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...
Country Star Jelly Roll To Promote His Cannabis Brand In Metro Detroit
Rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll will make a stop at the Greenhouse of Walled Lake dispensary to promote his new cannabis brand and offer fans a free listening party for his anticipated upcoming album, Whitsitt Chapel. “I love it when we can give back to...
Unionized Cannabis Workers In Illinois Get 20 Percent Raise In First Contract
More than 100 unionized workers at five Illinois cannabis stores owned by PharmaCann have approved a deal that will give them 20% raises over three years. The contracts, approved last week, affect workers at PharmaCann’s Verilife stores in Romeoville, Chicago,...
Michigan House Bill Would Allow 19-Year-Olds To Work At Cannabis Dispensaries
If you’re 19 or 20, you can sell or serve alcohol in Michigan, and you can work at a medical marijuana facility. Apply to work at a recreational marijuana dispensary, though, and you’ll get told to come back when you’re 21. Some Michigan lawmakers and industry groups...
State May Drop Cannabis Testing For Most Government Jobs To Attract More Applicants
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...
Michigan Cannabis Sales Dip Slightly In April
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency reported that April cannabis sales totaled $246.1, a 1.5 percent from a record setting $250 million in March. Since April had one less day than March, the April figure is nearly the same as the month before. Still, the April sales...
