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Weed’s Waste Problem: The Perils of Plastic May Haunt the Cannabis Industry
The cannabis industry has a major plastic problem. According to the non-profit Plastic Oceans International, the world produces 300 million tons of plastic every year. Half of that — 150 million tons — is for single-use purposes. While these issues clearly extend far...
Poll: 91 Percent Of Americans Say Marijuana Should Be Legalized For Medical Or Recreational Use
Cannabis has been expanding its reach over the past several years in the United States, and with it, public opinion has, too, with two-thirds of America supporting the legalization of marijuana, according to a new poll at Pew Research Center. Just over half of U.S....
Michigan Marijuana Agency Defends Optional Product Transfer As Reasonable
LANSING - The Marijuana Regulatory Agency said Friday its approach to allowing some product transfers from the medical side to the recreational side was "reasonable" as patient advocates in the industry said they were "blindsided" by the decision and are already...
Michigan Cannabis Leaders Night December 5
The Lansing Radisson Hotel will be decked out in holiday glory as Michigan's cannabis industry leaders gather for a special year-end celebration on Thursday December 5. The date had been incorrectly identified in an earlier version of this story. Enjoy dinner and...
Marijuana Industry Group Leader Concerned About Product Transfer
The recent news that medical marijuana businesses will be allowed to transfer product to the recreational side under certain conditions left Michigan Cannabis Industry Association Executive Director Robin Schneider "absolutely concerned." Schneider said Thursday that...
Michigan To Allow Some Marijuana Transfers, Sales Expected December 1
LANSING – Certain businesses will be permitted to transfer marijuana products on the medical side to the recreational side, the state said Wednesday, meaning limited recreational sales are likely to happen in a little over two weeks. Without allowing the transfer of...
Transfer of Marijuana Between Equivalent Licenses
The Emergency Rules for Adult-Use Marihuana Establishments promulgated on July 3, 2019, allow a person to obtain equivalent licenses and when those equivalent licenses have common ownership, to operate those equivalent licenses at the same location. The person holding...
Jamie Lowell Shares History Of Recreational Marijuana Legalization In Michigan
Jamie Lowell, one of the founding fathers of recreational marijuana legalization in Michigan, joins his radio partner Rick Thompson on M2 Techcast, now MITech TV. Lowell if vice president of Field Operations for The Botanical Co in East Tawas. His office is in...
Michigan Transplant Surgeon Calls Vaping Damage To Teen’s Lungs ‘Evil’
The ravages of vaping to a Michigan teen’s lungs – a 17-year-old believed to be the nation’s first double lung transplant for vaping-related respiratory system failure – was “an evil I haven’t faced before,” one of the surgeons said Tuesday. Dr. Hassan Nemeh,...
Help Wanted In Michigan’s Projected Billion-Dollar-Plus Marijuana Industry
Within two hours on a day following record snowfall in Michigan, a career fair seeking up to 100 employees for a proposed marijuana grow facility in Pontiac ran out of its 300 applications. A waiting list was created for the jobs that pay between $15 and $18 per hour...
