Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) issued three formal complaints that involve numerous alleged violations by Trucenta LLC, a vertically integrated company that is involved in cultivation, processing, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, and retail....
Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
It was a bad night for pro-marijuana proposals in Mid-Michigan. Unofficially two questions to allow marijuana sales in two towns failed. In Mason 2,675 voters said no and 1,979 said yes, leading to it being defeated 57.5% to 42.5%. There were similar results in Howell...
Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
It’s not clear where the initiative originated, but voters in Howell declined the opportunity to welcome recreational marijuana on Nov. 5. In a close call, 52.42% of voters struck down the proposal, placed on the ballot after a Michigan Court of Appeals decision...
Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A Black-owned dispensary in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction hosted its grand opening Nov. 2 with plenty of giveaways, food, and live music. Simply Loud, located at 216 E. Milwaukee Ave., carries hundreds of products, including 260 types of vape cartridges and...
Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, National
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has contacted 25 “designated participants” to testify at a Dec. 2 hearing about marijuana rescheduling, according to documents obtained by MJBizDaily. Before marijuana can be moved from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 of the...
Nov 1, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
During the last fiscal year, 62 Michigan social equity licensees received over $16,000 each through the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s (CRA) Social Equity Grant Program (SEGP). The CRA is excited to announce that the SEGP will be returning again this fiscal year, and...
