Oklahoma regulators are accusing a testing lab of reporting passing results for dozens of contaminated medical marijuana products, leading to a recall affecting 33 cultivation and processing businesses.
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Colorado expands recall for tainted marijuana flower
Colorado regulators expanded a product recall for marijuana flower produced by a vertically integrated business in Boulder.
New York approves 58 more hemp cultivators to grow adult-use marijuana
New York increased the number of conditional adult-use marijuana cultivation licensees from 88 to 146 after the state’s Cannabis Control Board approved 58 new applications.
Ohio awards 70 provisional licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries
The number of medical marijuana storefronts in Ohio could soon more than double after the state’s pharmacy board approved 70 provisional dispensary licenses.
Connecticut-owned VC firm invests $1.25M in marijuana edibles maker
A venture capital investment vehicle owned by the state of Connecticut has invested $1.25 million in the marijuana edibles company 1906.
Add diversity in marijuana workplace through job descriptions, interviews and hiring practices
The regulated cannabis industry promised to right the wrongs of the war on drugs, but white males still hold disproportionate numbers of C-suite positions.
Compensation transparency, pay audits can help cannabis companies recruit and retain talent
The battle for social equity in cannabis, as in every other industry, includes achieving pay equity.
Generally speaking, pay equity means employees get paid the same amount for substantially similar work.
Cannabis MSO MedMen appoints another chief executive
Los Angeles-based cannabis multistate operator MedMen Enterprises appointed Edward Record as chief executive officer, effective immediately.
Can DEA-backed cannabis growers strike gold via drug development?
The cannabis industry hit a possible milestone in March when Bright Green Corp., a Florida company with “conditional” approval from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to grow marijuana for research purposes, applied to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
But the move also highlights the lofty – some say unrealistic – financial ambitions of such companies.
Marijuana experts offer strategies to maintain quality independent of lab testing
From writing standard operating procedures and vetting raw materials to starting in-house labs and conducting retail audits, cannabis business owners lean on best practices for quality control.
Regulators in state-legal marijuana markets require that cannabis businesses have their products tested by independent and state-accredited laboratories before they’re distributed to retail outlets for sale to consumers.
Marijuana products present unique testing hurdles
Cannabis testing and quality control is no simple feat.
Consider the plant itself: Cannabis contains a super sticky, resin lipid that is harder to work with than coffee, tobacco and most other natural products, said David Vaillencourt, CEO of the GMP Collective consulting firm in Colorado.
Standards organizations look to create uniform cannabis testing methods
While cannabis has enjoyed greater social acceptance in recent years, quality control will be critical to sustaining that growth and winning over the institutions that have yet to embrace a regulated marijuana industry.
