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...

Gaylord Revokes Marijuana Dispensary License

The city of Gaylord revoked the retail marijuana license of an Exclusive Brands dispensary last week for violating city ordinance violations. Since Wednesday, 25 employees are out of a job while the dispensary exercises the option to appeal to the city within 30 days....

Tokyo Smoke To Host Largest 4/20 Cannabis Celebration In Canada

Ontario’s largest cannabis retailer, Tokyo Smoke, is hosting its second annual cannabis celebration on Thursday, April 20 at RendezViews (229 Richmond St W) in Toronto from 3:20 PM to 10:30 PM ET. The 19+ celebration is the largest legal 4/20 party in Canada and was...

Kentucky Becomes 38th State To Legalize Medical Marijuana

With a quick swipe of his pen Friday morning, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear brought his state into the modern cannabis industry by signing Senate Bill 47 into law, which will allow private industry to sell cannabis beginning in 2025. Beshear, a longtime proponent of MMJ,...