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Allay Consulting January Newsletter: Unpacking Recent Cannabis Emerging Markets
Unpacking Recent Cannabis Emerging Markets Voters have spoken - putting pen to paper, citizens throughout the US are supporting cannabis legalization. 2022 was a somewhat blooming year in normalizing cannabis in the United States. Several states legalized cannabis in...
Allay Consulting August Newsletter: Cannabis Federal Legalization
It appears that federally legalized marijuana might be a reality! Since removing hemp from the definition of marijuana through the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, we have looked to the legalization of marijuana. It was never “if” but “when”, and it looks to be on the...
Allay Consulting July Newsletter: Importance of Product Traceability in the Cannabis Industry
Most states have seed-to-sale tracking requirements for THC cannabis products. Metrc, we are looking at you! Love it or hate it, many states use it. Most often, these state mandated seed-to-sale programs lack the ability to track non-cannabis ingredients – various...
Allay Consulting June Newsletter: Delta 8, Delta 10 THC – Navigating through Regulations & Safety Concerns
Delta-8 and delta-10 have gained considerable traction over the past year. Although these cannabinoid isomers fall in an extreme grey area, consumers are driving up demand. They can be purchased in many different forms – commonly found in vaping products, gummies, and...
Allay Speaks on Delta-8 THC for Bloomberg
This is an excerpt from an article found on Bloomberg Business FULL ARTICLE A little-known substance derived from hemp is flying off the shelves of U.S. gas stations and smoke shops, offering users a cheap and convenient high even in states where marijuana isn’t...
Allay on Delta-8 THC and Regulations
This is an excerpt from an article found on syracuse.com FULL ARTICLE Have you heard of, or perhaps even tried, Delta 8 THC? It’s not exactly marijuana. It’s not exactly CBD, either. Both of those cannabis products are now legal in New York — CBD derived from hemp for...
Cannabis Shelf Life Explained
This article is a collaboration from Aurum Labs and Allay Consulting ORIGINAL ARTICLE Authors: Elizabeth Mason, Director of Operations, Aurum Labs Kimberly Stuck, CEO, Allay Consulting Colleen Rafferty, Quality Control Technician, Aurum Labs Cannabis consumers are...
CAPA Plan Special Discount for New & Returning Clients!
Has your company executed a CAPA Plan yet? Some states require Cannabis (THC and CBD) businesses to create and implement a CAPA Plan. For example, both Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) requires all marijuana license types to implement a CAPA Plan by...
Allay Consulting Announces Partnership to Bring Global Certification Standards to the Cannabis Marketplace
Global Manufacturing Standards come to Cannabis to Improve Quality & Consumer SafetyDenver, CO – May 14, 2019 – Allay Consulting (Allay) - the preeminent cannabis compliance consulting firm in North America – is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with...
Tips To Keep Your Cannabis Grow Op From Being Shuttered By Inspectors
This is an excerpt from an article found on http://bigbudsmag.com FULL ARTICLE Sooner or later, all commercial growers will hear the knock of compliance inspectors at their door, announced or unannounced, welcome or very unwelcome. In fact, if you’re a licensed...
13 Female Entrepreneurs, Professionals and Cannabis Consultants May Reshape the Marijuana Industry
In general, women representation in executive positions has shown to be a hurdle in the U.S. in comparison to the “first world” countries, however, when it comes to the marijuana industry, things seem to be a bit different.
Testing facility standardization
Right now, the industry is struggling with licensed testing labs and the significant lack of cannabis testing facility standardization. It’s a complicated issue that is shrouded in uncertainty. CDPHE (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) is working...
The Importance of SOP’s
Certain Cannabis SOP ’s are required in all facilities. However, in order to create a record of compliance and to avoid risk it is often beneficial for companies to have many more SOP’s than required. At the company level, SOP’s are a set of step-by-step instructions...
Banking in the Cannabis Industry
In the Cannabis Banking world, most banks refuse even the most basic functions to anyone with a cannabis license. As a result, businesses are faced with numerous issues from security to paying taxes, and are scrambling for a better solution. At the moment cannabis is...