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!...

RFK Jr. Could Advance Marijuana And Psychedelics Reform Agenda As Trump’s Top Health Official

Nov 20, 2024 | National

President-elect Donald Trump has named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where he will have the chance to advance major drug policy reforms he’s championed such as promoting access to psychedelics...

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Has Long History Of Opposing Marijuana Policy Reforms

Nov 20, 2024 | National

South Dakota Senator John Thune, who will lead the Senate in 119th Congress, has long argued against efforts to reform marijuana policy at both the state and federal level. Senator Thune is among the 26 GOP members who earlier this year called upon US...

New Administrative Recall And Expiration Date Functionality In Metrc

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

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) announced the launch of two new functionalities in Metrc this month.   Administrative Recall Function This new feature allows the CRA to apply an Administrative Recall status to packages within the statewide monitoring system. This...

Michigan October Cannabis Sales Were $262.9 Million, The Third Monthly Decline In A Row

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

For the third month in a row, Michigan cannabis sales (recreational and medical) fell to $262.9 million, down 4.3 percent from September. But when compared to October 2023, sales were up 25.5 percent. Medical sales fell 70.7 percent from a the same month in 2023 to...