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  • Why Security Needs To Be A Priority For Cannabis Business Owners

    The legal cannabis industry is poised to take off in the United States. Sales are projected to reach $8 Billion in 2018, and opportunities abound for investors and entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, the same dramatic growth that makes this industry so attractive to legitimate businessmen also makes it attractive to criminals. Along with the growth of th...

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Cannabis Business Today has created a section of learning opportunities for cannabis and hemp professionals, including book recommendations and courses. Through our partnership with Catoctin College, you also can create courses for the cannabis and hemp communities.

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FinCEN and Cannabis Businesses: Be Transparent, Be Accurate, Be Prepared

The legalization of medical or recreational marijuana sales, at state levels, certainly didn’t mean an end to the problems cannabis sellers have with the law. When medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries were allowed to open for business, it meant they needed to start paying attention to the regulatory environment, particularly the need to pay heed
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Cannabis and Hemp Discussion Forums

Join in the debate in our Cannabis and Hemp Discussion Forums. We seek to include a wide variety of topics important to cannabis professionals. Registration is free. Some threads are "invitation only" due to topic sensitivity / privacy.

Cannabis and Hemp Charts and Market Data

With cannabis and hemp growing rapidly across the US and global marketplace, there is no shortage of charts and market data. This section seeks to consolidate all the publicly available information into one location.


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CULTIVATORS AND GROWERS

  • Cannabis Pesticides Uproar

    Everyone is in an uproar over recent reports of lab tests finding pesticides on cannabis products. Tests on cannabis samples from California in October, performed by Steep Hill Labs, Inc. in Berkeley, reported finding pesticides in 84.3% of the cannabis tested. Oregon recently released a “health alert” for tainted cannabis. President of the Associa...

LABS AND PROCESSORS

  • Cannabis Pesticides Uproar

    Everyone is in an uproar over recent reports of lab tests finding pesticides on cannabis products. Tests on cannabis samples from California in October, performed by Steep Hill Labs, Inc. in Berkeley, reported finding pesticides in 84.3% of the cannabis tested. Oregon recently released a “health alert” for tainted cannabis. President of the Associa...

DISTRIBUTORS

  • Cannabis Pesticides Uproar

    Everyone is in an uproar over recent reports of lab tests finding pesticides on cannabis products. Tests on cannabis samples from California in October, performed by Steep Hill Labs, Inc. in Berkeley, reported finding pesticides in 84.3% of the cannabis tested. Oregon recently released a “health alert” for tainted cannabis. President of the Associa...

DISPENSARIES AND DELIVERY

MANUFACTURERS

  • Cannabis Pesticides Uproar

    Everyone is in an uproar over recent reports of lab tests finding pesticides on cannabis products. Tests on cannabis samples from California in October, performed by Steep Hill Labs, Inc. in Berkeley, reported finding pesticides in 84.3% of the cannabis tested. Oregon recently released a “health alert” for tainted cannabis. President of the Associa...

TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY

  • Colorado Marijuana Businesses and Tourism Show Strong Growth

    This post, Colorado Marijuana Businesses and Tourism Show Strong Growth, originally appeared in the New Frontier CannaBit blog. The business landscape in Colorado has changed dramatically since voters approved a constitutional amendment legalizing the sale of recreational marijuana in 2014. In Denver, for example, there are almost 400 listings for ...


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CANNABIS SNAPSHOT

Cannabis Compliance 2017, New Year New Rules

When it comes to compliance in the cannabis industry it will only behoove you to start the new year off on the right foot. While most of us spent our youth fighting against conforming to the laws of the land, there comes a time when you find that it just may be in your best
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Cannabis Pesticides Uproar

Everyone is in an uproar over recent reports of lab tests finding pesticides on cannabis products. Tests on cannabis samples from California in October, performed by Steep Hill Labs, Inc. in Berkeley, reported finding pesticides in 84.3% of the cannabis tested. Oregon recently released a “health alert” for tainted cannabis. President of the Association of
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Guardian Data Systems Cannabis Software Launches New Website

Guardian Data Systems, a leader in marijuana business software, as well as banking and financial services for the cannabis industry, launched its new website this month. The site (see screenshot below) was built in WordPress, and highlights the company’s capabilities in cannabis software, and banking and financial services. The goals of the website design were
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Are Cannabis Business Bank Accounts Brand-Damaging?

