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Legal Battles With Viridis Labs Begs The Question Are Other Michigan Testing Labs Providing Accurate Results?

An administrative law judge found cannabis testing facility Viridis Laboratories to be non-compliant with standard operating procedures regarding potency and foreign matter testing. This adds to a pattern of questionable practices and regulatory scrutiny...

Tommy Chong Headlines Ann Arbor Hash Bash April 5

Stoner comedy legend Tommy Chong is returning to the Ann Arbor Hash Bash. The 86-year-old comedian and actor who rose to fame in the 1970s and ‘80s as part of the “Cheech and Chong” duo is scheduled to speak at the 54th-annual marijuana rally on the...

Michigan Republicans Saviors Of State’s Legal Cannabis Industry?

Michigan Republicans could become saviors of the state’s $10 billion legal cannabis industry. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to more than triple the state’s recreational marijuana excise tax is facing strong resistance in the GOP-controlled House,...

Legal Battles With Viridis Labs Begs The Question Are Other Michigan Testing Labs Providing Accurate Results?

Apr 2, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Tommy Chong Headlines Ann Arbor Hash Bash April 5

Apr 2, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Trump’s New White House Drug Czar Called Medical Marijuana A ‘Fantastic’ Treatment For Cancer Patients

Apr 2, 2025 | National

President Donald Trump’s choice to serve as the next White House drug czar has called medical marijuana a “fantastic” treatment option for seriously ill patients and said she doesn’t have a “problem” with legalization, even if she might not personally agree with the...

Boom To Bust: The Rise And Fall Of Michigan’s Hemp Farming Program

Apr 2, 2025 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Five years ago, speculators seemed sure hemp was poised to become the next boom crop in Michigan. That’s changed. Now the state’s hemp farming program is on life support. Dreams of a supply chain able to convert raw hemp into building materials, clothing, animal feed,...

NORML Slams Ohio Legislature For Attempting To Change Voter Approved Cannabis Legalization

Apr 2, 2025 | Great Lakes Region

Marijuana advocates called bills to change Ohio’s weed laws “a slap in the face” to voters. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws hosted a webinar last week about two bills that are trying to change Ohio’s marijuana laws. “Whether...

Former Police Officers Hiring Targets Of Cannabis Transport Companies

Apr 2, 2025 | Great Lakes Region

If you had to move millions of dollars in cash and controlled substances, who would you trust with such a risky job? Someone who won’t steal the product or the money. Someone who will get there on time. Someone who knows how to react if thieves try to rob you. For...

Michigan Republicans Saviors Of State’s Legal Cannabis Industry?

Apr 2, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

CRA Sets Public Hearing May 6 To Review Cannabis Rules

Mar 28, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency has scheduled a public hearing for the purpose of receiving public comment on the proposed rule set 2023-25 LR (Marihuana Rules). The hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 6, beginning at 9 AM at Cannabis Regulatory Agency building at...

Hazel Park’s Flavor Galaxy License Permanently Closed By CRA

Mar 28, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency signed consent order and stipulation documents with Flavor Galaxy, which resulted in the permanent closure of its processor license. License AU-P-000373 is permanently closed and will not be renewed, reinstated, reissued, or reactivated,...

Michigan Judge Finds Viridis Labs Violated Testing Results

Mar 28, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

An administrative law judge has found that a cannabis testing company launched by three former Michigan State Police cops repeatedly violated state rules by using unapproved testing methods and failing to properly document laboratory procedures, despite warnings from...