The Business of Cannabis

Let Cannabis Legalization Be Done State-By-State With No Federal Legalization?

Oct 4, 2023 | National

Republican senators, including the lead GOP sponsor of a bipartisan marijuana banking bill, are gearing up to introduce new legislation designed to thwart any federal legalization of marijuana by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) without explicit...

22 State Attorneys General Call On Congress To Pass Marijuana Banking Bill That’s Heading To Senate Floor

Sep 27, 2023 | Feature, National

A bipartisan coalition of 22 state attorneys general, including Michigan AG Dana Nessel, is calling on Congress to pass a marijuana banking bill that cleared a key Senate committee on Wednesday. In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Tuesday, the top law...

Michigan Dropping Marijuana Drug Testing For Some New-Hires On October 1

Sep 27, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Following a summer vote by members on the Michigan Civil Service Commission who unanimously agreed to remove marijuana from the pre-employment drug testing protocols, the state policy will kick in October 1. Employees who work in law enforcement, operate vehicles,...

Ordinance For Marijuana Consumption Lounges In Three Rivers Goes Down In Flames

Sep 27, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The possibility of recreational marijuana consumption lounges in Three Rivers has seemingly gone down in flames. During a recent Three Rivers City Commission meeting the proposed ordinance was shot down before a second reading that would have allowed for consumption...

Detroit ‘Psychedelic Church’ Soul Tribes Ministries Raided By Police

Sep 27, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Soul Tribes International Ministries — billed as Detroit’s first “psychedelic church” where psilocybin mushrooms are offered as a holy sacrament — was raided by the Detroit Police Department on Friday, just days after Metro Times published a cover...