Minnesota: Island Peži Prepares To Open Mankato Dispensary
A new cannabis dispensary is preparing to open in Mankato this fall, marking the Prairie Island Indian Community’s first off-reservation retail location and the latest expansion of its tribally owned cannabis enterprise. Island Peži is targeting an opening sometime in...
Minnesota: Study Finds Teen Cannabis Use At Record Low
Cannabis use among Minnesota teenagers has dropped significantly over the past decade, falling from 13% to 5% between 2013 and 2025, according to new research from the University of Minnesota Medical School. The study, published this week in Social Science and...
Cannabis Was Ready For Wall St., But Was Wall St. Ready For Cannabis?
Mitchell Osak has spent nearly a decade inside the legal cannabis industry, working as a fractional executive and advisor to more than 220 cannabis companies worldwide. His read on the uplistings is blunt. "Trulieve and Glass House Brands might have been ready for...
Pennsylvania: Fetterman Urges Congress To End Federal Marijuana Ban
PA Senator John Fetterman and over a dozen of his colleagues in the upper chamber have re-upped their calls to end the federal ban of marijuana. Last week, Fetterman's office sent out a press release announcing his support for the reintroduction of the Cannabis...
Michigan Dispensary Fined For Gap In Security Video
A cannabis dispensary was fined after authorities reportedly found a 34-day gap in the business' security video. According to WTVB, Mint Cannabis in Coldwater, Michigan, was fined $8,000 after inspectors with the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) noticed that...
Cannabis MSO Vireo Growth To Acquire Planet 13 In All-Stock Deal
Minneapolis-based cannabis multistate operator Vireo Growth is acquiring fellow MSO Planet 13 Holdings in an all-stock merger, extending one of the cannabis industry’s most aggressive buying sprees. The deal adds 36 dispensaries across three states to Vireo’s...
Could Hemp Become A State-By-State Market?
If the federal ban on intoxicating hemp products takes effect this November, could individual states create hemp markets similar to the marijuana programs that have operated for decades? That question was posed to panelists during the “State of Cannabevs” session...
Michigan Supreme Court: Marijuana Smell Alone No Longer Justifies Vehicle Search
Since Michigan voters approved a change to state law in 2018, possessing less than five ounces of marijuana is generally a civil infraction, not a criminal offense — except in some repeat cases. Under the ruling, officers must now have something beyond smell to...
Despite Michigan’s New 24% Wholesale Marijuana Tax, Prices Keep Dropping
During budget negotiations last year, Michigan’s elected officials stunned the state’s seven-year-old marijuana industry with a new 24% wholesale tax. Despite the new tax, the average price of flower fell to a record low in June, while THC vape products remained near...
Cannabis Still Faces Major Challenges, Such As Access To Banks
Nearly a decade after Californians voted to legalize recreational cannabis, state leaders and industry representatives say legal businesses are still facing major challenges. Lawmakers, cannabis business owners, banking representatives and advocates gathered at the...
