High Times’ Deal To Buy Cannabis Grow, Processing Facilities Falls Apart
High Times Holding Corp.’s move to expand into marijuana operations hit a snag with the collapse of a deal to buy a cultivation and processing business in California. The parent of the iconic High Times magazine said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Recreational Marijuana Sales Top $100 million
Michigan’s recreational marijuana industry last week surpassed $100 million in total sales since the retail industry became legal last December. Recently, state regulators expanded a program to help people with marijuana convictions get a...
Michigan Marijuana Industry Changed, But Thriving Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
You can’t currently walk into a Michigan marijuana shop and peruse the shelves, but that hasn’t stopped product from flying off them. Close to $1 million a day in marijuana flower, vaping oil and edibles is still being sold, despite coronavirus restrictions that limit...
Cannabis Education Arrives (Virtually) At More American Universities
At first glance, they don’t seem to have much in common: college administrators seeking new revenue sources because their students have all gone home, and displaced workers looking into the legal cannabis industry because it’s still hiring during the pandemic. But the...
Marijuana Report Offers Incentive in Response to Industry Re-Opening
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's latest executive order allows Michigan marijuana dispensaries to begin to take customers again for in-person shopping starting on Thursday, June 4. The Michigan Marijuana Report is offering the following incentive to...
Benzinga Virtual Cannabis Capital Conference Offers Free Tickets Through May 26
Benzinga's first Virtual Cannabis Capital Conference on June 1 is just over one week away! Keep scrolling to see the full agenda so far ... As a reminder, all tickets to the virtual conference for FREE using promo code: MEMORIALDAY now through Tuesday! Please select...
Common Citizen To Begin Adult-Use Cannabis Sales In Battle Creek May 22
Common Citizen will begin adult-use cannabis sales at its Battle Creek location on Friday, May 22. Common Citizen will continue selling its high-quality cannabis products to medical patients at the retail store. “We have been eagerly awaiting this expansion of our...
10 Tips For US Cannabis Businesses Facing Economic Downturn
With businesses around the country shuttered and millions of Americans out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. is facing its gravest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Below are 10 tips cannabis businesses should follow when facing an...
Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency Announces Social Equity Program Expansion
The Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) announced Tuesday an expansion of the eligibility criteria to its social equity program, as well as increased benefits, further reduced fees, and enhanced eligibility for certain applicants. Beginning June 1, 2020, this expansion...
Chart: Ohio Sells Nearly As Much Medical Marijuana In April As During All Of 2019
Sales in Ohio’s nascent medical marijuana industry steadily improved during the first four months of 2020, despite short-term hiccups caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Through the end of April, roughly $50 million of medical marijuana was sold in Ohio in 2020 –...
