispanics are Breaking Back Into Cannabis

Hispanic and Latinx History is American History Although Hispanics and Latinxs are thought to be the same, they are two distinct groups. Hispanic is a term used for people with a background from a Spanish-speaking country. Latinx is a term that refers to people who come from Latin America. Just like the term “Hispanic”, “Latinx'' [...]

General Elisa Cruz 0

5 Oct

Is Ensuring Compliance with Cannabis Rules and Regulations Important for Tamping Down on Illicit Markets?

The policies behind the rules and regulations that govern cannabis programs implemented at the state level often reflect past anti-cannabis biases and, perhaps erroneously, the belief that robust regulation is the only way to transition the industry from illicit-market activities to legitimate marketplace participation. Licensed cannabis operators want to believe that complying with state regulatory [...]

General Former Employee 0

21 Jun

Tri-State Cannabis Market – Growth and Related Regulatory Hurdles

California has received more than its fair share of attention from cannabis industry participants since launching its adult-use program in 2018. However, as California licensed operators struggle to operate in the state’s heavily regulated market that imposes crippling taxes while competing against illicit operators, industry insiders are starting to focus their sights on the tri-state [...]

General Katelin Edwards 0

24 Feb

2022 Simplifya Cannabis Outlook

Working in the cannabis industry sometimes feels like a blur. It seems like just yesterday that states like Colorado and Washington voted to legalize recreational cannabis. Almost ten years later, the U.S. has a maturing nationwide cannabis industry that is experiencing consolidation in certain markets through mergers and acquisitions. This activity has created multi-state operators [...]

General Luke Ewing 0

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