News and Information about the Business of Cannabis

CRA’s Hanna Re-elected As Cannabis Regulators Association Board Member

The Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA), an international organization of government officials who oversee cannabis policy, held elections for its executive board earlier this month prior to CANNRA’s annual external stakeholder conference in Denver, CO,...

CRA Director Hanna Urges Cannabis Community To Lobby Michigan Legislature For Changes

Cannabis Regulatory Agency Director Brian Hanna said, during the agency's quarterly public meeting, that if industry members want to see change, the best way may be to talk directly with state lawmakers. CRA enforces the laws, it doesn't make...

Nominations Open For Michigan Cannabis Scientific Advisory Workgroup

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) is soliciting nominations for members to join a new Michigan Cannabis Scientific Advisory Workgroup (MCSAW), a collaborative partnership between the CRA and industry stakeholders. The goal of the MCSAW is to provide a...

Study: Cannabis Market Incentives May Be Reducing Biodiversity In The Plant

Jun 18, 2025 | National

New research on cannabis genetics suggests that incentives in the legal marijuana market—such as the desire for plants to mature faster and produce more cannabinoids for extraction—may be leading to a decline in biodiversity of the plant worldwide. A graduate thesis...

Will Hemp-Derived THC Issue Make Congress Act – Unlike Cannabis?

Jun 18, 2025 | National

Congress at long last seems set to take decisive action on legislation affecting the U.S. cannabis industry. But instead of legalizing interstate commerce, offering banking protections or 280E tax relief, federal lawmakers on both sides of the partisan divide want to...

GOP Senators File Bill To Ramp Up Criminalization Of ‘Candy-Flavored’ Marijuana Edibles

Jun 18, 2025 | National

A coalition of Republican senators have reintroduced a bill that would increase criminal penalties for a wide range of offenses, including manufacturing or selling Schedule I drugs like marijuana in the form of candy or beverages if there is “reasonable...

MiCIA Summer Annual And Chronic Cup Championship

Jun 18, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The 2025 MiCIA Summer Annual Conference and Chronic Cup offers the opportunity to gain key insights into the direction of Michigan’s emerging cannabis industry and network with business leaders while enjoying beautiful northern Michigan. MiCIA Summer Annual Conference...

High Times Magazine Returns After Acquisition By RAW Rolling Papers Owner

Jun 18, 2025 | National

High Times, the single most recognized brand in counterculture, cannabis and psychedelics, has been resurrected and is set to resume publication, Cannabis Cups and the rebuilding of a free-thinking counterculture community, according to a press release. Josh...

May Michigan Cannabis Sales Up 1 Percent From April

Jun 18, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The good news is May Michigan Cannabis Sales totaled $272.6 million, up almost 1 percent from the April sales of $270 million. But when you compare May 2025 with May 2024, sales were down 2.5 percent from a year ago. The news is even worse for medical cannabis sales....

Cannabis Regulatory Agency Takes Disciplinary Action Against Licensees throughout State

Jun 14, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Administrative formal complaints and disciplinary actions taken against adult-use/medical licensees in May are now available for review in the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s May 2025 Disciplinary Action Report. This month’s disciplinary actions: Bay City 200 Euclid, LLC...

Review: Cannabis Preparations Reduce Symptoms In Patients With Anxiety-Related Disorders

Jun 11, 2025 | International

Cannabis-based treatments mitigate symptoms and promote quality-of-life improvements in patients suffering from anxiety-related disorders, according to the findings of a systematic review published in the journal Psychiatry Research. A team of...

Ohioans Can Now Buy Twice As Much Adult-Use Pot

Jun 11, 2025 | Great Lakes Region

Ohio cannabis users now can buy higher quantities of adult-use cannabis after the Division of Cannabis Control announced new guidelines for non-medical sales limits in late May. Now recreational customers can buy up to 2.5 ounces of flower per day, more than twice the...

Former Shiawassee County Sheriff Turned Politician Wants Roadside Saliva Drug Tests

Jun 11, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

A longtime Michigan sheriff wants police armed with a handheld spit-test device to help determine whether drivers are high on drugs. State Rep. Brian BeGole, R-Antrim Township, the former Shiawassee County sheriff, held up one of the Abbot Laboratories’ SoToxa devices...