Dec 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
After years of rapid expansion, Michigan’s craft beer industry is now going flat due to economic pressures, changing consumer habits, and increased competition from the cannabis market. An article this week delved into why the craft beer boom is over, and what...
Dec 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In November 2025, Congress enacted significant changes to the federal regulation of industrial hemp and CBD products through the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2026 (H.R. 5371). Signed into law to end a government shutdown, this legislation...
Dec 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
On Dec. 16, the Michigan Senate passed a bill 28 to 7 that would require hemp-derived THC products that exceed the 0.3% THC threshold or a total THC limit set by the Cannabis Regulatory Agency to be treated as marijuana, effectively bringing most intoxicating hemp...
Dec 16, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Pursuant to the Administrative Rules, licensees have a continuing duty to provide the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) with up-to-date contact information and must notify the CRA in writing of any changes to the contact information on file with the CRA. The only way...
Dec 16, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s Enforcement Division has observed a significant number of errors in how marijuana trade samples are processed, transferred, handled, and tracked in Metrc. To avoid making these errors, to improve inventory tracking, and to avoid...
Dec 10, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
From 2018 to 2024, Michigan’s cannabis industry led job creation in the state from 2018 to 2024, accounting for 52% of jobs added to the net private sector, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency data...
