Detroit Cannabis Club Wants To Get You High And Take You To Opera
For James Blaszko, one of the best things you can do while high is go to the opera. “Classical music is such a good pairing with cannabis,” Blaszko tells Metro Times. “[At an opera] these arias are like eight minutes long, so cannabis enables the suspension of...
Michigan Cannabis Sales In September Remain Flat For Second Consecutive Month
Michigan cannabis sales in September came in at $274.7 million, a half percent decline from peak sales of $276.7 million in July. But the good news is September cannabis sales were up nearly 30 percent from the same month a year ago, the Cannabis Regulatory Agency...
$1.75 Million In Cannabis Taxes Flowing Into Kalamazoo County Budget
As Michigan’s cannabis market matures, cash from sales of the plant and its derived products are driving an unprecedented tax windfall in Kalamazoo County. The 2024 county budget anticipates $1.75 million in cannabis tax revenue over the coming year, according to a...
Marijuana Rescheduling Would ‘Supersize’ The Industry, Former DEA Heads And White House Drug Czars Warn Biden Administration
Six former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) heads and five former White House drug czars have sent a letter to the attorney general and current DEA administrator, voicing opposition to the top federal health agency’s recommendation to reschedule marijuana. They...
Metrc: Compliant Harvest Batch Tracking
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency has published an advisory bulletin to provide licensees with guidance on best practices when entering harvest batch data into Metrc. The Cannabis Regulatory Agency has published an advisory bulletin to provide licensees with guidance on...
Oct. 21 – Big Rapids Grand Opening Acadia Place/Luckyspot Feat
Oct. 21 in Big Rapids is the Grand Opening of Acacia Place and Luckyspot USA. The event will feature onsite vendors at the dispensary, and also a concert at Acacia Place – one of Michigan’s newest concert venues. With a maximum capacity of 225, the venue will feature...
Cannabis Regulatory Agency Takes Disciplinary Action Against Licensees In State
Administrative formal complaints and disciplinary actions taken against adult-use/medical licensees in September are now available for review in the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s September 2023 Disciplinary Action Report. This month’s disciplinary actions: Ann Arbor GS...
Human Use Of Cannabis—For Food, Fiber And Psychoactive Effects—Stretches Back Millennia, New Report Says
A new paper in the European Journal for Chemistry traces the history of cannabis through “thousands of years of contact with mankind,” noting the plant’s legacy as a source of fiber, nutrition, medicine, spirituality and pleasure. At the same time, it notes that...
Legislature Votes to Allow Marijuana Agreements With Indian Tribes, Exempt Them From Taxes
The Michigan House of Representatives voted 90 to 15 Oct. 6 to pass Senate Bill 180, a little less than four months after the measure passed the Senate 29 to 9. The proposed law will soon be sent to the desk of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and a spokesperson for...
Report: Arizona Social Equity Licenses Mostly Owned By Investors, Corporations
The vast majority of cannabis social equity business permits in Arizona are ending up controlled by the exact demographic for which they were not intended. Of the 26 social equity licenses issued by the state last year – which were intended for entrepreneurs...