Is Banking in the Cannabis Industry Brand-Damaging? Banks often blame the law for not being able to provide banking-related services to businesses in the cannabis industry. But is that actually the real reason? Are cannabis business bank accounts actually breaking the law?  They say that they fear losing their FDIC insurance due to the federal illegality
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Latest Polls For Marijuana Legalization – State Ballots

The latest polls show that most ballot measures for marijuana legalization are leading by wider percentages. The exception is in Nevada, where the electorate is much more evenly split between whether or not to legalize marijuana for adult use or to keep it prohibited. One of the challenges for marijuana legalization advocates will be GOTV
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THOUGHT LEADERS

Below are our "Featured Thought Leaders" for the current period. Our Thought Leaders represent industry professionals and experts on a wide variety of topics. Our goal is to showcase diverse and intelligent viewpoints in the cannabis and hemp industry.

Click here to view all our Thought Leaders. Or click here to view our standard authors and columnists.

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FEATURED THOUGHT LEADERS

We strive to feature a group of different opinions relating to cannabis and hemp in our "Featured Thought Leaders" section. Our writers can include accountants, lawyers, payment specialists, or growers, cultivators, processors, laboratory technicians, distributors, dispensary owners, manufacturers, and more. Interested in contributing? E-mail us at: editors@cannabisbusinesstoday.com

ASK A QUESTION

Have a question about the cannabis industry? Send us your question to our panel of experts. We will post an answer to your question in our weekly Cannabis Q&A Roundup, as well as send you a direct response. All submissions will be kept confidential. No names or email addresses will be shared publicly.


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COURSES BY AND FOR CANNABIS AND HEMP INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS

The benefit from Cannabis Business Today and Catoctin College is that you can both enroll in courses, as well as provide courses and thought-leadership for the cannabis business community.

Create Courses

Through a special program at Catoctin, you can subscribe as a Course Instructor and submit a course program that you want to offer. Specify if the course is to be "free" or if there is a course fee. Follow the instructions, and a member of the Catoctin team will help you get started.

Enroll In Courses

Catoctin College will not be the only place you can enroll in courses. We are working to establish partnerships with other providers. As we build those relationships, we will provide links to their courses on our website. We do not control the prices for courses offered by third parties, and work with instructors to set reasonable costs for courses that they create depending on the complexity of the curriculum. If you have questions about pricing, other anything relating to the courses listed in Cannabis Business Today, write us at: ed@cannabisbusinesstoday.com

CANNABIS NEWS AND MARKET DATA

The cannabis industry is growing, and changing constantly. In 2019, the legal cannabis industry is expected to reach over $9 billion. By 2025, the industry could exceed $25 billion, which would make it larger in annual sales than the NFL. Cannabis Business Today and Catoctin College have put together a weekly course that reviews and analyzes the latest industry and market trends in the US and Canada, as well as select international markets.

Click here to register for this class.

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CANNABIS NEWS AND MARKET DATA

The cannabis industry is growing, and changing constantly. In 2018, the legal cannabis industry is expected to reach over $9 billion. By 2025, the industry could exceed $25 billion, which would make it larger in annual sales than the NFL.

Catoctin College and Cannabis Business Today have put together a weekly course that reviews and analyzes the latest industry and market trends in the US and Canada, as well as select international markets.

BUSINESS LAW FOR CANNABIS, CBD, AND HEMP: AN INTRODUCTION

In this class you will learn about laws and regulations surrounding cannabis, CBD, and industrial hemp, including the laws around growing, cultivation, personal use / possession, distribution, and sale.

You will hear from lawyers and business owners, including cannabis and hemp growers, and other industry professionals as they break down the fundamentals of business law in this fast-growing and rapidly changing industry.

This is an important introduction to what is lawful and illegal at the federal, state, and local level around medical cannabis, recreational cannabis, CBD, and hemp.

CANNABIS AND HEMP BUSINESS MASTER CLASS

The Cannabis and Hemp Business Master Class is an intensive and comprehensive examination of the fundamental business skills necessary to start and manage a cannabis, CBD, and/or hemp business.

