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Jeremy and Stephanie Hardcastle owned the property they were leasing out to a cannabis cultivation operator, charging $30,000 a year for the lease. The CA Department of Cannabis Control (CDCC) and Law…
Read the field noteErrick Dickerson, AG-000576, an employee hired as a janitor with Seven Points Agro Therapeutics, was caught on camera stealing approximately 7030 grams (15.6 pounds of cannabis). He was originally hired in…
Read the field noteGrow West MD, LLC a licensed cultivation operation in Maryland, and their partners were fined $24,000 for not properly reporting ownership changes as defined by MCA regulations, 10.62.08.08 Transfer of…
Read the field noteTrulieve and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have entered into a settlement over a Massachusetts cannabis worker’s death. OSHA, through their report, determined that the cannabis…
Read the field noteThe North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board signed a complaint against three cannabis cultivators in Humboldt County in connection with sediment discharged into tributaries of the Mad River that…
Read the field note“Our employer is taking our tips,” wrote Victoria-Lynne Rushton in a complaint submitted to the Attorney General last year. “They have us put the tips into a lockbox, we do not see the money and we’re not…
Read the field noteIn California, there was a total of 14,495 illegally cultivated marijuana plants that were being grown in 104 hoop houses, along with over 7,590 pounds of processed marijuana bud, which equates to 3,442,766…
Read the field noteGreen Bean East, Inc, dba Green Galaxy Meds Inc, received a $12,500 fine for not having the proper processes and systems in place to properly process a medical marijuana patient during a transaction. The…
Read the field noteA Michigan cannabis dispensary, East Coastline LLC, license number AU-R-000317, was fined $5,000 for not having visitors escorted and allowing them to walk through the facility freely. The full consent…
Read the field noteDo you have cannabis harassment training in your dispensary? Do you have a reporting mechanism if there are claims of harassment? Natures Medicine, a Maryland Medical Marijuana Dispensary, is settling a…
Read the field noteThe Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (MMCC) released a consent order against GreenMart of Maryland dba Health For Life Baltimore related to the company not following required regulations properly. There…
Read the field noteCuraLeaf over the last few years as seen fines from other state Regulators, back in 2019 they were fined $250,000 in MA for not permission for a change of ownership (10%) as outlined in the regulations. On…
Read the field noteIn December of 2019, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CFDA) filed a lawsuit against and civil actions against Lowell Farms LLC dba Lowell Herb Company for engaging in commercial cannabis…
Read the field noteRevolutionary Clinics was fined $120,000 for selling tainted marijuana vapes to settle charges it sold vaporizers containing excessive levels of ethanol to six other dispensaries, several of which then sold…
Read the field noteThe Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) recently fined Garden Remedies—a Newton, MA manufacturing and cultivation plant—$200,000 for using Wood’s Rooting Hormone, a banned pesticide. The discovery was made…
Read the field noteAccording to the San Diego Union Tribune, Sheriff’s deputies discovered five unauthorized dispensaries operating in Spring Valley, Lakeside, and Chula Vista, California. Authorities were initially tipped…
Read the field noteFined: $83,000 A California cannabis cultivator is fined $83,000 for failing to work with the local county departments regarding permits. “Had Mr. Vang worked with our staff and complied with the Cleanup…
Read the field noteA Maryland dispensary is fined for selling more to a patient then their allotment allowed. Not having checks and balances in place against the regs is cause for lapses in compliance. Here’s a link to the…
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