Here are ten common areas where dispensaries slip up – and we help ensure you avoid them at all costs.

1. Poor inventory management. This can lead to hefty fines, penalties, suspension, or the loss of your cannabis license.
2. Failure to report and pay taxes. This can result in a hefty bill, onerous audits, or fines for unpaid state taxes.
3. Incomplete recording and security of transactions. It’s important to report inventory and sales figures as failing to do so will result in a violation. 
4. Failure to follow packaging, labeling, and product safety. Pay close attention to these requirements as local laws and rules about these keep changing.
5. Poor security and surveillance system. Dispensary, cybersecurity, and data security are of paramount importance for cannabis dispensary businesses as failure will eventually lead to several non-compliance issues.
6. Poor standard operating procedures (SOPs). These are critical to key operations as this ensures that every process is up to compliance standards.
7. Operating without a license. Knowing the required licensing requirements in your state is critical to the continuous operation of your business.
8. Failure to enforce daily sales limits. Whether it’s exceeding the daily sales limit for medical patients and adult-use customers, selling to an underage person or beyond the authorized operating hours have troubled several marijuana dispensaries. 
9. Failure to adhere to delivery regulations. There are several areas of compliance and requirements that need to be met to avoid cannabis compliance violations. 
10. Failure to find a reliable technology or law partner. It’s important to find partners that will keep your cannabis dispensary on the right side of the law.

All these compliance issues can be prevented and solved by having the proper business partners.