CRA Takes Disciplinary Action Against Eight Licensees
Administrative formal complaints and disciplinary actions taken against adult-use/medical licensees in June are now available for review in the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s August 2022 Disciplinary Action Report. This month’s disciplinary actions: Muskegon – Bella Sol...
Four20Post Live – Mid Michigan Young Cannabis Professionals. THC123 Back Office Services
On the Sept. 7 edition of Four20Post Live, Nate Darling provides details on the Sept. 8 meeting of the Mid Michigan Young Cannabis Professionals. Frank Benages, Vice President of Business Development for THC123, updates all the back office services that THC123...
Study – Big Pharma Suffers Billions In Losses After States Legalize Marijuana
The pharmaceutical industry takes a serious economic hit after states legalize marijuana—with an average market loss of nearly $10 billion for drugmakers per each legalization event—according to a first-of-its-kind study. The peer-reviewed research article, published...
Companies Turn to THC Beverages as Next Growing Legal Cannabis Market
Brands are looking into the untapped markets that may see the next surge in popularity, with many eyeing cannabis-infused beverages as the next big thing in cannabis. Just this year, outside players and big names like Jones Soda Company and Pabst Blue Ribbon have...
New Michigan Law Bans Fake Urine To Pass Drug Tests
Legal marijuana consumption in Michigan continues to increase as products designed to help pass drug tests disappears from shelves. Signed into law in July by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the passage of Senate Bill 134 means it is now a misdemeanor punishable by up to a...
Study: Cannabis Consumption Not Linked to Changes in Motivation
Neither adults nor young people who consume cannabis exhibit symptoms of so-called ‘a-motivational syndrome,’ according to case control data published in The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. British researchers assessed...
Florida Company Has Hemp Plan To Save State’s Troubled Citrus Orchards
Farming hemp could help to overcome the devastating effect years of pesticide spraying has brought to Florida’s declining citrus industry, according to a Tarpon Springs-based company that is developing a strategy based on processing of the plant’s stalks. Growing hemp...
Is It Bad To Smoke Weed Every Day?
What are, if any, the negative effects of regular marijuana consumption? Well, according to a comprehensive review published Wednesday in the journal Addiction, cannabis use can lead to small or to moderate acute cognitive impairments...
WEDNESDAY: CRA Education Session: Best Practices from the Enforcement Division
Please join the Cannabis Regulatory Agency Field Operations – Investigations Section of the CRA’s Enforcement Division Sept. 7 at 10 am for a zoom presentation of helpful resources available to licensees. This includes best practices such as making site visits more...
Marijuana Companies Lay Off Hundreds, Retrench Amid Economic Woes
While business around the world shuttered as COVID-19 spread, the marijuana industry was deemed “essential” in nearly 30 states and stood to gain from the pandemic. But more than two years later, amid rising inflation and fears of a recession, North American cannabis...
