News and Information about the Business of Cannabis

Filing/Paying Taxes And Communicating About Cannabis With Michigan Department of Treasury

Join Brandi Branson, MTO lead analyst, with the Michigan Department of Treasury.and Sarah Rusnell, outreach manager, to learn the details of filing and paying cannabis-related taxes to Treasury. This final workshop in a series of four will focus on filing...

CRA Proposed Administrative Rules Changes

Join Derek Sova, policy specialist with the Cannabis Regulatory Agency, to learn about the changes being proposed to the marihuana rules. The CRA began the rule promulgation process in 2023 by releasing a summary of proposed changes and soliciting feedback...

Draft CRA Cannabis Rules Available for Review

The draft of the proposed changes to the marihuana administrative rules is now available for public review. The draft rule language can be found on the administrative rulemaking system (ARS) website. In addition to the draft rules, the agency has...

Filing/Paying Taxes And Communicating About Cannabis With Michigan Department of Treasury

Dec 1, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

CRA Proposed Administrative Rules Changes

Dec 1, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Canada: One In Four Older Adults Have Used Cannabis In The Past Year

Nov 26, 2024 | Canada

An estimated 25 percent of Canadians between the ages of 55 and 65 acknowledge having consumed cannabis in the past year, according to data in the Journal of Drug Issues. Researchers affiliated with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction...

Draft CRA Cannabis Rules Available for Review

Nov 25, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Prominent Indiana Republicans Back Marijuana Legalization

Nov 25, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region

A Republican-backed group pushing Indiana’s lawmakers to “adopt safe and regulated” marijuana policies launched on Wednesday. “By embracing a smart and evidence-based approach that prioritizes public health, safety, and economic opportunity, we can give Hoosiers the...

Ohio’s New House Speaker Promises To Nix Cannabis Legalization

Nov 25, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region

Ohio House Republicans have chosen Matt Huffman, the current Senate president, as their next House speaker. Huffman, unopposed in the caucus vote, is known for his hardline conservative agenda, including his intent to reverse Ohio’s recently implemented recreational...

Michigan Shuts Down Industrial Hemp Program That Now Reverts To USDA Control

Nov 22, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

GRAND HAVEN - Michigan has closed its industrial hemp program, leaving farmers to operate directly under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and signaling potentially significant changes for hemp cultivators and processors in the state. Under USDA rules,...

Detroit Could Restrict Cannabis And e-Cigarette Ads

Nov 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Detroit City Council members passed a resolution Tuesday that documents the harms posed by e-cigarette and marijuana use among youth as the council prepares to restrict where these products can be advertised in the city. In Detroit, ads for alcohol and tobacco are...

Fluresh To Close Michigan Cannabis Grow, Lay Off 46

Nov 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Fluresh LLC is closing down its $46 million 105,000-square-foot grow facility in Adrian and will be laying off 46 employees at the end of this month. The company, doing business as Tend.Harvest.Cultivate, couldn’t make the economics of the operation work as the...

Nov. 30 Deadline To Apply For The CRA’s $1 Million Social Equity Grant Program

Nov 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s social equity team is currently accepting applications for the FY 2025 Social Equity Grant Program (SEGP). Social Equity Program licensees are either eligible – or close to eligible – to receive a share of one million grant dollars!...