The Business of Cannabis

Milan Moves To Allow Cannabis Sales To Target Ohio Traffic Headed To Ann Arbor

May 2, 2022 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Drivers crossing into Michigan on U.S. 23 are bombarded with billboards urging them to sample the state’s booming marijuana industry. But their options are limited until they reach Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. That could soon change, as elected leaders in the small city...

Canadian Pre-Rolls Still No. 2 Cannabis Category, Outpacing Total Market Sales Growth

May 2, 2022 | Canada

Canadian sales of legal cannabis pre-rolls nearly doubled between 2020 and 2021, outstripping total marijuana market growth as convenience-seeking consumers increased spending on the ready-to-smoke form factor, according to data from Seattle-based cannabis-analytics...

Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Rebound With Second-Best Month

May 2, 2022 | Great Lakes Region

Illinois adult-use marijuana sales totaled nearly $131 million in March, halting a two-month slide. Nearly a third of the sales – $40.6 million – went to out-of-state residents, according to Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation data. March...

Meta-Analysis: Youth Cannabis Exposure Not Associated with Changes in Brain Morphology

May 2, 2022 | National

Cannabis exposure is not associated with significant changes in brain morphology in young adults, according to a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies published in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. A team of Australian researchers reviewed...

California Drought Plan Could Exclude Cannabis As Growers Prepare For Dry Summer

May 2, 2022 | National

Heading into another brutally dry summer, struggling cannabis growers in California could be excluded from the state’s latest assistance plan to save water. A proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom would pay farmers to not plant crops, known as fallowing, this year as drought...