John Fetterman’s Campaign Says He’ll Press Biden To Finally Decriminalize Marijuana
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for US Senate this year, will pressure Biden on "the need to finally decriminalize marijuana," according to a campaign spokesman Joe Calvello. In a lengthier statement released Monday afternoon, Fetterman...
CRA Upgrades Guidance For marijuana-Infused Non-Edible Product Packaging
The CRA has updated its previous guidance issued on marijuana-infused edibles product packaging to include guidance for marijuana-infused non-edible product packaging. This bulletin can be read in full here. The previous bulletin provided for a period of education...
Spectrum Health No Longer Screening Most New Hires For Marijuana
Spectrum Health, one of the major employers in West Michigan, is no longer screening new hires for marijuana. However, this only applies to most positions. In a statement to 13 ON YOUR SIDE, a spokesperson with the hospital system says: "To reduce barriers to...
Minnesota Expected To Revisit Rules That Opened Legal Window For Delta-8 THC
Minnesota lawmakers are expected to eventually address rules that inadvertently made the state a hotbed for hemp-derived delta-8 THC edibles as a result of a measure passed earlier this year. The measure, which took effect in July, has unintentionally created a shadow...
Lume Cannabis Co. Monroe Store Votes To Unionize
On Monday, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 876 announced that a Michigan-based cannabis company location became unionized. According to a press release, Lume Cannabis Co.’s Monroe location will be the first shop out of the 40 in the...
Michigan State Police Faulty Testing For THC
Cannabis Counsel Attorney Tom Lavigne joins the Four20Post Live team to talk about the blockbuster news last week that Michigan State Police crime lab results, going back at least three years if not more, that indicated THC in a person's blood may actually have been...
Irwin Natural THC Products To Hit The Shelves Of Thousand Michigan’s Cannabis Dispensaries
Irwin Natural entered into a licensing agreement with 42 Degrees Processing LLC, through its subsidiary Irwin Naturals Cannabis, Inc., to produce and distribute Irwin Naturals THC products in Michigan. Klee Irwin, CEO of Irwin Naturals stated: “Michigan is a...
Michigan Cannabis Startup NOXX Raises $15M to Fuel Growth
NOXX, a Grand Rapids-based vertical cannabis company, has announced plans for operational growth supported by a $15 million debt raise from Altmore Capital, a specialty firm that invests in the U.S. cannabis industry. In August, NOXX announced a partnership with Forty...
$1 Billion In Illegal Cannabis Seized In California Over Past Year, Regulators Say
Law enforcement actions in California have pushed the amount of illicit marijuana seized past the $1 billion mark since last summer, state cannabis authorities announced Thursday. The enforcement time line coincided with the merger of three state...
Judge Dismisses Two Lawsuits Challenging Detroit’s Recreational Marijuana Ordinance
Two potential roadblocks for the city of Detroit to start processing applications for the limited recreational marijuana licenses were removed Tuesday when a judge dismissed lawsuits that challenged the ordinance. Two lawsuits were filed in recent months from cannabis...
