Marijuana industry Scores $5 Billion Worth Of Legalization Wins In 2021 Via State Legislators
2021 is shaping up to be a record year for legislative-driven recreational marijuana legalization – and cannabis industry executives and advocates have lawmakers and governors in four states to thank for that. The MJBizFactbook projects those four markets...
Legal US cannabis Sales Could Top $30 Billion By 2022 Thanks To Continued Growth, New Markets
With new markets coming online and existing markets trending upward, legal cannabis sales in the U.S. are projected to surpass $30 billion in 2022, according to an updated long-term forecast by Seattle-based marijuana analytics firm Headset. This...
Four20 Post: Cannabis Tourism With MaryJane Tours, Monroe Street Fair Returning In 2022
On Four20 Post July 21, our focus was on cannabis tourism. Anthony Freed, owner of Farm Assist Wellness, talked about his latest venture, MaryJane Tours, which uses a motor coach to explore the history of cannabis in Ann Arbor. He was joined by Charlie Strackbein, who...
Using Hemp to Reduce Plastic Waste in the Cannabis Industry
When James Eichner and Ron Basak-Smith met as graduate students at the University of Colorado, they bonded over music, a love for cannabis, and a frustration over the cannabis industry’s plastic waste problem. Shortly after they met, a joint business-school project on...
Cannabis Retailer Relocates Headquarters From Ann Arbor To Livonia
One of the newest companies to locate its headquarters in western Wayne County has a unique setup: it can't legally sell its product in the city it calls home. But that's not an issue for the leadership behind Exclusive Brands, one of the state's marijuana...
Ypsilanti Township Marijuana Caregiver Grandma Argues In Court She Needs 55 Plants For Personal Use
Judith Pontius, a marijuana medical caregiver, argued in Washtenaw County Trial Court July 14 that she needs her 55 marijuana plants for personal use. If Pontius keeps her dozens of plants just for herself, her lawyer Barton Morris argued in court, she is in...
iHemp Hour: Hemp Paper Company Founder Seeks Hemp Suppliers
On the iHemp Hour July 15 at noon, Erica Halverson will talk about how her hemp paper business grew along with her quest to save the planet -- one plant at a time! She started her career path in retail and moved into a corporate structure, marking her way as a...
New Laws Restrict Delta-8 THC In Michigan
Delta-8 THC, a previously loosely regulated compound derived from marijuana that induces a similar high, will be reined in by Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency beginning Oct. 11. Prior to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signing a series of new marijuana bills Tuesday,...
Pot In A Box, Elderly Caregiver In Ypsilanti Township Under Attack By Local Politicians
David Byer of Mary Agrotechnologies produces a home grow box that is available to consumers in Michigan. People over 21 can cultivate up to 12 plants at home but that can be difficult, messy, noisy, smelly and full of mistakes if you don't know what you're doing....
Small Illinois Town Opens Cannabis Consumption Lounge
Cannabis smokers in downstate Illinois will be able to legally light up in public Saturday in a lounge specifically built for that purpose. There have been discussions in Chicago and elsewhere in the state about opening consumption spaces — and a tobacco hookah lounge...
