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Detroit Could Restrict Cannabis And e-Cigarette Ads

Detroit City Council members passed a resolution Tuesday that documents the harms posed by e-cigarette and marijuana use among youth as the council prepares to restrict where these products can be advertised in the city. In Detroit, ads for alcohol and...

Fluresh To Close Michigan Cannabis Grow, Lay Off 46

Fluresh LLC is closing down its $46 million 105,000-square-foot grow facility in Adrian and will be laying off 46 employees at the end of this month. The company, doing business as Tend.Harvest.Cultivate, couldn’t make the economics of the operation work as...

Nov. 30 Deadline To Apply For The CRA’s $1 Million Social Equity Grant Program

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s social equity team is currently accepting applications for the FY 2025 Social Equity Grant Program (SEGP). Social Equity Program licensees are either eligible – or close to eligible – to receive a share of one million grant...

CRA Hits Trucenta With 3 Formal Complaints, Including Failing To Maintain Surveillance Footage

Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) issued three formal complaints that involve numerous alleged violations by Trucenta LLC, a vertically integrated company that is involved in cultivation, processing, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, and retail....

Ohio’s Cannabis Sales Tops $143 Million In First 4 Months

Nov 6, 2024 | Great Lakes Region

Ohio's recreational cannabis market has experienced a remarkable rise since its official rollout in August 2024. In less than four months, the state has accumulated over $143 million in recreational sales, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of...

TerrAscend To Enter Ohio With Pending Purchase Of Ratio Cannabis

Nov 6, 2024 | Great Lakes Region

TerrAscend Corp. announced in a press release the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Ratio Cannabis LLC in Goshen Township, Ohio, for $10.3 million. Upon closing, this acquisition will be TerrAscend’s initial entry into Ohio, the Company’s...

Two Pro-Cannabis Proposals Go Down In Flames In Mid-Michigan

Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

It was a bad night for pro-marijuana proposals in Mid-Michigan. Unofficially two questions to allow marijuana sales in two towns failed. In Mason 2,675 voters said no and 1,979 said yes, leading to it being defeated 57.5% to 42.5%. There were similar results in Howell...

Michigan Court Case Sets Precedent For Drug Recognition Experts

Nov 6, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Cara King needed smokes. Before she hopped into her aunt’s silver Mazda 6 to head to the gas station, the 27-year-old took a hit of marijuana. While it’s been legal to smoke marijuana in Michigan since 2018, it is still illegal to drive while high. But police...

Recreational Cannabis Proposal Nixed By Howell Voters

Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

It's not clear where the initiative originated, but voters in Howell declined the opportunity to welcome recreational marijuana on Nov. 5. In a close call, 52.42% of voters struck down the proposal, placed on the ballot after a Michigan Court of Appeals decision ruled...

Stylish, Black-Owned Simply Loud Dispensary Opens In Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction

Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

A Black-owned dispensary in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction hosted its grand opening Nov. 2 with plenty of giveaways, food, and live music. Simply Loud, located at 216 E. Milwaukee Ave., carries hundreds of products, including 260 types of vape cartridges and...

DEA Picks 25 To Participate In Cannabis Rescheduling Hearing

Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, National

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has contacted 25 “designated participants” to testify at a Dec. 2 hearing about marijuana rescheduling, according to documents obtained by MJBizDaily. Before marijuana can be moved from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 of the...

Study: Cannabis Edibles Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain

Nov 6, 2024 | National

The consumption of cannabis-infused edible products, particularly those that are higher in THC content, provides acute relief for patients with chronic lower back pain, according to data published in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology. Researchers...

Florida Voters Reject Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure Endorsed By Trump And Opposed By DeSantis

Nov 6, 2024 | National

Florida voters have rejected an initiative to legalize marijuana for adult use. While the measure got a clear majority of votes, it failed to achieve the steep 60 percent vote threshold needed to pass a constitutional amendment under state law. The initiative did...