Commercial Cannabis Insights

10 Steps for an Effective Cannabis Compliance Program

Like most things in life, you can think of risk management and compliance on a spectrum. We have three basic areas of the spectrum. In the middle, we find most operators who want to avoid deficiency notices, fines, and enforcement. They’re interested in managing risk and compliance, but may not have spent the time or resources to master the process. For all of you who are looking to develop and implement a compliance program or seek to improve the program you already have, this article is for you.

Comply or Go Awry: Highlights From a Commercial Cannabis Enforcement Action and How to Protect Your Business

Commercial cannabis businesses tend to focus on preserving compliance with regulations in order to satisfy licensing requirements; however, managing risk holistically involves more than looking at the regulations.

Read this real-world case study of a commercial cannabis enforcement action and learn how to protect your business from potential penalties.

Purposefully Achieve Your Company’s Goals with a Compliance Risk Assessment

Risk and compliance professionals know that operating a highly regulated business is difficult. But in the cannabis industry it is exceedingly difficult because of jurisdictional variances and rapidly changing regulations.

Not all Crime is Organized – Classifying the Illicit Cannabis Market

In North America, it is commonly reported that the illicit cannabis market represents nearly seventy percent of all cannabis transactions. Given this substantial market share, it is necessary to recognize that the illicit cannabis market is more common than the licensed cannabis market.

A Problem Worth Solving: Effective Tools for the Challenges of Inversion and Diversion

The transfer of cannabis products into and out of the licensed sector creates great risk for the cannabis business by jeopardizing their active license and risking substantial fines or license revocation by the regulatory authorities.

ACCCE Mini-Series: Using Track and Trace Data to Identify Unusual Activity Episode 4

ACCCE Mini-Series: Using Track and Trace Data to Identify Unusual Activity Episode 4

Jontae James, CEO of NatureTrak, will provide a view for both the cannabis business and the ancillary cannabis business on how to accomplish the transparency necessary for both sides to prosper with risk-based due diligence. In this episode, Jontae provides an example of diversion of cannabis product and inversion of funds in a hypothetical grow scenario, and describes where specific points in the track and trace system are more vulnerable to those looking to divert and invert cannabis product.
ACCCE Mini-Series: Using Track and Trace Data to Identify Unusual Activity Episode 3

ACCCE Mini-Series: Using Track and Trace Data to Identify Unusual Activity Episode 3

Jontae James, CEO of NatureTrak, will provide a view for both the cannabis business and the ancillary cannabis business on how to accomplish the transparency necessary for both sides to prosper with risk-based due diligence. In this episode, Jontae explains what information a commercial cannabis business could provide to help the vendor or ancillary cannabis business meet their regulatory expectations.
ACCCE Mini-Series: Using Track and Trace Data to Identify Unusual Activity Episode 2

ACCCE Mini-Series: Using Track and Trace Data to Identify Unusual Activity Episode 2

Jontae James, CEO of NatureTrak, will provide a view for both the cannabis business and the ancillary cannabis business on how to accomplish the transparency necessary for both sides to prosper with risk-based due diligence. In this episode, Jontae introduces key information to evaluate, like how much the commercial cannabis business expects to produce/sell, where the cannabis product is going, and who they do business with.
ACCCE Mini-Series: Using Track and Trace Data to Identify Unusual Activity Episode 1

ACCCE Mini-Series: Using Track and Trace Data to Identify Unusual Activity Episode 1

Jontae James, CEO of NatureTrak, will provide a view for both the cannabis business and the ancillary cannabis business on how to accomplish the transparency necessary for both sides to prosper with risk-based due diligence. In this episode, Jontae explains how access to track and trace data and formal policies and procedures help paint the picture of a well-organized business.