Dec 1, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Join Derek Sova, policy specialist with the Cannabis Regulatory Agency, to learn about the changes being proposed to the marihuana rules. The CRA began the rule promulgation process in 2023 by releasing a summary of proposed changes and soliciting feedback from...
Nov 25, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The draft of the proposed changes to the marihuana administrative rules is now available for public review. The draft rule language can be found on the administrative rulemaking system (ARS) website. In addition to the draft rules, the agency has created a...
Nov 22, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
GRAND HAVEN – Michigan has closed its industrial hemp program, leaving farmers to operate directly under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and signaling potentially significant changes for hemp cultivators and processors in the state. Under USDA rules,...
Nov 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Detroit City Council members passed a resolution Tuesday that documents the harms posed by e-cigarette and marijuana use among youth as the council prepares to restrict where these products can be advertised in the city. In Detroit, ads for alcohol and tobacco are...
Nov 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Fluresh LLC is closing down its $46 million 105,000-square-foot grow facility in Adrian and will be laying off 46 employees at the end of this month. The company, doing business as Tend.Harvest.Cultivate, couldn’t make the economics of the operation work as the...
Nov 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s social equity team is currently accepting applications for the FY 2025 Social Equity Grant Program (SEGP). Social Equity Program licensees are either eligible – or close to eligible – to receive a share of one million grant dollars!...