Holland Township Marijuana Dispensary Raided By State Police
Michigan State Police raided a marijuana dispensary in Holland Township this week. Police searched Pure West Compassion Clinic, 840 N. Black River Drive, Wednesday, Feb. 10. The clinic is owned and operated by Christopher Martinez, an advocate for the...
MRA Updated Sampling Requirements for Concentrates and Infused Products
The MRA has updated the Sampling and Testing Technical Guide. The majority of the guide is applicable to Laboratories only. However, Cultivators and Producers should take note of the new sampling protocols and minimum sampling requirements for concentrates and infused...
NORML Sends Letter To President Biden To Remind Him Of Campaign Promise To Decriminalize Marijuana
At NORML, we believe in holding people accountable. On November 20th of 2019, President Biden proclaimed: “I think we should decriminalize marijuana, period. And I think everyone – anyone who has a record – should be let out of jail, their records expunged, be...
3M Eyes Hemp For Adhesives, Packaging Replacements
Industrial conglomerate 3M Co. thinks hemp can be part of the sustainability “megatrend” and is looking at hemp components to do everything from strengthening packaging tape to helping grow human tissue and organs. But the company sees a lot of kinks to work out in...
Former NBA Star Isiah Thomas Invests $3 million In His Hemp And Marijuana Company
NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas is investing $3 million in his company One World Pharma, which grows hemp and marijuana in Colombia. Thomas, who played 13 seasons for the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, became CEO of One World Pharma in July. The company is located in Las Vegas...
Older Adults Using Cannabis To Treat Common Health Conditions
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that older adults use cannabis primarily for medical purposes to treat a variety of common health conditions, including pain, sleep disturbances and psychiatric conditions like anxiety and...
FOUR20 Post: Back Story On MRA Cannabis Testing Changes
Lev Spivak and Ben Rosman, the co-owners of PSI Labs, the Ann Arbor cannabis testing lab that said it found mold in cannabis samples, will discuss their findings that lead to the Marijuana Regulatory Agency changing its testing protocols. Also on the show Tiffany...
Four20Post Live: Lab Tests That Showed Mold In Cannabis, The Back Story
On 420Post at 1 pm Wednesday Feb. 10, Lev Spivak and Ben Rosman, the co-owners of PSI Labs, the Ann Arbor cannabis testing lab that said it found mold in cannabis samples, will discuss their findings that lead to the Marijuana Regulatory Agency changing its testing...
Legal Recreational Cannabis Sales In Canada Outstrip Illicit Spending For First Time
Sales of regulated adult-use cannabis in Canada overtook illegal transactions for the first time in the third quarter of 2020, according to new Statistics Canada data. That development demonstrates the success of legalization in these early years, experts...
Opioid Deaths Fall When Cannabis Stores Rise, Analysis Suggests
The number of marijuana dispensaries in a county was negatively related to log-transformed opioid mortality rate, adjusted for age (β -0.17, 95% CI -0.23 to -0.11), reported Balázs Kovács, PhD, of Yale University School of Management in New Haven, Connecticut, and...
