Hemp Farmers Can’t Find Places To Sell Crop, Not Enough Processors
Hemp farmers who spent all summer growing acres of crops are now finding there's no one willing to buy it. With the promise of big payouts, farmers across Tennessee joined in on the pilot program. What many didn't count on was a lack of processors for the product and...
Juul Shipped At Least A Million Contaminated Pods, New Lawsuit Says
A former Juul executive is alleging in a lawsuit that the fast-growing startup shipped out 1 million contaminated e-cigarette pods earlier this year — but did not tell customers or issue a recall. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by Siddharth Breja, a former senior...
Detroit City Council Will Consider Delaying Recreational Marijuana Market. Here’s Why
The Detroit City Council is expected to vote on an ordinance next week that will prohibit recreational marijuana businesses in the city until at least Jan. 31, 2020. The state’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency will begin accepting applications Friday for recreational...
Grading The Presidential Candidates On Marijuana: Overall Rankings
In a recent 13-part series, we reviewed the stance of each of the 2020 presidential candidates’ on marijuana, and we assigned each candidate a letter grade corresponding with our analysis. Our grading criteria is as follows: Current stance on marijuana: What have they...
Recreational Marijuana Apps Available Friday, But Consumers Won’t Be Able To Buy Pot Until Mid 2020
The state licensing office, called the Marijuana Regulatory Agency, is set to begin accepting recreational marijuana business applications at 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 1. Hand-delivered applications may be dropped off at the agency’s counter in Lansing beginning at 8 a.m....
An Israeli Company Is Combining Mushrooms with Marijuana to Treat Illnesses
Israeli medical marijuana firm Cannabotech is currently researching how specific blends of cannabinoids, medicinal herbs, and mushrooms could effectively treat a variety of medical conditions. So far, the company has developed five specific blends...
Medical Marijuana Registry Card Application Fee Reduced, Other Fees Eliminated
The Marijuana Regulatory Agency announced Wednesday that new administrative rules for the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act (MMMA) are now in effect. The new rules lowered the registry card application fee by 33 percent while eliminating fees associated with processing...
USDA Posts Hemp Rules – Calls For Total THC Testing
Farmers growing hemp would get a small cushion in THC limits under nationwide rules proposed Tuesday by federal agriculture regulators. Under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s draft rules, crops testing higher than 0.3% THC due to uncertain genetics and...
MRA To Accept Applications For Michigan Marijuana Licenses Nov. 1
On November 1, the Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) will begin accepting applications for marijuana licensing under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act (MRTMA), which was passed by the voters of the state of Michigan in November 2018. “Our team has...
Gov. Whitmer Requests US Supreme Court To Review State’s Vaping Rules
LANSING - Citing failures in how Michigan handled the Flint drinking water crisis, Governor Gretchen Whitmer Friday filed an emergency request for the Supreme Court to take the case of the state's vaping rules directly. Whitmer also filed for an emergency...
