The Business of Cannabis

Indiana Embraces Marijuana With More Than $1B Sales, Study Finds

Indiana has some of the most stringent laws on cannabis in the country, but despite that, use among adults has consistently increased over the past decade. That is according to a new report from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, which partnered with the...

Michigan Supreme Court Orders Review Of 24% Cannabis Tax

The Michigan Supreme Court ordered the state Court of Appeals to take another look at the legality of Michigan’s 24% wholesale cannabis tax. “The court of Appeals shall expedite its consideration of this case,” the Supreme Court ordered on Wednesday, April...

What The Trump Administration’s Move To Reclassify Marijuana Means For Investors

CNBC’s Brandon Gomez reports on the Trump administration’s move to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III drug. The change doesn’t legalize the drug at the federal level but it could significantly expand scientific research in the drug’s medical uses. More...

What Cannabis Rescheduling Really Means: Insights from Mint Cannabis’ Pablo Palomino

The cannabis industry finally got the jolt it’s been waiting for. With the federal government moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III, the conversation has shifted from if reform will happen to what happens next. To unpack the implications, I sat...

MMFLA Regulatory Assessments FY 2023

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency has published an advisory bulletin announcing the regulatory assessments for licenses issued or renewed pursuant to the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act for Fiscal Year 2023 - beginning October 1, 2022 and ending September 30,...

This Side Effect of Cannabis May Surprise You, Says New Study

Could using cannabis make you a better person? That's the suggestion of a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, which found that people who had recently used cannabis exhibited more "prosocial behavior"—such as displaying empathy, helping others, and...

Notification of METRC Slowness

Metrc would like to inform Michigan licensees of a slower than expected resolution time for issues in testing. This extended response time is specific to issues when packages have been locked for testing. We have been experiencing higher volumes of requests, as well...