The Business of Cannabis

Cannabis Compounds Could Help Treat A Common Liver Condition That Affects Nearly A Quarter Of US Adults

NAFLD, also known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), is a common condition that the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases estimates affects about 24 percent of US adults. It is strongly linked...
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New York Approves Cannabis For Anxiety — Science Says It May Not Help

He was 18, on a rooftop overlooking the Old City in Israel during a gap year program. The nighttime view, ancient stone buildings lit up against the dark, pulsed and blurred. His anxiety, the shapeless dread of an uncertain future, lifted for the first time...
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Pontiac Gets Its First Cannabis Dispensary Years After Legalization Delays

Pontiac is finally entering Michigan’s recreational cannabis market more than six years after sales began statewide with the opening of Kulture 81, the city’s first licensed dispensary. The provisioning center, located inside a converted building at 81 N....
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Michigan’s New 24% Marijuana Tax — When 1st Payment Is Due, What Businesses Need To Know

The Michigan Department of Treasury released new guidance, explaining how the new 24% wholesale marijuana tax works and what cannabis businesses need to do as quarterly payments begin this year. The tax took effect on Jan. 1, 2026, and applies to the first...
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Trial: Dutch “Coffee Shops” To Stock Licensed Cannabis

Mar 2, 2023 |

The Netherlands will trial licensing cannabis growers for its famous “coffee shops” where smoking the drug is authorised, tackling a contradiction whereby selling is legal but supplying isn’t, which has fed an illegal market dominated by criminal organisations. Local...

Will U.S. Supreme Court Make Marijuana Legal Nationally?

Mar 1, 2023 |

What if we told you the United States Supreme Court would legalize medical marijuana? That the unlikely hero of the story was Clarence Thomas? And that he would work with the most liberal justices to make it happen. Sometimes you don’t know how high you can get until...