With No Other Bidders, Tropics Wins Right To Buy Skymint Pending Court Approval
Skymint’s primary lender, Tropics, LP, submitted the winning bid to purchase Skymint at the Aug. 8 auction held by the Receiver Gene Kohut, according to Kohut in an interview with Four20Post.Com. A hearing before Ingram County Circuit...
Ann Arbor May Allow Marijuana Dispensaries To Extend Hours To Midnight
Ann Arbor officials are now rethinking the city’s 9 p.m. limit on hours of operations for dispensaries. A city ordinance change awaiting approval would allow cannabis sales to continue an extra three hours — until midnight. City Council...
Marijuana Grower Sentenced To Prison For Killing Intruder, Burning Body
Former medical marijuana grower Kent Hyne will spend the next seven to 15 years in prison for killing a man who trespassed on his grow operation then burned his body in an attempt to conceal the man’s death. Washtenaw County Trial Judge...
Michigan’s Cannabis Industry Top Market Per Capita In Nation
Michigan is now the top marijuana market in the country — based on per capita spending. Through the first seven months of the year, Michigan's marijuana industry sold $1.7 billion worth of product ($58.8 million in medical marijuana and...
Medical Marijuana Pioneered Legal Cannabis In Michigan But Now Sales Lowest Since Inception
Michigan's medical marijuana industry is wilting. The portion of the cannabis business that stood up legal weed in the state is now at its lowest point since its inception in 2008, according to data from the Cannabis Regulatory Agency....
UM Study: Record Numbers Of Adults Getting High And Binge Drinking
Binge drinking and the use of marijuana and hallucinogens among adults ages 35 to 50 reached an all-time highs in 2022 Marijuana use and vaping reached record highs among adults ages 19 to 30. The 2022 findings are part of the most recent...
Ohio Cannabis Legalize Initiative Pending For November Ballot
The Ohio-based advocacy group known as Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CRMA) is working on a citizen-initiative to legalize cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, testing, and sales for residents over 21. In July, advocates...
Michigan Cannabis Sales Set Monthly Record In July Topping $275 Million
Cannabis legal sales in Michigan in July leaped 6.1 percent from June to a record $275.7 million, putting cannabis sales in 2023 on a $3 billion run rate. Another impressive stat released Friday by the Cannabis Regulatory Agency is on a...
Building With Hemp On The iHemp Hour
Join the iHemp Hour on August 10 at 5:00 pm on Facebook for a conversation with Jean Lyons Lotus, publisher of Hempbuild Magazine. Hempbuild Magazine is an online resource for information and inspiration about the exciting and emerging...
CRA Education Session: Best Practices For Processors From The Enforcement Division
Allyson Chirio, operations support manager from the Enforcement Division of the CRA, is back with additional information, specifically for processors in a CRA hosted virtual educational session Aug. 10 at 10 am. Date: Thursday, August 10,...
