The Business of Cannabis

Virginia Lawmakers Who Sponsored Marijuana Sales Legalization Bill Celebrate Its Passage

Mar 18, 2026 | National

Five years after Virginia legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana but failed to create a way for people to legally buy it, state lawmakers last week approved legislation establishing a regulated retail market for adult-use cannabis, potentially ending years...

Report: Marijuana Doesn’t Ease Anxiety Or Other Mental Health Conditions

Mar 18, 2026 | National

Using medical or recreational marijuana to ease symptoms of numerous mental health conditions doesn’t work, according to two new analyses of existing gold-standard research. Medical marijuana includes products with cannabidiol, or CBD, and...

Feds Keep Marijuana Tests For Workers Despite Trump Reclassification Order

Mar 18, 2026 | National

Should the federal government remove marijuana from its list of Schedule I drugs, employers might see their obligations under federal laws change, such as those dealing with workers with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, attorneys with Littler...

Ohio To Ban THC Drinks, Hemp Products After Group Fails To Block New Law

Mar 18, 2026 | Great Lakes Region

Ohio businesses won’t be able to sell THC drinks or hemp gummies after advocates failed to block a law banning those products. Ohioans for Cannabis Choice didn’t collect enough signatures for its proposed referendum on Senate Bill 56, which Gov. Mike...

Pontiac Gets Its First Cannabis Dispensary Years After Legalization Delays

Mar 18, 2026 | Featured, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Pontiac is finally entering Michigan’s recreational cannabis market more than six years after sales began statewide with the opening of Kulture 81, the city’s first licensed dispensary. The provisioning center, located inside a converted building at 81 N. Saginaw St.,...