The Business of Cannabis

Minnesota: Study Finds Teen Cannabis Use At Record Low

Cannabis use among Minnesota teenagers has dropped significantly over the past decade, falling from 13% to 5% between 2013 and 2025, according to new research from the University of Minnesota Medical School. The study, published this week in Social Science...

Pennsylvania: Fetterman Urges Congress To End Federal Marijuana Ban

PA Senator John Fetterman and over a dozen of his colleagues in the upper chamber have re-upped their calls to end the federal ban of marijuana. Last week, Fetterman's office sent out a press release announcing his support for the reintroduction of the...

Could Hemp Become A State-By-State Market?

If the federal ban on intoxicating hemp products takes effect this November, could individual states create hemp markets similar to the marijuana programs that have operated for decades? That question was posed to panelists during the “State of Cannabevs”...

Despite Michigan’s New 24% Wholesale Marijuana Tax, Prices Keep Dropping

During budget negotiations last year, Michigan’s elected officials stunned the state’s seven-year-old marijuana industry with a new 24% wholesale tax. Despite the new tax, the average price of flower fell to a record low in June, while THC vape products...

Cannabis Arrests Down As DEA Seizes Six Million Plants In 2022

The US Drug Enforcement Administration and its law enforcement partners arrested fewer people for cannabis-related offenses in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to annual data from the federal agency. The DEA also seized nearly 6 million cannabis plants...

LIV Cannabis Opens Detroit Dispo

LIV Cannabis Co. celebrated the grand opening June 17 of its Detroit location at 12604 E. Jefferson Ave., is one of the first adult-use cannabis dispensaries in the City of Detroit, the company said in a press release. The location will be operated in partnership with...

CRA Reports Disciplinary Action In May

Administrative formal complaints and disciplinary actions taken against adult-use/medical licensees in May are now available for review in the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s May 2023 Disciplinary Action Report. This month’s disciplinary actions: Saginaw/Benzonia - Great...