METRC
The state-mandated cannabis seed-to-sale track-and-trace system operated by Franwell, used by most US adult-use and medical states to record every plant, package, transfer, and sale of regulated cannabis.
What METRC is
METRC — short for Marijuana Enforcement Tracking Reporting Compliance — is the state-operated cannabis track-and-trace system most US cannabis states use to record the lifecycle of every gram of regulated cannabis. Operators are required to assign METRC tags to plants and packages, log every transfer with a manifest, and report wholesale and retail sales through the system on a daily basis.
METRC is operated by Franwell Inc. under contract to individual states. Each state runs its own METRC instance with state-specific rules layered on top.
States that use METRC
As of 2026, METRC is the active track-and-trace system in over 20 states, including California, Colorado, Michigan, Oregon, Ohio, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, and Maine. Other states use BioTrack, Leaf Data Systems, or proprietary tools — but METRC is the most common.
Why it matters to compliance
Inspectors compare what's in METRC to what's in the facility. If physical inventory doesn't match METRC, that's a discoverable violation — sometimes a license-threatening one. Reconciliation between METRC, ERP, point-of-sale, and physical counts is one of the most common operator pain points and the largest source of preventable violations.
Verdaxi treats METRC as a system of record to reconcile against, not a system of record to replace. The platform doesn't move tags or sync inventory — it ensures the policies, training, SOPs, and inspection prep around METRC are airtight.
Compliance is the entry point. The platform is the destination.
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