Craft Brewing Companies Push Back On Dewine’s Veto Impacting THC Beverage Sales
Ohio’s craft brewing industry continues to push back on a veto by Governor Mike DeWine that outlawed their sale of THC beverages, less than a week after an effort to challenge the governor’s ban came up short. At Saucy Brew Works in...
UP Counties And Municipalities Receive $3.4M From Adult-Use Marijuana Distribution
Marquette County leads the U.P. with 13 licenses and $702,222.30 in distributions. But County Board Chair Joe Derocha says that’s about a 21% decrease from two years ago. “Perhaps the 24% sales tax that the legislature has enacted on the...
Is Wisconsin Losing Millions To States Where Cannabis Is Legal?
Cannabis isn’t legal in Wisconsin, so residents are purchasing it in states where it is, generating tax money for those states. Wisconsin borders three states with legal recreational cannabis: Michigan, which legalized it in 2018;...
What Changes In Michigan Marijuana Taxes Could Mean For Ann Arbor
Declining marijuana tax revenue may mean less money for social services in Ann Arbor. Marti Praschan, the city’s chief financial officer, raised the issue at a City Council budget work session Monday night, March 23, discussing changes...
Cannabis Biz Could List On Stock Exchanges Under New Congressional Bill
Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) and Troy Carter (D-LA) filed a bipartisan bill that would let state-legal marijuana businesses list on stock exchanges like Nasdaq and NYSE—and more broadly shield companies from being punished for providing...
Swiss Cannabis Experiment Yields Positive Results After 3 Years
The cannabis experiment in one of the Swiss cantons is showing positive results three years after its launch, highlighting the need to reconsider the national cannabis policy. The Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt published today...
Cannabis Compounds Could Help Treat A Common Liver Condition That Affects Nearly A Quarter Of US Adults
NAFLD, also known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), is a common condition that the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases estimates affects about 24 percent of US adults. It...
New York Approves Cannabis For Anxiety — Science Says It May Not Help
He was 18, on a rooftop overlooking the Old City in Israel during a gap year program. The nighttime view, ancient stone buildings lit up against the dark, pulsed and blurred. His anxiety, the shapeless dread of an uncertain future, lifted...
Ohio To Ban THC Drinks, Hemp Products After Group Fails To Block New Law
Ohio businesses won't be able to sell THC drinks or hemp gummies after advocates failed to block a law banning those products. Ohioans for Cannabis Choice didn't collect enough signatures for its proposed referendum on Senate Bill 56,...
Pontiac Gets Its First Cannabis Dispensary Years After Legalization Delays
Pontiac is finally entering Michigan’s recreational cannabis market more than six years after sales began statewide with the opening of Kulture 81, the city’s first licensed dispensary. The provisioning center, located inside a converted...
