July 22 -You Can Sip On Cannabis-Infused Tea At Q’s High Tea Party
Cannabis enthusiasts and knowledge seekers alike can visit the Detroit Foundation Hotel from 12-3 p.m. on Saturday, July 22 for a “High” Tea party. Former Fox 2 News Anchor Anqunette “Q” Sarfoh is hosting the event, which is presented by Qulture, a...
July 21-23 Big Cloud Presents Legacy Michigan
Legacy Michigan is an immersive festival experience that takes place Friday, July 21 – Sunday, July 23 at Hartford Speedway west of Kalamazoo. A stacked musical lineup features Mersiv, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Honeycomb, Sister Nancy, Dixon’s Violin, Zion Lion,...
Michigan Ends Cannabis Testing For Some State Job Applicants
The Michigan Civil Service Commission voted unanimously to partially lift a longstanding ban on hiring state employees who fail preemployment drug screens for marijuana. A five-year high of 151 applicants who applied for state jobs failed for the presence of marijuana...
iHemp Hour 5 PM July 20: Phytoremediation Of PFAS With Hemp
This week the iHemp Hour will talk about cleaning the soil with hemp. Join the iHemp Hour on Thursday, June 20 at 5:00 pm for a conversation with Professor Lesley Putman of Northern Michigan University, Department of Chemistry. Her research focuses on...
National Cannabis Legalization Sees 61 Percent Drop In Federal Cannabis Prisoners
The number of people in Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) custody for cannabis is down 61 percent from 2013 to 2018, according to the latest Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics report. While this shows a decline in cannabis incarcerations since the launch...
Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Cannabis Plans Michigan Rollout In Late Summer
One, two, three, and to the four, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Death Row Records are at the door — and they’re bringing the goods with them. Death Row Records announced Death Row Cannabis in December 2022 after the rapper purchased the legendary West Coast hip-hop...
July 20 CRA Education Session Features CRA Executive Director Brian Hanna
The Thursday July 20 at 10 am virtual educational session features Cannabis Regulatory Agency Executive Director Brian Hanna. Mark your calendars and get your questions in via email: CRA-SocialEquity@Michigan.gov. We’ll ask as many questions as we can during our live,...
Philip Morris To Acquire Cannabis Inhaler Developer For Up To $650 Million
Philip Morris, the international tobacco giant, is acquiring the Israeli company Syqe Medical in a deal that could reach $650 million, Calcalist has learned. Syqe’s main product is a metered-dose inhaler for pain reduction treatment using medical cannabis. The deal...
Michigan’s Cannabis Legalization Damages Black Market
For most of his adult life, Marcus slung bags of high-quality marijuana to a discreet clientele in Detroit. The money was good, and the job was easy. The 31-year-old says he made more than $1,000 a week, enough to pay the bills and stay out of the corporate grind that...
CRA Shuts Down 3 Businesses, 2 Bans, Issues 44 Violations In June
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency issued 44 disciplinary violations in June and three businesses had licenses suspended or revoked because of problems, Michigan Information & Research Service Inc. reported. Klean Herbal Solutions in Detroit, Candid Labs in Buchanan...