The goal of this class is to cover essential business elements that are common across cannabis, CBD, and hemp businesses that include:

  • Growing
  • Cultivation
  • Processing
  • Laboratory Testing
  • Product Development / Manufacturing / Cooking
  • Distribution
  • Retail / Dispensary / Delivery, and
  • Hospitality, Tourism, or Culinary

The class is a mixture of online videos, project-based assessment, field study and field work, and on-site experiences. By combining all these methods, students can better process and apply knowledge learned, and do so at a pace that is conducive to their lives, while also ensuring the opportunity to accelerate the time to class completion.

CANNABIS AND HEMP IN 2019

With the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill that legalized hemp, control of the U.S. House of Representatives shifting to the Democratic Party, and continued growth in legal cannabis, there is a tremendous amount of momentum for and interest in the cannabis and hemp industries. Business owners and entrepreneurs are wondering if they should focus more efforts in hemp now that it is legal nationwide.

Meanwhile, federal lawmakers are working to decriminalize cannabis, while state legislators are considering expanding legal cannabis and CBD use, and some local advocates are working to limit the presence of dispensaries and pop-up events in their communities.

This 1 Hour and 44 minute discussion goes into great detail about the challenges and opportunities facing cannabis and hemp in 2019, and beyond.

ONE ON ONE WITH BEN DROZ (Hemp Lobbyist)

Ben Droz is the American hemp industry’s main lobbyist. As a registered lobbyist for Vote Hemp, an advocacy group that works to promote positive hemp laws, Droz has worked for several years in Washington, DC, as well as the state and local level on a wide variety of hemp legislation.

Over his lobbying career, Droz has conducted hundreds of presentations and interviews with congressional staffers and other representatives of Federal agencies, most of them in Capitol Hill offices for the purpose of briefing staffers on the importance of industrial hemp.

This is a specially scheduled one-on-one session with Ben Droz to discuss cannabis and hemp legislative and business issues. This course gets a series of phone discussions to ask Ben for his expertise, as well as some light research (if necessary) to answer some of your specific questions.

HOW TO START A CANNABIS OR HEMP BUSINESS IN DC, MARYLAND, OR VIRGINIA

This Catoctin College workshop provides an overview of start-up basics (licenses and permits), marketing and public relations basis, software and business resources you need to consider, accounting best practices, and how to raise money to get your business moving.


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GETTING STARTED - BUSINESS 101

  • Cannabis Pesticides Uproar

    Everyone is in an uproar over recent reports of lab tests finding pesticides on cannabis products. Tests on cannabis samples from California in October, performed by Steep Hill Labs, Inc. in Berkeley, reported finding pesticides in 84.3% of the cannabis tested. Oregon recently released a “health alert” for tainted cannabis. President of the Associa...

BANKING / CREDIT AND DEBIT

  • Cannabis Pesticides Uproar

    Everyone is in an uproar over recent reports of lab tests finding pesticides on cannabis products. Tests on cannabis samples from California in October, performed by Steep Hill Labs, Inc. in Berkeley, reported finding pesticides in 84.3% of the cannabis tested. Oregon recently released a “health alert” for tainted cannabis. President of the Associa...

LEGAL

  • Cannabis Pesticides Uproar

    Everyone is in an uproar over recent reports of lab tests finding pesticides on cannabis products. Tests on cannabis samples from California in October, performed by Steep Hill Labs, Inc. in Berkeley, reported finding pesticides in 84.3% of the cannabis tested. Oregon recently released a “health alert” for tainted cannabis. President of the Associa...

OPERATIONS

  • Cannabis Pesticides Uproar

    Everyone is in an uproar over recent reports of lab tests finding pesticides on cannabis products. Tests on cannabis samples from California in October, performed by Steep Hill Labs, Inc. in Berkeley, reported finding pesticides in 84.3% of the cannabis tested. Oregon recently released a “health alert” for tainted cannabis. President of the Associa...

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MARKETING AND SALES

TECHNOLOGY AND TOOLS


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CANNABIS INDUSTRY REPORT 1

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