Michigan Cannabis Industry Backs Lowering Age To 19 For Marijuana Workers
Sen. Sean MCCANN (D-Kalamazoo) made a case in front of the Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee why they should move SB 807 , which would let anyone age 19 or older to work with marijuana. McCann was joined by Michigan Cannabis Industry Association Executive Director...
Louisiana: Governor Vetoes Bill Facilitating Expedited Pardons for First-Time Marijuana Offenders
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed legislation, House Bill 391, that sought to provide the executive branch with the ability to grant expedited pardons to those convicted of a first-time marijuana possession offense. Under the proposal, the Governor...
Chinese-Funded And Staffed Cannabis Grows Springing Up Across United States
Last summer, New Mexico state special agents inspecting a farm found thousands more cannabis plants than state laws allow. Then on subsequent visits, they made another unexpected discovery: dozens of underfed, shell-shocked Chinese workers. The workers said they had...
Detroit City Councilwoman Seeks To Ban Or Restrict Cannabis Billboards
Billboards advertising marijuana dispensaries have become nearly ubiquitous along Michigan's highways and some local streets, and at least one elected leader wants to curtail the ads within the state's largest city. Detroit City Councilwoman Angela Whitfield Calloway...
GOP Congressional Panel Moves To Block Marijuana Rescheduling While Amending Medical Cannabis Rider With Penalties For Sales Near Schools
A GOP-controlled congressional committee has unveiled a key spending bill that contains a provision to block marijuana rescheduling, while also amending a longstanding rider protecting medical cannabis states from federal interference by adding new language to...
Cleveland’s Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘Record Rendezvous’ Gets New Life As Cannabis Shop
Akron-based Klutch Cannabis, a Midwest vertically integrated cannabis company recently announced it was awarded two provisional dispensary licenses and is set to open a shop on Prospect Avenue in Cleveland on the exact spot where Cleveland’s...
Ohio Receives 235 Recreational Marijuana License Applications
The Ohio Division of Cannabis Control has received 235 applications thus far from businesses hoping to either land recreational marijuana retail permits or add that feature to their existing medical cannabis shops. Some of the applications have already been...
Ohio Helps Make Michigan No. 1 In Cannabis Product Sales For Now
Michigan’s nearly $3.2 billion recreational marijuana market is bolstered by the tens of thousands of customers from Ohio who can get to Monroe Township’s so-called “green mile” off I-75, just 11 miles north of the border. But some of those sales could return to Ohio...
Ohio Senate Wants To Tighten Marijuana Home Grow Rules, Crack Down On Delta-8 THC
Ohio's Senate Republicans are moving to tighten home cultivation rules for cannabis in a recently introduced senate bill that would also create new regulations for the sale of delta-8 THC, a compound derived from hemp. Advocates say the GOP-dominated senate is...
Native Michigan Remedies Opens Niles Marijuana Microbusiness
An established Niles marijuana business opened its new dispensary to the community earlier this month. After more than five years of growing and cultivating cannabis, Native Michigan Remedies opened the doors to its Class A marijuana microbusiness at 2112 Industrial...
