Jan 23, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) is facilitating a standing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workgroup (DEIW) to continue to advance the proposals of the ad hoc Racial Equity Advisory Workgroup, to empower stakeholders to take ownership in the programs that...
Jan 20, 2021 | Feature, FOUR20 Post, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Jared Mirsky, founder and CEO of nationally known Wick & Mortar, a cannabis-focused boutique branding agency, joins us to provide branding tips. Jared is followed by Allison Hornev, the new chief marketing officer for Common Citizen. Allison helped not only...
Jan 19, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In order to address concerns about equitable opportunity in Michigan’s marijuana industry for people of color, the Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) released the final recommendations of the Racial Equity Advisory Workgroup today. “The MRA is committed to making...
Jan 15, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Dan Keelan, publisher of the Michigan Marijuana Report, updates how much the digital publication has grown in the past year and hints at some of the new programs that will be launched in 2021. As a disclaimer, Mike Brennan is Editor of...
Jan 14, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
New data from Headset, a company that analyzes cannabis consumer trends, revealed that recreational weed sales in Michigan rose by 482 percent between January and December of last year. In January, rec weed sales were somewhere around $9.8 million, and by December had...
Jan 6, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Guest Post, Michigan
On January 4, the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued their first technical bulletin of the new year, titled “Process to Obtain Agency Approval for Production of Marijuana-Infused Beverages”. The regulations it contains includes guidance “for the submission...
