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...
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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...
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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”...
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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...
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Legal Adult-Use Cannabis Poses Challenges To Employers

Mar 15, 2023 |

Employers in New York have a lot of questions now that adult-use cannabis is legal, and it will likely require internal reviews of company policies to ensure they are clear, but that they also comply with changes in labor law. About eight of out 10 employers that...

Food Trucks New For Monroe Street Fair April 1

Mar 9, 2023 |

Charlie Strackbein, co-founder of the Monroe Street Fair, updates what's in store on April 1 for those who attend. This year's edition includes food trucks to help all those attending the Fair and the Hash Bash on the nearby University of Michigan campus feed the...

Josey Scroggin Hosts Redemption Fund Raiser March 18

Mar 9, 2023 |

Cannabis activist Josey Scroggin, founder of Sons and Daughters United, and Director of the Redemption Foundation, joins Four20 Post Live to promote her upcoming Redemption Expungement Network fund raiser on March 18 at Hot Box Social in Hazel Park. Learn more at...

Cannabis Activist Rob Robar Dead At 54

Mar 9, 2023 | , ,

Robert Joseph Robar, 54, passed away on March 8 surrounded by family and friends with his beloved Billy Strings, Phish and the Grateful Dead playing in the background. He was known widely in Michigan cannabis circles for his big smile, kind spirit and the companies he...

Oklahoma Voters Reject Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization

Mar 8, 2023 |

In a decisive rebuke for marijuana legalization in the conservative American heartland, voters in Oklahoma on Tuesday soundly rejected an adult-use measure in a special election. With just under 72% of precincts reporting on Tuesday, State Question 820 was losing...