Pincanna Lays Off Some Grow Employees To Reduce Costs In Wake Of Collapsing Cannabis Prices
Pincanna has temporarily shuttered part of its grow facility and laid off employees in the wake of collapsing cannabis prices. “The oversupply of cannabis in Michigan has created a highly-competitive and unsustainable market,” Rob Nusbaum, founder and owner of the...
Will Trump Keep Campaign Promise To Legalize Cannabis?
As the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term wind down, the cannabis industry is holding its breath. Was Trump’s campaign-trail support for legalization just another empty promise, or is there hope for meaningful reform? The answer, as always with Trump,...
Trump Names Anti-Cannabis Hardliner DEA Administrator
President Trump has nominated Terrance C. Cole to serve as the next administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, replacing acting director Derek Maltz. Cole, a longtime DEA veteran who currently serves as Virginia’s secretary of Public Safety and Homeland...
CRA Announces Voluntary Vape Recall Of BLOOM Classic And BLOOM Live Brands
In the interest of public health and safety, Exhale Systems Inc (AU-P-0000495) of Detroit, in conjunction with the Cannabis Regulatory Agency, is conducting a voluntary recall of vapes offered for sale in the Michigan market. Various flavors of BLOOM Classic and BLOOM...
Whitmer Proposes 32 Percent Wholesale Tax On Michigan Adult-Use Cannabis Products
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is proposing levying a 32 percent wholesale tax on the sale of adult-use marijuana products to fix Michigan’s roads by adding about $3 billion in additional infrastructure funding each year without commuters paying more. Whitmer unveiled the...
Reopening Psychedelic Mushroom-Using Church Trapped In Legal Challenge
The head of a Detroit church that uses psychedelic mushrooms as its Holy Communion has been in a year-and-a-half-long legal battle with the city, which has asked a Wayne County judge to shut down the place of worship. The city contends Soul Tribe International...
Ohio Recreational Cannabis Sales At 6 Month Mark: 123 Dispensaries Sell $255 Million
Six months into legal recreational sales in Ohio continue to rise steadily, said Jana Hrdinova, the administrative director at Ohio State University’s Drug Enforcement and Policy Center. The 123 dispensaries across the state have sold more than $255 million of...
CRA Education Session: Inventory Management With Prelude
According to Prelude, their platform reduces missed sales and excess inventory for dispensaries and their brand partners by automating precise SKU-level PO creation by location. Prelude's CEO, Michael Murphy, will share a product overview and demo, followed by a...
Study: Cannabis More Effective Than Prescribed Analgesics For Patients With Chronic Pain
Chronic pain patients are more likely to respond favorably to cannabis than they are to prescription analgesics, according to data published in the journal Pain. Researchers affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh assessed outcomes in 440...
Report: Will Hemp Industry Innovate – Or Stagnate?
The global hemp industry has vast potential despite its current fragmented state, according to a new paper that looks at the status of the industry, offering key insights for investors, stakeholders, and policymakers aiming to harness the crop’s transformative...
