The Business of Cannabis

CRA Announces Next Statewide Municipality Summit

Sep 6, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency has announced its next statewide Minicipality Summit for Sept. 27 from 10 am to noon over zoom to present information to local municipal officials and answer their questions regarding the state’s cannabis rules and laws. Local municipal...

Gallup: Americans Perceive Cannabis To Be Less Harmful Than Either Alcohol Or Cigarettes

Sep 5, 2023 | National

Most US adults believe that marijuana use poses fewer risks to health than does either the use of alcohol or cigarettes, according to nationwide polling data compiled by Gallup.  According to the survey, 95 percent of adults perceive smoking...

Five Texas Cities Vote To Decriminalize Having Small Amounts Of Pot

Sep 5, 2023 | National

By the end of Election Day, five Texas cities have voted to decriminalize low-level marijuana possession. After Austin voters overwhelmingly approved the proposition to decriminalize carrying small amounts of marijuana in May, Ground Game Texas — the...

With Latest Decree, Argentina Could Lead Latin-American Hemp Production

Sep 5, 2023 | International

Argentina has set the THC limit for industrial hemp at 1.0% and established a “one-stop shop” for administration of the hemp and medical marijuana sectors under rules published this month. The regulations, which follow passage of a law legalizing hemp and...

Federal Appeals Court Rules That Gun Ban For Marijuana Consumers Is Unconstitutional

Sep 5, 2023 | National

A federal appeals court has ruled that the ban preventing people who use marijuana from possessing firearms is unconstitutional—the latest and highest-level blow to the long-standing federal prohibition that’s actively being challenged in a number of cases across the...