The Business of Cannabis

An Israeli Company Is Combining Mushrooms with Marijuana to Treat Illnesses

Oct 30, 2019 | National

Israeli medical marijuana firm Cannabotech is currently researching how specific blends of cannabinoids, medicinal herbs, and mushrooms could effectively treat a variety of medical conditions. So far, the company has developed five specific blends...

Medical Marijuana Registry Card Application Fee Reduced, Other Fees Eliminated

Oct 30, 2019 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Marijuana Regulatory Agency announced Wednesday that new administrative rules for the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act (MMMA) are now in effect. The new rules lowered the registry card application fee by 33 percent while eliminating fees associated with processing...

USDA Posts Hemp Rules – Calls For Total THC Testing

Oct 30, 2019 | National

Farmers growing hemp would get a small cushion in THC limits under nationwide rules proposed Tuesday by federal agriculture regulators. Under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s draft rules, crops testing higher than 0.3% THC due to uncertain genetics and...

MRA To Accept Applications For Michigan Marijuana Licenses Nov. 1

Oct 29, 2019 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

On November 1, the Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) will begin accepting applications for marijuana licensing under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act (MRTMA), which was passed by the voters of the state of Michigan in November 2018. “Our team has...

Gov. Whitmer Requests US Supreme Court To Review State’s Vaping Rules

Oct 26, 2019 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

LANSING – Citing failures in how Michigan handled the Flint drinking water crisis, Governor Gretchen Whitmer Friday filed an emergency request for the Supreme Court to take the case of the state’s vaping rules directly. Whitmer also filed for an...