Marijuana Prices Plummet In Michigan. Customers Happy, Farmers Worried
Michigan’s marijuana prices hit all-time lows in January, which is great for retailers and customers but has smaller growers sounding alarms. Record marijuana supply is driving down prices so much customers are buying it at record rates. There’s 55 times more pot...
New York Hemp Farmers Can Grow Marijuana Under 2-Year Program
Some New York hemp farmers will be licensed to grow marijuana for two years under a bill signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul this week. State officials say they are setting up a conditional marijuana licensing program for hemp growers to ensure there will be sufficient...
Where Does Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Stand On Marijuana Legalization?
President Biden nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring justice Stephen Breyer. The 51-year-old Jackson will enter the maelstrom of scrutiny that surrounds top court nominees in our hypercharged political...
Cannabis Jobs In Michigan Grew By 72 Percent in 2021, Third Behind California And Colorado
Cannabis sales in Michigan shot up 81 percent in 2021, reaching $1.79 billion and supporting 31,152 jobs. That 72 percent annual growth in jobs puts Michigan behind only California and Colorado in terms of total state cannabis employment. Michigan maintains robust...
JARS Cannabis Hosting Rail Jam Competition Saturday for Skiers And Snowboarders
JARS Cannabis is inviting Shiawassee County skiers and snowboarders to strap on their boots and gear up to hit the rails during the first annual JARS Rail Jam competition. Open with free admission to all participants and spectators aged 18 years and older, this...
Common Citizen Cuts Deal To Offer California Vaping Products
Common Citizen announced an exclusive product partnership with Omura, a Los Angeles-based cannabis vaping company, to make these vapes available this month at all Common Citizen locations. “We are proud to be working with Omura, a leader in state-of-the-art cannabis...
Fishman Stewart Law Firm Offers Trademark Protection Tips To Cannabis Businesses
While cannabis is still an illegal substance at the federal level—and the policy of the United States Patent and Trademark Office is to prohibit the registration of trademarks that identify the source of illegal substances—state-legal cannabis business owners can...
UM C.S. Mott Poll: Parents Perspectives On CBD Use In Children
CBD is short for cannabidiol, a chemical compound naturally found in marijuana and hemp. CBD is sold as oils, balms, gummies and other products. The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked a national sample of parents of children 3-18...
Cannabis Industry Is America’s Number One Job Creator
The U.S. economy gained 467,000 jobs in January 2022 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is down by 2.9 million since February 2020. In brighter news for cannabis, Leafly’s (NASDAQ: LFLY) sixth annual Cannabis Jobs Report (developed in partnership...
Cannabis News With Rick Thompson On Four20Post
Rick Thompson, Executive Director of Michigan NORML, provides the latest cannabis headlines on Four20 Post Live. Those include: Nationally, legal cannabis employers added 107,000 jobs in 2021; Detroit recreational licenses must include social equity components;...
