News and Information about the Business of Cannabis

Michigan Shuts Down Industrial Hemp Program That Now Reverts To USDA Control

GRAND HAVEN - Michigan has closed its industrial hemp program, leaving farmers to operate directly under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and signaling potentially significant changes for hemp cultivators and processors in the state. Under USDA...

Detroit Could Restrict Cannabis And e-Cigarette Ads

Detroit City Council members passed a resolution Tuesday that documents the harms posed by e-cigarette and marijuana use among youth as the council prepares to restrict where these products can be advertised in the city. In Detroit, ads for alcohol and...

Fluresh To Close Michigan Cannabis Grow, Lay Off 46

Fluresh LLC is closing down its $46 million 105,000-square-foot grow facility in Adrian and will be laying off 46 employees at the end of this month. The company, doing business as Tend.Harvest.Cultivate, couldn’t make the economics of the operation work as...

Exclusive Brands Gets Two Complaints From CRA For Failure To Record Products In Metrc, Access To Video Surveillance System

Sep 11, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The agency that regulates cannabis sales and testing in Michigan and conducts routine inspections of businesses in the industry has filed a formal complaint against Exclusive Brands out of Ann Arbor. Two separate complaints against the company allege they failed to...

Michigan August Cannabis Sales Record $295.5 Million

Sep 11, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

In August, Michigan recreational and medical cannabis sales set a monthly record to $295.5 million, up nearly 3 percent from July sales $287.7 million. On a year over year basis, up 8.7 percent. Medical Sales, however, fell 77.6 percent from 2023 to $1.3 million, down...

Free Ice Cream Marketing Gimmick Earns Columbus Dispo $150K Fine

Sep 11, 2024 | Great Lakes Region

A marijuana dispensary in Columbus that offered "free ice cream" to customers on the first day of adult-use sales was fined $150,000 for the marketing tactic. Greenleaf Apothecaries, also known as The Botanist, is one of several dispensaries around Ohio that faced...

Ohio Recreational Marijuana Sales Top $54 Million In First Month

Sep 10, 2024 | Great Lakes Region

More than $50 million worth of recreational marijuana product has been sold in Ohio in the first month of legal rollout, according to the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control. In the latest report, the division states recreational sales from Aug. 6 to Sept. 7 total...

North Carolina Cherokee Cannabis Dispo Opens For Recreational Sales

Sep 8, 2024 | National

At least 65 people lined up Sept. 7 Saturday as the Cherokee prepared to open North Carolina’s first and only marijuana dispensary superstore to all adults. “This is amazing to see so many people here,” James Bradley, Qualla Enterprises production manager, told The...

Harris Accuses Trump Of ‘Brazen Flip Flops’ On Marijuana As Former President Endorses Florida Legalization Measure

Sep 4, 2024 | National

Following former President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of support for a cannabis legalization ballot measure in Florida, the campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris is working to remind voters that while in office, Trump “took marijuana reform...

Imlay City Faces Legal Challenge Over Medical Cannabis Ballot Initiative

Sep 4, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Two years ago, the voters of Imlay City approved a ballot measure allowing the establishment of medical cannabis facilities within city limits. However, despite this decision, no such facilities have opened since. Now, the same group that supported the November 2022...

DEA Administrator Announces Intent To Hold Hearing On Marijuana’s Scheduling

Sep 4, 2024 | National

The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration will commence an administrative law hearing on the matter of marijuana’s scheduling under the federal Controlled Substances Act. The hearing notice appeared in the Federal Register on August 29th....

Regulators And Police Crack Down On Intoxicating Hemp Sellers In New York And Texas

Sep 4, 2024 | National

Regulators and law enforcement agencies in New York and Texas have stepped up enforcement actions against sellers of intoxicating hemp products with raids this month. In New York, hundreds of hemp shops have been raided or closed since a statewide crackdown was...

4-Acre Cannabis Consumption Lounge, Music Venue Could Open Near Ypsilanti

Sep 4, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

What the developer says is Michigan’s first combined music venue and cannabis-consumption lounge could come to the Ypsilanti-area. The proposed project includes a 4,300-square-foot lounge, outdoor amphitheater and a 1,260-square-foot storage building across 3.87 acres...