Securatech Wins Veterans Award And Looking To Hire More Veterans
Securatech, a physical and video security company that recently purchased Marijuana Security Operations, won an award recently for having at least 25 percent of its employees military veterans. CEO Rudy Patros joins Four20 Post Live to explain why he hires veterans...
Industrial Hemp Big Business Opportunity In Michigan
Growing industrial hemp was made legal in the 2018 Farm Act. But figuring out how to grow it in Michigan, and building the infrastructure needed to transform it into the 20,000 products that can be made from hemp, has proven to be challenging, Dave Crabill, president...
Primary Topic Title – New Bulletin A
The feedback received from the Metrc user survey included many suggestions for more training and education on how to perform functions within the Metrc system. Metrc recently launched two new resources – Metrc Learn and Metrc Knowledge – that are now available to the...
Milan Moves To Allow Cannabis Sales To Target Ohio Traffic Headed To Ann Arbor
Drivers crossing into Michigan on U.S. 23 are bombarded with billboards urging them to sample the state’s booming marijuana industry. But their options are limited until they reach Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. That could soon change, as elected leaders in the small city...
Canadian Pre-Rolls Still No. 2 Cannabis Category, Outpacing Total Market Sales Growth
Canadian sales of legal cannabis pre-rolls nearly doubled between 2020 and 2021, outstripping total marijuana market growth as convenience-seeking consumers increased spending on the ready-to-smoke form factor, according to data from Seattle-based cannabis-analytics...
Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Rebound With Second-Best Month
Illinois adult-use marijuana sales totaled nearly $131 million in March, halting a two-month slide. Nearly a third of the sales – $40.6 million – went to out-of-state residents, according to Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation data. March...
Meta-Analysis: Youth Cannabis Exposure Not Associated with Changes in Brain Morphology
Cannabis exposure is not associated with significant changes in brain morphology in young adults, according to a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies published in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. A team of Australian researchers reviewed...
California Drought Plan Could Exclude Cannabis As Growers Prepare For Dry Summer
Heading into another brutally dry summer, struggling cannabis growers in California could be excluded from the state’s latest assistance plan to save water. A proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom would pay farmers to not plant crops, known as fallowing, this year as drought...
Crashing Cannabis Prices Bad News For Small Dispensaries
At a time when gas prices, food prices, home prices and more are all going up, there's one consumer item that's doing the opposite: cannabis. The average retail price for an ounce of cannabis at a recreational dispensary dropped to its lowest point in January...
Legislative News Alert: House Bill 5512 Impacts Medical Marijuana Patients
On April 27, the Michigan House passed House Bill 5512 that would severely impact Michigan Medical Marijuana patients. Cannabis advocate Jamie Lowell in this video interview explains what the legislation will do and how those opposed to it can take action to defeat...
