The Business of Cannabis

Cannabis Market Taxation and Regulatory Compliance Analysis Grant Program RFP Now Available

Jan 4, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for conducting an analysis of tax reporting and regulatory compliance within Michigan’s cannabis market. The 2022-2023 state budget requires that the Cannabis Regulatory Agency must award a grant to...

FDA May Enact CBD and delta-8 THC Regulatory Recommendations Within Months

Dec 29, 2022 | National

Food and Drug Administration officials said they are taking steps to announce a plan for how to regulate cannabis-derived products like CBD and delta-8 THC in the coming months. This comes as the agency is also leading a review into marijuana’s scheduling...

Retirement Reforms, Marijuana Changes Meet Veto Pens

Dec 27, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

LANSING – Lame duck legislation that mostly tightened public employee retirement options or made tweaks to the state’s marijuana’s law were among the 11 bills vetoed by the Gov. Whitmer.  Several of the bills would have pushed an annuity product...

Detroit Awards First 33 Recreational Marijuana Retail Licenses After Court Ruling

Dec 27, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Four years after Detroit voters overwhelmingly approved recreational marijuana sales, the city on Thursday awarded its first batch of licenses. Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison joined City Council Pro Tem James Tate; Anthony Zander, director of Detroit’s Department of...

CRA Takes Disciplinary Action Against Licensees in Battle Creek, Ypsilanti, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Flint, and Traverse City

Dec 21, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Administrative formal complaints and disciplinary actions taken against adult-use/medical licensees in November are now available for review in the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s November 2022 Disciplinary Action Report. This month’s disciplinary actions:...