Oct 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region
The Ohio Senate unanimously passed legislation to overhaul the way that prosecutors must prove whether a person was driving under the influence of marijuana. Ohio, like most the rest of the nation, has liberalized its marijuana laws over the past decade, now allowing...
Oct 15, 2025 | Great Lakes Region
A Franklin County judge on Tuesday paused Gov. Mike DeWine’s public health emergency health order banning the sale of intoxicating hemp products for 14 days. Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Carl Aveni issued a temporary restraining order, which takes effect...
Oct 15, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Senate Democrats announced Oct. 14 the introduction of new legislation aimed to alleviate challenges facing Michigan’s vital legal cannabis industry, which supports more than 46,000 jobs in the state, and generating more than $3 billion in sales and about $500 million...
Oct 15, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
An ounce of cannabis flower in September rose by its largest amount month-over-month in two years to $63.16, up 2.22 percent from August’s price of $61.79. The price of an ounce has only risen four times in the last two years, and those mostly came after large...
Oct 15, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan’s new 24% wholesale tax on cannabis products to pay for roads already is facing legal challenges, arguing there’s no provision allowing it under the 2018 voter-approved initiative. Both the Holistic Research Group and Michigan Cannabis Industry...
Oct 15, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
For the second time in recent years, an unprecedented legal fight is brewing after legislative action related to a ballot initiative — this time an alleged “end-run” maneuver to raise marijuana taxes. The industry hopes the Legislature, like the last...
