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Key Partnership to Help Train Local and State Regulators About the Cannabis Industry
Ventura, California — September 16, 2020 — Green Flower for Business, the Foundation of Cannabis Unified Standards (FOCUS), and the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) have entered into a ground-breaking partnership to provide regulators with...
Pulmonary Mucormycosis Study
Pulmonary mucormycosis associated with medical marijuana use. (Click image to download)
ASTM International Launches Cannabis Committee
The global standards organization formed the committee to focus on “creating technical standards and guidance materials for cannabis and its products and processes." According to a press release published March 1st, ASTM International formed a committee focusing on...
A look ahead: Issues facing marijuana professionals in 2017
By Omar Sacirbey The marijuana industry is not only beginning a new year, it’s starting a fresh era in which it could flourish with opportunity or regress under a White House that could resurrect the crackdowns and raids of the past. We examine seven of the top issues...
Support FOCUS, save on tickets to PA conference on 12/9
FOCUS founder to speak in PA at Innovation in the Cannabis Industry Attend, save money and support FOCUS Greenhouse Ventures is offering a $50 discount for each $250 ticket purchased with the FOCUS code (GHVFOCUS) and will donate $100 of every $200 ticket sold with...
Cannabis Industry Journal | Q&A with Lezli Engelking: Why Are Standards Important?
By Aaron G. Biros and Lezli engelking Standards give stakeholders the opportunity to shape how they want to see the future of their industry, and the future of government regulation. Lezli Engelking, founder of FOCUS. Lezli Engelking founded the Foundation of Cannabis...
Looking To Capitalize On The ‘Green Rush’? There’s A Lot To Consider First
Reprinted from the original By Tess Allen | Oct 11, 2016 | Innovation There are a few things Andrea Brooks wishes she’d known before getting into the cannabis industry. It’s been almost one year since Brooks founded Sava, an e-commerce platform for hand-crafted...
The Famous Marijuana Memos: Q&A With Former DOJ Deputy Attorney General James Cole
July 27, 2016 By John Schroyer There’s a good argument to be made that James Cole has had a bigger impact on the U.S. cannabis industry than any other single individual in modern history. The former U.S. deputy attorney general, who served from 2010-2015, authored a...
Business Executive article 2017
By Lezli Engelking Hearing about the lack of standards in the cannabis industry comes as quite a surprise to most. After all, cannabis is one of the most highly regulated industries in existence today. Complicated terminology and varied definitions, however,...
Quality Gurus and their Key Contributions
Philip Crosby: The Four Absolutes of Quality Management: Quality is conformance to requirements Quality prevention is preferable to quality inspection Zero defects is the quality performance standard Quality is measured in monetary terms – the price of...