CRA Education Session: FDA Ingredient Compliance With The CRA Enforcement Division
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced its next education session featuring CRA Enforcement Division Specialist Christina Stemple and CRA Enforcement Division Director Mandi Cooley. This education session will focus on using the FDA’s...
Q&A: Why Are Package Tags Required?
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) requires that a package tag with a unique identification number (UID) be affixed to each package of marijuana to maintain traceability for possible recalls, inventory management, and investigations...
Hash Bash To Feature Documentary About Early Cannabis Activist John Sinclair
“They gave him 10 for 2, he gave them a revolution,” reads the tagline for a new documentary project about the late poet and activist John Sinclair. Ann Arbor Hash Bash organizers announced the John Sinclair Foundation is joining forces...
Legal Battles With Viridis Labs Begs The Question Are Other Michigan Testing Labs Providing Accurate Results?
An administrative law judge found cannabis testing facility Viridis Laboratories to be non-compliant with standard operating procedures regarding potency and foreign matter testing. This adds to a pattern of questionable practices and...
Tommy Chong Headlines Ann Arbor Hash Bash April 5
Stoner comedy legend Tommy Chong is returning to the Ann Arbor Hash Bash. The 86-year-old comedian and actor who rose to fame in the 1970s and ‘80s as part of the “Cheech and Chong” duo is scheduled to speak at the 54th-annual marijuana...
Boom To Bust: The Rise And Fall Of Michigan’s Hemp Farming Program
Five years ago, speculators seemed sure hemp was poised to become the next boom crop in Michigan. That’s changed. Now the state’s hemp farming program is on life support. Dreams of a supply chain able to convert raw hemp into building...
NORML Slams Ohio Legislature For Attempting To Change Voter Approved Cannabis Legalization
Marijuana advocates called bills to change Ohio’s weed laws “a slap in the face” to voters. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws hosted a webinar last week about two bills that are trying to change...
Former Police Officers Hiring Targets Of Cannabis Transport Companies
If you had to move millions of dollars in cash and controlled substances, who would you trust with such a risky job? Someone who won’t steal the product or the money. Someone who will get there on time. Someone who knows how to react if...
Michigan Republicans Saviors Of State’s Legal Cannabis Industry?
Michigan Republicans could become saviors of the state’s $10 billion legal cannabis industry. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to more than triple the state’s recreational marijuana excise tax is facing strong resistance in the...
CRA Sets Public Hearing May 6 To Review Cannabis Rules
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency has scheduled a public hearing for the purpose of receiving public comment on the proposed rule set 2023-25 LR (Marihuana Rules). The hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 6, beginning at 9 AM at Cannabis...
