The Business of Cannabis

Virginia: Governor Vetoes Medical Cannabis Bill

May 28, 2025 | National

Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed legislation seeking to improve the state’s medical cannabis program. HB 1989 sought to significantly improve product labeling and codify permissible delivery locations. Regulations promulgated by the...

Legislature Moving Forward On Forcing Michigan Motorists To Take Roadside Saliva Drug Tests

May 28, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

A package of House bills, 4390 and 4391, would allow police to give the tests to help determine whether drivers are impaired. The testing devices, however, don’t tell police anything about impairment. They only determine the presence of certain drugs. The legislation...

Analysis: Cannabis Smoking Not Linked To Increased Risk of Emphysema, Other Tobacco-Related Harms

May 21, 2025 | National

Cannabis smoking poses fewer pulmonary risks than tobacco smoking and it is not positively associated with the development of emphysema, according to medical imaging data published in the journal Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. Harvard Medical...

Friends Behind Terple Gang And Northern Lights Bring Craft And Care To Michigan Cannabis

May 21, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Before Terple Gang became a rising name in Michigan cannabis, it was just a group of friends chasing a shared passion for growing flower and making edibles during the early days of the caregiver era. One of those friends, Mike Thackeray, began experimenting...

What’s The Latest In Cannabis? A Q&A With U-M Experts

May 21, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

This Michigan Medicine livestream will focus on answering questions around cannabis use. Viewer questions will be addressed as well.  This livestream is brought to you in collaboration with the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.(link...