Beringer Capital Acquires Majority Stake In Benzinga, Provider of Worldwide Cannabis News
Beringer Capital, a private equity firm focused on the media, marketing services, and technology sectors, acquired a majority stake in the stock market site Benzinga Monday in a deal valued at $300 million. Benzinga also...
Common Citizen To Offer Low-Cost, Free Cannabis Products To Low Income, Terminal Patients
Common Care announced Friday a program that will provide low-cost or free cannabis products to low-income patients and those with severe or terminal illnesses. Details of the program will be announced in late November with plans to launch...
JARS Cannabis To Open Dispensaries In Muskegon, Saugatuck
Multi-state retailer JARS Cannabis has announced plans for two more West Michigan dispensaries following the recent completion of a store in Grand Rapids. The company this week announced plans for additional stores in Saugatuck...
iHemp Hour Noon Oct. 21: John Porterfield And Chuck Vollmer Talk Hemp Innovation Challenge 2.0
The Hemp Innovation Challenge is an innovation competition designed to accelerate the best future of hemp innovation on earth and beyond by supporting hemp entrepreneurs, students and others who are launching the world’s most disruptive...
Study: Lung Damage From Black Market Vapes Was Less Common In States With Legal Cannabis, like Michigan
States that legalized marijuana may have avoided the worst outcomes from a respiratory disease outbreak tied to unregulated cannabis vaping products, a federally funded study found. In late 2019 and early 2020, a vaping-related lung...
After Delays, Happi, Michigan’s First Cannabis-Infused Beverage, Finally Launches
A new line of cannabis-infused sparkling water that's the first of its kind to be sold in Michigan is finally available for purchase at dispensaries, following weeks of delays. Happi, which debuted with a launch event in Detroit in...
Widely Counterfeited Muha Meds Vape Brand Now Licensed In Michigan
The self-described “street cannabis brand” Muha Meds has been awarded a cannabis processor license in Michigan. The license — which was first reported in a Fake Cart Detective report by DabConnection earlier this month —...
Pistons Legend Ben Wallace Signs Deal To Develop Cannabis Products For RAIR
Detroit Pistons legend Ben Wallace, recently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, has signed a deal with a Michigan-based cannabis company to develop his own products. Wallace has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with...
‘We Need Jesus’: Proposed Marijuana Dispensary Sparks Debate In River Rouge
Marijuana has become a booming and legitimate enterprise across Michigan, but when a new business plans to set up shop, there’s often some pushback. One of Metro Detroit’s smallest communities, River Rouge, has a population of more...
The Marijuana Regulatory Agency Announces Social Equity Education Session Featuring Creative Services
The Marijuana Regulatory Agency has announced the date, time, and location for its next Social Equity Education Session featuring Attorney Scheril Murray Powell, business development manager at Creative Services, a background screening...
