The Business of Cannabis

Menominee Lets Pot Companies Pay Its Legal Bills – Now Allegations Are Flying 

Mar 4, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Menominee’s marijuana boom was supposed to generate a windfall from Wisconsin customers streaming across the border. Instead, it ignited a six-year power struggle that has divided residents, spurred at least 11 lawsuits, led to personal profits for some city...

Thousands Of Plants, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Seized In Massive Illegal Grow In Metro Detroit

Feb 27, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Michigan State Police investigators busted a massive marijuana grow operation, seizing drugs, cash, jewelry and guns. According to MSP, members of the Marijuana & Tobacco Investigation Section executed search warrants at three locations across metro Detroit on...

Study: Medical Cannabis Products Provide Improved Sleep Outcomes For Patients With Insomnia

Feb 25, 2026 | National

Patients diagnosed with insomnia experience sleep-related improvements following their use of medical cannabis preparations, according to long-term observational data published in the journal PLoS Mental Health. British investigators assessed the...

Robbin Pott Co-Founder From Pott Farms Said She Just Wanted To Grow Hemp

Feb 25, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

INTERVIEW: Robbin Pott is co-founder and managing member of Pott Farms, L3C, a Michigan, USA-based regenerative hemp operation. Her work spans living soil systems, regenerative crop production, and community-based workforce development. Trained in law and public...

Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Says She Doesn’t Recommend People Use Psychedelics Like She Has

Feb 25, 2026 | National

President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. surgeon general says that, while she wouldn’t recommend that Americans experiment with psychedelics like she has, there’s “exciting” research indicating that substances such as psilocybin can effectively treat serious...