Federal Drug Official Notes Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Hasn’t Led To Increase In Adolescent Use
The enactment of statewide laws regulating the adult-use cannabis market has not led to an increase in the percentage of young people experimenting with the plant, according to comments made recently by Nora Volkow, Director of the US National Institute...
Review: Cannabinoids Are an “Adequate Potential Treatment Option” for Fibromyalgia Patients
Human trials indicate that the use of either whole-plant cannabis or cannabinoids can improve various symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and that they possess an adequate safety profile for use in treatment, according to the findings of a literature...
Apple’s New Cannabis App Rules Benefit Cannabis Businesses – Google Remains Holdout
Cannabis delivery and technology companies say that Apple’s recent decision to let iPhone apps process marijuana transactions is already bringing benefits after these businesses launched new apps for Apple’s iOS smartphone operating system. After the change to Apple's...
More Cannabis Licensing 0ptions, Lower Fees Coming
Michigan on Monday released a set of proposed marijuana industry rules that would add two new license types and reduce fees and costs for obtaining and renewing licenses. The 116 pages of rules are available for review and the state Marijuana Regulatory Agency is...
Cannabis Industry Booming, Black Americans Find Price Of Entry Steep
Cannabis is a booming industry and the Covid-19 pandemic has, if anything, helped. The legal cannabis industry now accounts for 321,000 full-time jobs across the 37 states with legal medical or adult use markets, according to the cannabis information site Leafly’s...
Massachusetts Marijuana Sales Top $2 Billion Since Launch Of Adult-Use Market, Regulators Report
Massachusetts marijuana sales have topped $2 billion since the state’s adult-use market launched in late 2018, the Cannabis Control Commission reported on Wednesday. Gross sales from the state’s 165 cannabis retailers and three delivery services reached $2,009,007,478...
How BREEZE Provisioning is Innovating Recreational Cannabis
Now that recreational cannabis is legal across the state of Michigan, it’s important to know what to look for in a reputable, quality cannabis retailer. BREEZE Provisioning is committed to removing the stigma surrounding cannabis, a plant with a long, rich history of...
Michigan Launches ‘Joint Ventures’ Program to Help Bring Diversity to Cannabis Industry
Data released by Michigan's Marijuana Regulatory Agency last year showed that of individuals who have an ownership interest in a licensed adult-use cannabis business in Michigan, only 3.8% were Black and only 1.5% were Latino. Meanwhile, nearly 80% of people...
Another Tribe Entering Michigan’s Recreational Cannabis Market
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Michigan joined the state’s recreational cannabis market. According to the Record Eagle of Traverse City, a tribal ordinance approved in 2019 by members went into effect on Aug. 29 and will allow...
TerrAscend To Buy Gage In $545 Million Deal
In what appears to be one of the first big cannabis consolidations in Michigan, Canadian-based TerrAscend plans to enter Michigan’s rapidly growing cannabis market through the acquisition of Detroit-based Gage Growth in an all-stock deal reportedly worth $545...
