Cannabis Regulatory Compliance

Researching, planning, and implementing compliant operating procedures for your venture is one of the biggest hurdles in the cannabis industry, but we’ve made it our specialty. Understanding which regulatory agencies you will need to work with and how their requirements apply to your operation is just the first step. Once you have done a basic overview of how local compliance will work into your business model, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with local concerns and specific ordinances by attending public hearings and meeting members of the community’s health, agriculture, planning, zoning, police, fire, and building departments. It is also a good idea to review some of the common pitfalls experienced by kindred operations. For example, some of the main cultivation center infractions involve not maintaining inventory records and logs for such areas as materials changes and safety, as well as chemical and pesticide applications. Establishing clear SOP’s for tracking, logging, storing, and selling cannabis now, can prevent you from serious fines or even shutdowns in the future. Having conducted hundreds of cannabis compliance audits in several different states and countries, we know attention to detail is crucial for implementing and maintaining compliance in this industry.