News and Information about the Business of Cannabis

Health Problems Follow Growth Of Michigan Cannabis Market

In the five years since Michigan legalized adult-use cannabis, the plant and its effects — positive and negative — have received increasing attention and mainstream acceptance. As cannabis has emerged from the shadows, more products have entered the market,...

Cannabis Regulatory Agency Takes Disciplinary Action Against Licensees Throughout The State

Administrative formal complaints and disciplinary actions taken against adult-use/medical licensees in December are now available for review in the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s December 2024 Disciplinary Action Report. This month’s disciplinary actions:...

With Ohio Sparking Up, Has Michigan Hit Its Weed Ceiling?

Has Michigan hit its weed ceiling? Michigan recently hit a high water mark: More marijuana sold than California, according to MJBizDaily, a cannabis business news outlet. California has long been the legal weed king and has nearly four times Michigan's...

Canada: One In Four Older Adults Have Used Cannabis In The Past Year

Nov 26, 2024 | Canada

An estimated 25 percent of Canadians between the ages of 55 and 65 acknowledge having consumed cannabis in the past year, according to data in the Journal of Drug Issues. Researchers affiliated with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction...

Draft CRA Cannabis Rules Available For Review

Nov 25, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The draft of the proposed changes to the marihuana administrative rules is now available for public review. The draft rule language can be found on the administrative rulemaking system (ARS) website. In addition to the draft rules, the agency has created a...

Prominent Indiana Republicans Back Marijuana Legalization

Nov 25, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region

A Republican-backed group pushing Indiana’s lawmakers to “adopt safe and regulated” marijuana policies launched on Wednesday. “By embracing a smart and evidence-based approach that prioritizes public health, safety, and economic opportunity, we can give Hoosiers the...

Ohio’s New House Speaker Promises To Nix Cannabis Legalization

Nov 25, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region

Ohio House Republicans have chosen Matt Huffman, the current Senate president, as their next House speaker. Huffman, unopposed in the caucus vote, is known for his hardline conservative agenda, including his intent to reverse Ohio’s recently implemented recreational...

Michigan Shuts Down Industrial Hemp Program That Now Reverts To USDA Control

Nov 22, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

GRAND HAVEN - Michigan has closed its industrial hemp program, leaving farmers to operate directly under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and signaling potentially significant changes for hemp cultivators and processors in the state. Under USDA rules,...

Detroit Could Restrict Cannabis And e-Cigarette Ads

Nov 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

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 tobacco are...

Fluresh To Close Michigan Cannabis Grow, Lay Off 46

Nov 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

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 the...

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

Nov 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

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 dollars!...

Collecting And Remitting Tax With The Michigan Department Of Treasury

Nov 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Sarah Rusnell, outreach manager, with the Michigan Department of Treasury, is hosting a zoom conference to teach cannabis companies how to process collecting and remitting cannabis-related taxes to Treasury. This is the third workshops that will go over the different...

U.S. House Version Of New Farm Bill Seeks To Shut Down Market For Intoxicating Hemp Products

Nov 20, 2024 | National

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee has unveiled a new version of the U.S. Farm Bill that would shut down an out-of-control market for intoxicating hemp products by banning non-industrial uses of hemp. Provisions in the 1,400-page draft measure could finally close a...