Outsourcing Cannabis Compliance Management: The Pros and Cons For cannabis businesses, compliance with ever-changing regulations can be a daunting task. Failing to comply with these regulations can result in hefty fines, loss of licenses, and even legal action. Many businesses choose to manage compliance internally or with the help of attorneys, but outsourcing compliance management can provide many benefits – …

Understanding Cannabis Industry Audits – You don’t know what you don’t know. The cannabis industry can be challenging to navigate due to its constantly changing legislation and a range of requirements to adhere to. Compliance is crucial for businesses in the industry to maintain, given the highly regulated space and specific rules and regulations that must be followed to operate …

Quality Management Quality management is broken down into two processes, quality assurance and quality control, with the former being the processes used to ensure a quality output and the latter being the testing along the way and other measures used to monitor quality according to the process. It is during the quality assurance process that problems are identified and solved, …

Build Out While You Build Out    In our industry, it’s not just about construction. Our highly regulated industry requires foresight and documentation to ensure the greatest chance for success. Most owners are excited to get their license, begin demolition, and to build the business of their dreams. However, in the excitement, they can often overlook the process of building …

End of The Year Recap on MED Enforcement, Cultivation Compliance, and Health & Safety Advisories As expressed by iComply in our previous Bulletins, the MED has increased random testing and continues to do so over the last month. On Dec.15th, 2022 the Colorado Department of Revenue (DOR), in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), issued …

Happy New Year! A New Year means New Laws, Rules, and Regulations. A lack of compliance is the number one reason for costly fines and license revocations. As one of the most regulated industries, it doesn’t take much to fall out of compliance. As the oldest and most experienced compliance company in the game, we have seen it all and …

Cannabis Compliance Budget Budgeting for Your Cannabis Business’ Compliance   “Compliant Marijuana Business” is almost a cliche buzzword in the cannabis industry. As I’ve said before and hope one day never to have to say again: We’ve never seen a 100% compliant cannabis business. We have seen, unfortunately, million dollar businesses get lost to the overwhelming costs of non-compliance including …

Proactively Managing Compliance Year after Year   There’s never enough time in the cannabis industry. Ask any owner, operator, manager, or employee. Often, not having enough time to get to compliance matters puts them on the back burner for another day. This back burner can catch fire, and waste even more precious time in reaction to putting it out – …