The Business of Cannabis

Michigan Spent $4M On State Marijuana Lab That Can’t Legally Test

Most Michigan marijuana customers take for granted that their products are safe and accurately tested, industry insiders say. But regulators don’t seem so sure. In 2023, the state Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced plans to open a $4.4 million...

What To Expect From Next Week’s DEA Marijuana Rescheduling Hearings

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek Julius will hear arguments for and against the Biden administration-era proposal to relax federal restrictions on “marijuana”(as defined under federal law) from the Trump Justice...

Supreme Court Backs Cannabis User In Major Second Amendment Gun-Rights Case

The Supreme Court has ruled that the government can’t automatically take away someone’s right to own a gun just because they use cannabis, with advocates for cannabis reform calling this a big win. On Thursday, the justices unanimously ruled in...

Scientists Found A Cannabis Compound That Relieves Pain Without The High

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences have identified compounds from the Cannabis sativa plant that may offer a new way to treat fibromyalgia and post-surgical pain. The findings, published in Pharmacological Reports, add to growing...

How Cornbread Hemp Brings A New Age Of Tourism To Kentucky

Think of it like a bourbon distillery, but for hemp.Dubbed the fastest-growing hemp company in America on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list, Higdon and Zipperle, who were among the first companies nationwide to introduce organic, flower-only CBD gummies to the consumer market,...

Five States Most Likely To Legalize Marijuana In 2025

As 2025 kicks off and state legislative sessions get rolling, marijuana legalization advocates are eyeing a handful of jurisdictions as key battlegrounds where they see the prospects of enacting reform this year as most likely. Pennsylvania and Hawaii are widely seen...

Career Drug Warrior Named Acting DEA Administrator

The Trump administration has named career special agent Derek S. Maltz as Acting Administrator of the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Maltz replaces former Administrator Anne Milgram, who departed the agency last week.    Maltz worked within...