Sep 25, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Howell residents will vote on recreational marijuana businesses in November, despite efforts to strike the measure from the ballot and arguments the organizers behind the proposal aren’t local. Last year, an Ypsilanti attorney named Anderson Grandstaff wrote a...
Sep 25, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Nearly a year after a landmark Michigan Court of Appeals ruling, Michigan’s illicit marijuana dealers have an economic edge. In a 3-0 opinion, the court ruled in October 2023 that Shaaln Kejbou, who was growing more than 1,100 marijuana plants without a...
Sep 25, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Vangst, a Denver-based cannabis industry jobs platform, has released its 2024 Jobs Report which states Michigan, along with Missouri, led the nation by adding more than 10,000 jobs in the cannabis industry in 2023. The 2024 Vangst Jobs Report, completed in partnership...
Sep 25, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Public perception regarding the risks associated with marijuana use has been on the decline in recent years as more states legalize the drug for medical and recreational purposes. However, health officials like neurologist Angelos Katramados, director of the acute...
Sep 25, 2024 | Great Lakes Region
The scent of cannabis smoke alone is not enough to justify a police search of a vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a 6-0 ruling, the court found that cannabis laws in Illinois had evolved to the point that just catching a whiff of burnt weed is no...
Sep 25, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In June, Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) issued a technical bulletin announcing that MCT (medium-chain triglyceride) oil will be added as a target analyte for marijuana vape cartridges as part of the Sampling and Testing Technical Guidance for Marijuana...
