News and Information about the Business of Cannabis

Detroit Could Restrict Cannabis And e-Cigarette Ads

Detroit City Council members passed a resolution Tuesday that documents the harms posed by e-cigarette and marijuana use among youth as the council prepares to restrict where these products can be advertised in the city. In Detroit, ads for alcohol and...

Fluresh To Close Michigan Cannabis Grow, Lay Off 46

Fluresh LLC is closing down its $46 million 105,000-square-foot grow facility in Adrian and will be laying off 46 employees at the end of this month. The company, doing business as Tend.Harvest.Cultivate, couldn’t make the economics of the operation work as...

Nov. 30 Deadline To Apply For The CRA’s $1 Million Social Equity Grant Program

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s social equity team is currently accepting applications for the FY 2025 Social Equity Grant Program (SEGP). Social Equity Program licensees are either eligible – or close to eligible – to receive a share of one million grant...

National Hemp Association Gets $19.6 Million To Implement Climate-Smart Hemp Farming

Oct 25, 2024 | National

The National Hemp Association (NHA) has been awarded $19.6 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) to lead a project aimed at protecting the Chesapeake Bay Watershed through climate-smart hemp farming. The initiative, which will see hemp cultivated on...

Michigan Poll: Older Adults Use Cannabis To Improve Sleep, Reduce Pain, Alleviate Mental Health Issues

Oct 23, 2024 | National

While cannabis has historically been more popular with younger groups, a growing number of older adults are turning to the drug for a variety of reasons — but are the potential benefits worth the risk? A recent poll by the University of Michigan National...

Rick Johnson, Ex-Michigan House Speaker, Denied Plea to Leave Prison Early

Oct 23, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Former Michigan House Speaker Rick Johnson on Wednesday lost his latest attempt to leave federal prison years early when a federal judge denied his request for compassionate release based on health problems. U.S. District Judge Jane Beckering said the 71-year-old...

What Happens To Michigan’s Thriving Cannabis Market Under The Next President?

Oct 23, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Michigan’s marijuana industry has grown significantly since adult recreational use was legalized by voters in 2018. But the direction it goes in the future may depend on what happens next at the federal level. Michiganders are talking about what kind of presidential...

Owners Of Smoke Shops In Ohio, 2 Other States, Indicted On Racketeering, Trafficking Charges

Oct 23, 2024 | Great Lakes Region

The co-owners of approximately 100 smoke shop locations in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana have been indicted on multiple counts of trafficking in cannabis-related substances as well as racketeering charges related to the sale of products containing THC, which their...

Army Bans Delta-8 THC Hemp Products And Warns Soldiers Against Eating Poppyseed Bagels

Oct 23, 2024 | National

The U.S. Army has updated its drug policy to clarify that soldiers are prohibited from using intoxicating hemp cannabinoid products like delta-8 THC. It is further cautioning servicemembers against eating foods containing poppyseeds, which can produce false positives...

DeSantis Battles Former Republican Allies Over Florida’s Cannabis Legalization Push

Oct 23, 2024 | National

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is in a high-stakes political battle against yet another political ally, Jeff Roe, over the ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana, known as Amendment 3. Roe, a well-known GOP operative, ran the...

Legal Cannabis Often Contains Mold, But Most States Approve It Anyway

Oct 22, 2024 | National

Marijuana’s humid growing conditions are a paradise for dangerous mold. States wheremarijuana is legal make growers hire laboratories to check for concentrations of mold and othercontaminants that can sicken or kill. But laboratories in many states appear to...

EU Investigating Why Italian Government’s Is Trying To Ban Hemp Flowers, CBD

Oct 22, 2024 | International

The European Commission has opened an investigation into efforts by the Italian government to halt trade in CBD and hemp flowers. Italian Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Valentina Palmisano of the M5S party confirmed the Commission will issue an...

Adult-Use Cannabis Sales In Ohio Through Oct. 6 Top $109.5 Million

Oct 22, 2024 | Great Lakes Region

Ohio adults aged 21 and older purchased $11.1 million in recreational marijuana product from Oct. 6 through Saturday, pushing sales figures above the $100 million mark. Dispensaries have rung up a total of 1.4 million transactions totaling $109.5 million since...