Mar 9, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A new report by Leafly ranks Michigan as the third biggest cannabis jobs state. Cannabis sales in Michigan shot up 82 percent in 2021, reaching nearly $1.8 billion and supporting 31,152 jobs. That 72 percent annual growth in jobs puts Michigan behind only California...
Mar 9, 2022 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Picture this: lettuce at your local supermarket tested positive for E. Coli. Distributors, grocers and the Food and Drug Administration know which heads of lettuce are the culprits, but they decide to sell it anyway. Buyer beware. This is similar to the scenario that...
Mar 9, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The 50th anniversary of the Hash Bash marijuana festival in Ann Arbor is coming up next month and city officials already are prepping for it. The cannabis celebration that started in 1972 and attracts thousands of visitors while creating clouds of smoke is scheduled...
Mar 9, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Andrew Brisbo, Executive Director of the Marijuana Regulatory Agency is on the iHemp Hour at Noon March 10 to answer questions about the MRA becoming the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA), and parts of the industrial hemp regulation being moved from MDARD to the CRA....
Mar 9, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Marijuana, or cannabis, currently is legal for adults 21 and over to purchase, possess, cultivate, trade and consume in Michigan. It is also listed as a Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 drug on the state’s list of controlled substances, and that contradiction has to...
Mar 9, 2022 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Cannabis Science Symposium will focus on how the cannabis space has evolved since legalization in Michigan, identify expectations from Michigan’s regulatory bodies of the cannabis science community, and establish a line of communication and...
