The Business of Cannabis

Analysis: State-Legal Cannabis Not Correlated With Increased Traffic Fatalities

Oct 31, 2023 | National

Changes in the state-legal status of cannabis are not associated with rising motor vehicle fatalities, according to an analysis by the news agency Quartz Media LLC. Researchers affiliated with Quartz Advisors assessed trends in fatal motor vehicle...

Detroit Teacher Charged After Allegedly Bringing Marijuana Gummies To Juvenile Jail

Oct 25, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

A Detroit teacher has been charged after prosecutors say she brought marijuana gummy bears into a juvenile jail where she was teaching, the Metro Times reported. Darla Spinner, 48, will be arraigned Thursday in 31st District Court on a charge of possession of cannabis...

Cannabis Wins Galvanize Capitol Hill’s Anti-Cannabis Club

Oct 25, 2023 | National

More than half of Americans now live in states where adults can legally possess the drug, and just over two-thirds support federal legalization. In Congress, more and more lawmakers — on both sides of the aisle — express some form of support for legal cannabis in the...

CRA Education Session: Best Practices for Laboratories With CRA’s Enforcement Division

Oct 25, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Join virtually Dr. Allyson Chirio, Operations Support Section Manager and Patrice Fields, PHD., Laboratory Scientist Specialist of the CRA’s Enforcement Division Thursday Oct. 26 as they provide information on testing panels, common reasons for testing status...

Court Rules Illegal Marijuana Grow Of Any Size Just A Misdemeanor In Michigan

Oct 23, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The likelihood of black-market marijuana growers in Michigan facing full-blown, paramilitary-style raids featuring battering rams and heavily armed narcotics teams has diminished. Growing illegal marijuana in Michigan, even potentially thousands of plants, is only a...