1,500 Pounds Of Pot, $380,000, 5 Guns Seized In Shelby Township Raid
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office said it seized more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana, $380,000 and more in raids in Shelby Township. According to the Macomb County Sheriff's Office, the Sheriff's Enforcement Team along with the DEA FANTOM Group 10 and others...
Cannabis At The Ends Of The Earth—Notes On The Northern And Southern Frontiers
Some stories begin in cities of glass and noise. Mine begins in silence — the kind that only lives at the ends of the Earth. In the fall of 2025, I found myself chasing the cannabis plant from one edge of the planet to another — from Reykjavík, Iceland, just below the...
Shutdown Bill Aims At Outlawing Intoxicating Hemp While CBD Braces For Unintended Fallout
As Congress appears headed to shut down the grimy business of intoxicating hemp any day now, the critical question going forward is how much the legitimate market for CBD tinctures, health aids and cosmetics will be affected. The shady, greedy producers of...
Mint Cannabis Provides 44 Percent Discount To Veterans On Tuesday, Nov. 11
Dispensary operator gives a 22% discount to Veterans every day of the year at its six dispensaries in Michigan – announces it will double the discount to 44% this Veterans Day What: Mint Cannabis’ six Michigan dispensaries provide Veterans with a...
Cannabis Regulatory Agency Asks Dispos To Report Customers Who Want To Buy More Than Legal Limit of Pot
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency wants pot dispensaries to report customers who possess illegal amounts of cannabis. But the CRA is not asking the stores not to sell it. “It doesn’t really make sense, at all,” said the manager of a store in the Upper Peninsula, who...
MiCIA Update: Oral Arguments In Lawsuit On Proposed 24 Percent Wholesale Tax Set For Nov. 25
The Michigan Cannabis Industry Association, representing hundreds of Michigan cannabis companies, will make oral arguments this month to try and stop the Michigan Treasury from assessing a 24 percent wholesale tax on cannabis sales. The MiCIA is asking for a...
Menominee Voters Reaffirm Cap Of 9 Cannabis Dispos In City
For the second time in three months, residents in Menominee, Michigan passed an amendment to limit the number of cannabis dispensaries in the city. Tuesday's vote was 78 percent in favor of implementing a cap. Since Michigan legalized recreational marijuana in 2018,...
Virginia’s Newly Elected Governor Supports Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Sales
Efforts to legalize adult-use marijuana sales in Virginia got a boost on Tuesday with the election of Abigail Spanberger as the state’s next governor. The Democrat supports the reform, unlike outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), who twice vetoed measures to...
Michigan Lawmakers Could Ban Kratom
Michigan lawmakers last Thursday debated possible restrictions of kratom, a product largely unregulated now in Michigan. The Michigan Kratom Consumer Protection Act, sponsored by State Rep. Cam Cavitt, R-Cheboygan, would do the following: Ban...
Ohio Legislature Could Pass delta-8 Regs, Modify Pot Rules By Thanksgiving
A Republican state Senator who has been instrumental in the legislation that aims to regulate recreational marijuana and intoxicating hemp products said that lawmakers may come to an agreement before Thanksgiving. State Sen. Steve Huffman, chairman of the Senate...
