Michigan’s Cannabis Industry Turns 5 – What’s In Store For 2024
Michigan's cannabis industry sold $3 billion in both recreational and medical marijuana in 2023, making the state the second biggest cannabis market in the U.S. behind only California. Prices remained relatively low for consumers and sales show no sign of slowing...
Bud Barn Opened Valentine’s Day To Coincide With New Bob Marley Movie
Hotchkiss, Michigan's, second pot shop, Bud Barn, had its grand opening on Valentine's Day to coincide with the Bob Marley movie release of "One Love." The grand opening celebration, called "Love for Bud," included sweetheart specials, and the shop played "One Love"...
Cannabis Business Presence Increasing on the Colorado Tourism Office Website
A report from Westword pointed out that the Colorado Tourism Office (CTO) has recently begun to feature information regarding a few cannabis businesses on its website. Westword spoke with licensed cannabis party bus business owner, Sarah...
Farming Family Opens California Cannabis North Of Indiana State Line
Entrepreneur Jason Reichhart will open his California Michigan Cannabis Company 24-hour recreational marijuana shop Feb. 8 after more than a year of planning and building the facility. The store is a mile and a half north of the Indiana state line at 891 Fremont Road...
Accuracy Sometimes Bad For Business In Michigan Marijuana Testing
Michigan marijuana customers want to get high, but the information they use to achieve that may be flawed, industry insiders and regulators say. Test results, specifically for THC potency, play a major role in prices customers pay -- and profits retailers and growers...
Scientists Develop New Method To Test For Recent Marijuana Use With 96 Percent Accuracy
Scientists say they’ve identified an alternative way to test for recent marijuana use that’s significantly more accurate than standard THC blood tests that sometimes misrepresent a person’s potential impairment depending on how frequently they use cannabis. And...
West Michigan Music Venue Plans To Offer Both Cannabis And Alcohol
The cannabis-friendly music festival Cannabash is moving to a permanent venue about an hour north of Grand Rapids, where event organizers plan to offer both cannabis and alcohol for consumption. The open-air concert space, called Field of Greens and located in...
Licensed Cannabis Cultivators In California Declining Rapidly
The number of actively-licensed cultivators in California continues to decline as 2024 gets underway. According to a January 31 query of the state’s License Search tool, 5,498 cultivators hold active licenses. That figure is down almost 35% from two years ago, when...
Lume Cannabis Installs Advanced Cannabis Extraction System
Lume Cannabis has installed Agrify Corp.'s PX-30 Hydrocarbon Extraction System to enhance efficiency and precision in the cannabis extraction process. Lume Cannabis, already operating with Agrify's XMU Hydrocarbon Extraction System, upgraded to the PX-30 to meet the...
Survey: Young Americans Are Five Times More Likely To Smoke Marijuana Than Cigarettes
Significantly more Americans now say they smoke marijuana than cigarettes—with young people being more than five times more likely to consume cannabis than tobacco, according to new Gallup polling data. Overall, 17 percent of Americans say they smoke cannabis,...
