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...
Michigan Man Growing 1,000 Unlicensed Marijuana Plants Won’t Face Felony Charges
A man accused of growing 1,100 marijuana plants in an unlicensed operation protected by dogs will avoid felony charges after a major decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals, which said a voter-approved law with lighter consequences controls the case. Shaaln Kejbou...
Cannabis Grown Outdoors Considered Inferior – Michigan Marijuana Farm Wants To Change That
Amid 120 acres of decaying cornstalks and scarecrows along County Road 665 north of Paw Paw, rows and rows of lush green trees rise into the sky. Expensive trees. Trees that make up the next crop of marijuana growing at Grasshopper Farms. October, otherwise known in...
Michigan Lawmakers Send Bills To Gov. Allowing Marijuana Commerce With Tribal Businesses
Bipartisan legislation that would allow Michigan’s state-licensed marijuana businesses to conduct trade with tribal cannabis entities located in the state won approval from the full House of Representatives this week. The bills, passed by the Senate in June, next...
