Michigan Regulators Propose Changes To Marijuana Rules
The state of Michigan may drop a requirement that all applicants test negative for marijuana before they are hired for state jobs after the Free Press highlighted how the civil service rule was exacerbating a state hiring crunch. On Friday, the Michigan Civil Service...
Record Number Of US Workers Test Positive For Cannabis
An annual analysis from Quest Diagnostics medical lab and testing company shows the percentage of general U.S. employees, who tested positive for cannabis in 2022 reached the highest level ever recorded by Quest, which began analyzing annual workplace...
Skirmish Over Highland Park’s Marijuana Ordinance – Claims Of Corruption, Misogyny, Bad Government
Three new Highland Park City Council members who were elected to bring fresh ideas to the financially struggling city have found themselves stuck in a virtual loop of mayoral vetoes, internal pushback, and insults. On Monday, they finally had enough and walked out of...
JARS Cannabis To Sponsor Movement Memorial Day Weekend In Detroit
JARS Cannabis is set to return for its second year as the exclusive cannabis retail sponsor at Movement, an internationally renowned dance music festival that is held annually during Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 - 29)in Downtown Detroit at Hart Plaza on the city’s...
Skymint Creditor Seizes Prized Lansing Indoor Grow And Processing Center
Skymint, now in receivership, invested heavily last year to retrofit the former Summit Sports and Ice Complex near Lansing into a massive marijuana grow and processing operation. The expansion was supposed to double its marijuana production capabilities. Skymint never...
Free Report: Cannabis Consumers In America 2023
New Frontier Data has published a report on cannabis consumers that draws from its 2023 cannabis consumer survey, and details new insights into demographics, product preferences, purchasing habits, motivations for use and attitudes towards cannabis consumption. With...
USDA Awards $4.9 Million Contract To Hemp Project
Ag research and Extension teams from multiple universities across the Southeast U.S. will be prioritizing hemp crops with climate-smart management with help from a five-year, $4.9 million USDA Climate-Smart Commodities grant. The project led by Florida A&M...
Locals Own Most Lansing Dispensaries
Michigan Cannabis Industry Association Executive Director Robin Schneider said there is an assumption that large multi-state operators, or MSOs, in the marijuana industry that control many facets of the weed industry including growing, distributing and provisioning,...
Lobbyist Pleads Guilty In Michigan Marijuana Bribery Scandal
Another person has pleaded guilty to participating in a bribery scheme in Michigan designed to connect hopeful medical marijuana operators with licenses. Lobbyist Brian Pierce said he gave at least $42,000 in bribes to a company controlled by former...
TerrAscend Opens Fifth Cookies Dispo In Oxford
TerrAscend announced on the Benzinga news wire that its subsidiary, Gage Cannabis Co., launched sales at its new flagship cannabis provisioning center in Oxford. This is TerrAscend's fifth licensed Cookies dispensary in Michigan joining locations in Detroit, Ann...
