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How Ground Control Michigan lost its license

The case of Ground Control Michigan, a cannabis processor, is a real, worst-case scenario that illustrates how quickly things can fall apart when compliance slips. What happened to Ground Control Michigan In July 2026, Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) ordered Ground Control Michigan, LLC, which operated under the brand name GCM Waypoint, to permanently close […]

Regulatory News Kelly Rorke 0

30 Sep

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

14 Jul

Advertising Regulations Violated by Rhode Island Cultivator

The Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) recently issued a decision regarding advertising regulations for Hank’s Herbs. The central issue? The billboard advertisement featured imagery that regulators deemed “appealing to minors.” This is a major compliance no-no across the cannabis industry, and the CCC took action. What did Hank’s Herbs do to violate advertising regulations? […]

Regulatory News Kelly Rorke 0

9 Mar

Transport Regulations Violated by New Jersey Operator

Recently, Brute’s Roots, a cannabis company in New Jersey, was fined $5,000 for violating transport regulations. Specifically, cannabis product was transported in what the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission refers to as a marked vehicle. The vehicle bore visible markings on its exterior, indicating that it contained cannabis products. This sounds like a simple mistake. […]

Regulatory News Kelly Rorke 0

7 Jan

Top Five Cannabis Compliance Tips For Retailers

Written by Katelin Edwards and Elisa Cruz. It’s not news to members of the cannabis industry that compliance is key. But between a global pandemic, the economic downturn associated with it, paying federal, state, and local taxes without federal tax deductions or tax credits, and conducting general business operations...where should cannabis retailers focus their cannabis [...]

Regulatory News Elisa Cruz 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

1 Dec

A simple way to estimate cost of compliance

We hear a variety of objections that boil down to some form of “I’ll take my chances.” The statement implies that the cost of compliance with marijuana regulations is greater than the cost of non-compliance, but is that really true? The answer, of course, is that it depends. Cost of Compliance The cost of compliance […]

General Rick 0

18 May

Simplifya’s New Smart Cabinet Has Arrived

There’s a saying that 90% of cannabis compliance is documentation. Keeping files. Organizing files. Making sure none of your documents are expired. Being able to produce them for an inspection at a moment’s notice. Since launching two years ago, Simplifya’s Smart Cabinet has provided our users with an online hub to organize and manage all [...]

Simplifya News Former Employee 0

22 Mar

The Three-Two-ification of Cannabis: Does the Industry Need Potency Caps?

Back in 2012, when Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational/adult-use marijuana, we typically summarized the proposal with a pithy suggestion-- “just regulate marijuana like alcohol.” It didn’t quite shake out that way, because marijuana is decidedly not alcohol, but the argument by analogy certainly convinced voters to approve cannabis reforms in a number [...]

General Luke Ewing 0

12 Feb

The State of State Cannabis Regulations & Sustainability

When states like Colorado and Washington made history by voting to legalize adult-use cannabis back in 2012, it’s safe to say that environmental sustainability was not at the top of the priority list for state regulators. Even now, when more than half the states in the country have either a medical marijuana or adult-use cannabis [...]

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