by Brooke Benavides | Apr 3, 2022 | News
Two weeks ago, on March 14, a volunteer group calling itself the Veterans Action Council (VAC) asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to remove cannabis from the federal government’s Schedule I and II lists of controlled substances. Their mission: to enable vets to...
by Brooke Benavides | Mar 23, 2022 | News
By Scott Solomon, OSS CEO CALIFORNIA: On the West Coast, we have been living through several months of smash-and-grab robberies that have disproportionately targeted cannabis businesses – because they are forced to operate as cash-only businesses due to the continued...
by Brooke Benavides | Dec 22, 2021 | News
Videos of “smash and grab” mob thefts in high-end shopping districts have lately become ubiquitous. Everyone’s seen those images of thieves in hoodies and masks toting off designer purses and jewelry. Observers, however, have typically shrugged. Robbing rich folks? No...
by Brooke Benavides | Nov 15, 2021 | News
Changing the Culture With Research, So Vets Have Data on Medical Cannabis for Pain and PTSD As a U.S. Navy SEAL veteran, I’m no stranger to the long-term damaging effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain. PTSD is a real and serious condition...
by Brooke Benavides | Sep 10, 2021 | News
Cannabis banking has been a tricky topic to tackle in recent years. Although many financial institutions refuse to do business with the high-risk industry, the truth is that cannabis banking has been allowed since February 2014. That was when the Financial Crimes...
by Brooke Benavides | Sep 8, 2021 | News
Operational Security Solutions (“OSS”), the premier provider of full-spectrum risk management services with specialization in secure cash management and logistics, cannabis-specific compliance services, security consulting, and facility hardening, announced today that...