The Business of Cannabis

How Can Cannabis Retailers Enhance Loyalty

Sep 18, 2024 | National

As a market matures, any market, several things happen. Products become more reliable and known, increasing brand loyalty. Dispensaries start offering these known brands because they want to maintain customer trust and loyalty. However, now that a consumer can go to...

Minnesota Native American Community Opens Hemp Fiber Processing Factory

Sep 18, 2024 | Great Lakes Region

A new hemp fiber processing facility opened by a Minnesota Native American community will need to source hemp crops from outside of tribal lands to make the factory operate efficiently, according to a project leader. Minnesota’s Lower Sioux Indian Community opened the...

Fourth Circuit Ruling Contradicts DEA’s Opinion On The Legality Of Certain Hemp-Derived Products

Sep 18, 2024 | Feature, National

Judges with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals have ruled that all hemp-derived products, including those that undergo a chemical synthesis during manufacturing, are legal under federal law.  The decision is consistent with a 2022 Ninth Circuit...

Cannabis Regulatory Agency Takes Disciplinary Action Against Licensees throughout the State

Sep 18, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Administrative formal complaints and disciplinary actions taken against adult-use/medical licensees in August are now available for review in the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s August 2024 Disciplinary Action Report. This month’s disciplinary actions: Adrian Adrian...

Indian State Opens Markets For Industrial Hemp, Medical Marijuana

Sep 18, 2024 | International

Lawmakers in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh have passed an amendment to the state’s drug law that will allow the production of industrial hemp and medical marijuana. The state legislature last week adopted a resolution to amend the state Narcotic Drugs and...