May 31, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan cannabis companies have faced a challenging environment in the past year, with the price of marijuana flower rapidly declining, causing margins to narrow at a time when competition is increasing. As a result, some cannabis companies have...
May 24, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The case focuses on Cannabis Regulatory Agency accusations that Viridis Laboratories, one of the largest marijuana safety testing labs in the state, produced inaccurate test results related to potentially harmful contaminants, and inflated THC potency data. Viridis...
May 24, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Family-owned Cannrose Cannabis held its soft opening May 18 with 29 different strains for customers to choose. Owners Doug Gingrich, Alan Gingrich and Sean Alspaugh focused on keeping the business local in both growing products and catering to customers’...
May 24, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
After voters in the state approved the recreational use of cannabis, Ron Fisk decided to get into the cannabis business with a plan to renovate long-forgotten and neglected buildings in Gaylord and Tawas. “We did the same thing in Tawas. We purchased the ugliest...
May 24, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The CRA is looking at pulling licenses from cannabis businesses that don’t pay their bills from vendors. In proposed rules released this month, the CRA is seeking authority to deny licenses to businesses found in court to have not paid vendors. It’s a move...
May 24, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Members of the Michigan Civil Service Commission are accepting comments from the public on proposed changes to the state’s drug testing regulations. Officials have proposed amending regulations so that most public employees no longer have to...
