News and Information about the Business of Cannabis

Metro Detroit Neighbors Frustrated Growing In Subdivision Homes Can’t Be Curtailed

Mar 21, 2022 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Neighbors in a Canton Township subdivision are furious that owners of a home they strongly suspect is serving as a marijuana grow house are being allowed to carry on despite repeated complaints to local law enforcement. Similar scenarios in neighborhoods across...

Camp Cannabis Festival Scheduled For Marquette In October  

Mar 21, 2022 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

An event billing itself as the first licensed marijuana consumption event in the Upper Peninsula has been announced. “Camp Cannabis” is planned for Oct. 7-9 in Tourist Park, Marquette. It’s sponsored by Fire Station Cannabis Co., the U.P.’s...

How To Hire Cannabis Workers With Criminal Records

Mar 21, 2022 | National

“Social equity” is the legal cannabis industry’s biggest buzzword these days, with governments and companies of all sizes paying homage to the idea that people most harmed by the war on drugs – particularly people of color – should be first in line to reap the...

Detroit Could Finally Have Recreational Cannabis Businesses

Mar 15, 2022 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Detroit has mostly missed out on jobs and tax revenue generated around the state by the sale of adult-use recreational marijuana because it only allows medical marijuana to be sold within city limits.  That could change Tuesday, when the Detroit City Council...

High Times Cannabis Cup Returns To Michigan

Mar 15, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Michiganders will have the chance to decide the kings and queens of the cannabis crop, as the iconic High Times Cannabis Cup returns to Michigan in a People’s Choice competition with submissions due March 21-25. Last year’s cup featured 76 brands, nearly 300 product...