Apr 2, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
An administrative law judge found cannabis testing facility Viridis Laboratories to be non-compliant with standard operating procedures regarding potency and foreign matter testing. This adds to a pattern of questionable practices and regulatory scrutiny surrounding...
Apr 2, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Stoner comedy legend Tommy Chong is returning to the Ann Arbor Hash Bash. The 86-year-old comedian and actor who rose to fame in the 1970s and ‘80s as part of the “Cheech and Chong” duo is scheduled to speak at the 54th-annual marijuana rally on the University of...
Apr 2, 2025 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Five years ago, speculators seemed sure hemp was poised to become the next boom crop in Michigan. That’s changed. Now the state’s hemp farming program is on life support. Dreams of a supply chain able to convert raw hemp into building materials, clothing, animal feed,...
Apr 2, 2025 | Great Lakes Region
Marijuana advocates called bills to change Ohio’s weed laws “a slap in the face” to voters. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws hosted a webinar last week about two bills that are trying to change Ohio’s marijuana laws. “Whether...
Apr 2, 2025 | Great Lakes Region
If you had to move millions of dollars in cash and controlled substances, who would you trust with such a risky job? Someone who won’t steal the product or the money. Someone who will get there on time. Someone who knows how to react if thieves try to rob you. For...
Apr 2, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan Republicans could become saviors of the state’s $10 billion legal cannabis industry. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to more than triple the state’s recreational marijuana excise tax is facing strong resistance in the GOP-controlled House, where...
