Mar 27, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A woman high on marijuana panicked while in a rideshare and jumped out of the moving vehicle on I-96 near I-94, state police said. The incident began around 4:45 p.m. Sunday, March 24, when motorists called Detroit Regional Communication Center to report a crash on...
Mar 20, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
As the cannabis industry continues to blossom, Eastern Michigan University is offering two unique courses in the fall semester. One of the courses, URP 479: Canna-plannnig: Marijuana Legalization and Land-Use in Michigan, will explore cannabis prohibition, the war on...
Mar 20, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The nascent U.S. hemp industry still has much to learn, and should look outward when assessing the research needs required to advance development, according to a new paper from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Because prohibition shut down hemp in the last...
Mar 20, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed several bills into law last week. Among them was legislation to expand drug courts and bills to ban the sale of items some people use to get high on nitrous oxide, known as “whip-its.” SB 57 and SB 58 , sponsored by...
Mar 20, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency last Thursday announced that a Lansing marijuana business would surrender its medical and adult-use processor licenses because it had been mixing legal and illicit products for the retail market. CRA said it signed a consent...
Mar 20, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
New Buffalo Township has paused considering more marijuana dispensaries after already getting 35 license applications. Currently, only two dispensaries are open in the township. If all 35 are approved that would be more than in Detroit. Although they would create a...
