The Business of Cannabis

CRA Announces 62 Social Equity Licensees Will Share $1 Million From the 2024 Social Equity Grant Program

Mar 8, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Last week, Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency notified 62 social equity licensees that they were eligible for a share of the $1 million available through the Social Equity Grant Program (SEGP). Each of the grantees will receive an equal share of $16,129. “Since the...

Community Battles Plan To Authorize Dispensaries Near Harper Woods Homes

Mar 6, 2024 | FOUR20 Post, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

How and where marijuana businesses can fit into the city of Harper Woods has been an ongoing struggle. Last year, the city council was considering doing away with a 1,500-foot buffer between pot shops, which neighbors viewed as allowing a free-for-all for cannabis...

Study: Legalization Not Linked To Upticks In Incidences Of Cannabis-Related Psychosis

Mar 3, 2024 | Canada

The legalization of the Canadian marijuana market is not associated with increases in cannabis-related psychotic episodes, according to data published in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Canadian investigators assessed the frequency of...

Pew: Nearly 80 Percent Of Americans Have A Cannabis Dispensary In Their County

Mar 3, 2024 | National

Seventy-nine percent of Americans reside in a county that has at least one licensed marijuana retailer, according to data published today by the Pew Research Center. The Pew analysis estimates that nearly 15,000 dispensaries are currently operating in the...

South Dakota Law Aimed At Hemp Intoxicants Likely To Wipe Out CBD Market

Mar 3, 2024 | National

A proposed South Dakota law intended to crack down on products that contain high concentrations of intoxicating delta-8 THC and other cannabinoids also threatens the CBD market in one of the country’s biggest hemp-growing states. The State Senate this week reverted to...