The Business of Cannabis

Trump Taps Former Fox News Reporter With No Formal Drug Experience For Drug Czar Position

Apr 13, 2025 | National

President Donald Trump has chosen conservative journalist Sara Carter to serve as the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Carter is a former Fox News contributor with no formal drug policy, public health, or law enforcement...

Congressional Hearing On FDA And CBD Focuses On Intoxicating Hemp Products

Apr 13, 2025 | National

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was dragged through the mud by lawmakers yesterday, who said its ‘bureaucratic red tape, inefficiencies, and weak oversight’ was responsible for the flood of intoxicating hemp substances across the country. The US House...

Record Number Of Kids In Michigan Hospitalized From Cannabis Consumption In 2024

Apr 9, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Michigan’s marijuana industry is required to use child-resistant packaging and prohibit the sale of edibles that look like candy. But industry experts and regulators say it’s still too easy to buy copycat candy products. Michigan’s poison control center got 387...

Hemp Industry Expert Tells Congress Businesses Are ‘Begging’ For Federal Regulations 

Apr 9, 2025 | Uncategorized

Members of a congressional committee held a hearing on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday—with a hemp industry expert explaining how the market is “begging” for federal regulations around cannabis products and a staunch prohibitionist...

Michigan Could Authorize Recycling Pot Vape Cartridges

Apr 9, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Michigan regulators are proposing a major policy shift that would allow cannabis businesses to collect and recycle used vape products, a much-needed step toward reducing the environmental hazards of disposable vaporizers. Under a new rule proposed by the state’s...