The Business of Cannabis

CRA Recalls Cannabis-Infused Apple Cider After Reports Of Cans Bursting

Nov 9, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency said Wednesday it is recalling a batch of a cannabis-infused apple cider after receiving reports that the cans were bursting. A single batch of Armada Cannabis Co.’s Cannabis Apple Cider has been recalled because of a...

Voters Reject Pot Sales In Grosse Pointe Park, Keego Harbor, Rochester, And Birmingham

Nov 8, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

In Tuesday’s election, voters in three Michigan cities — Grosse Pointe Park, Keego Harbor, and Rochester — said no to allowing marijuana retailers. In Birmingham, with 67 percent of votes counted, the marijuana proposal likewise was headed for defeat. Like the...

US House Members Reintroduce Legislation Repealing Federal Marijuana Prohibition

Nov 6, 2023 | National

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives, led by Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, have reintroduced legislation repealing the federal prohibition of cannabis and providing resources to assist in regulating the state-licensed cannabis...

Federal Sentencing Commission’s New Marijuana Guidelines Directing Judges To Treat Past Convictions More Leniently Officially Take Effect

Nov 6, 2023 | National

New federal guidelines from the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) advising judges to treat prior marijuana possession offenses more leniently have officially taken effect. About seven months after members of the commission voted to promulgate a series of...

CRA Virtual Education Session: Explaining the CRA’s Disciplinary Action Process Nov. 13

Nov 6, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Join Alyssa Grissom, manager of the CRA’s Legal Section, on Monday Nov. 13 as she breaks down the CRA’s disciplinary process, including discussions on state statutes, the CRA administrative rules, the compliance conference process, the contested case hearing process,...