Escanaba Lume Workers Vote To Join UFCW Local 1473
Lume dispensary workers in Escanaba voted July 23 to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1473, marking the first time a cannabis shop in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula voted to unionize. Eighteen budtenders or “luminaries,”...
Ohio Takes Another Step Toward Launching Adult-Use Marijuana Sales, As Regulators Approve First Testing Lab For Operations
Ohio is taking another step closer to the launch of adult-use marijuana sales, with regulators approving the state’s first certificate of operations for a dual use testing lab as well as granting additional certifications for hybrid...
Cheech & Chong Debuts In Michigan Cryo-Infused Cannabis Pre-Rolls
Cheech and Chong’s Cannabis Company confirmed Tuesday it has teamed up with Distro 10, Inc. on the debut of Cheech & Chong’s Cannabis’ Botanical line in Michigan. The line includes cryo-infused cannabis pre-rolls that blend...
Kalamazoo County Eases Discipline Policy For Employees Who Test Positive For Legal Drugs
The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners voted last week to make changes to its employee drug testing policy. The board voted to unanimously to make changes to the policy, including new language about legal drugs, at the July 16,...
Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency Comments on the Proposed Federal Rule Rescheduling Marijuana
On July 22 the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) submitted a comment on the proposed federal rule rescheduling marijuana (Docket No. DEA-1362). It can be read in its entirety on the CRA website here. In addition to providing information...
Michigan Sen. Peters Seeks To Make Cannabis Use Not Impact Federal Jobs and Security Clearances
This week, Sen. Gary Peters introduced a piece of legislation that aims to ensure applicants for federal positions and security clearances are not being denied due to past marijuana use. “As we work to build a highly skilled federal...
10 Ohio Locations Get Certificates Of Operation – Statewide Sales To Begin By End Of Year
Recreational cannabis availability in Ohio took another incremental step forward on Friday, but Ohioans still cannot legally purchase non-medicinal cannabis at dispensaries. On Friday, 10 marijuana growers and processors received...
No Music, Samples Or Food Trucks When Ohio Launches Recreational Cannabis Sales
Many Ohioans are likely planning to celebrate the start of recreational marijuana sales in the state but don't expect a festival-like atmosphere at dispensaries. Ohio recently released guidelines for what the shops are allowed, and...
Minnesota Breweries Can Serve THC Drinks On Tap
Cannabis laws in Minnesota continue to be singular, creating a distinctive cannabis culture and market. The latest update makes Minnesota the first state to explicitly allow THC drinks to be served on tap like any other brewery offering,...
Wisconsin Tribe Watching Presidential Race For Cannabis Law Reform As State Maintains Prohibition
A leader with the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa said lifting federal prohibitions on marijuana would allow for the sovereign nation to enter the billion-dollar industry sweeping the country. Cannabis in all forms —...
